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For statutory provisions regarding city water systems extending outside of corporate limits, see RCW 35.21.210.
The city will furnish water for use or consumption outside the corporate limits of the city when and as available. Each application for such service must be approved by the city council. Except as modified by this chapter, the provisions of this title shall be fully applicable to out-of-city service. The following special provisions and conditions shall be applicable to such service.
(Ord. 279 § 24, 1955)
Application for out-of-city service shall be in writing upon a form to be provided by the city. Application shall contain or be accompanied by, the appropriate service connection and processing fees, a description of the type of service desired, the location of the building or premises to be served, an agreement by the applicant to pay all charges and to abide by all existing and future ordinances, rules and regulations pertaining to the water utility, an agreement to assume full responsibility for the maintenance and repair of all pipes and appurtenances beyond the corporate limits of the city, and an agreement to hold the city harmless for any damage or injury caused to any person or property because of the existence, maintenance or operation of any pipe or pipeline outside the city. The applicant must also furnish to the satisfaction of the city proof that he has an easement or right-of-way for any pipelines to be laid outside the city.
(Ord. 279 § 24(a), 1955)
A service connection fee of $1,200 on an unpaved street and $1,200 plus $12.00 per square foot for patching the street on a paved street shall be charged for out-of-city service and a processing fee of $50.00 shall be charged for the processing of each application. In the event service is refused to any applicant, the city shall refund the service connection fee, but shall retain the process fee as its compensation for processing the application. In the event service is to be metered, or in the event the connection is larger than the standard three-quarter-inch size, the applicant shall pay the cost of a suitable meter or the extra cost of the larger connection fee as the case may be, in addition to the basic connection fee.
(Ord. 279 § 24(c), 1955; Ord. 385, 1960; Ord. 961 § 6, 1990)
In the event any application for out-of-city service is approved by the council, the obligation of the city will be to furnish water from the nearest available point of its water distribution system. The city shall not own or be in any way responsible for the maintenance or repair of any pipe, pipeline or appurtenances thereof outside the city.
(Ord. 279 § 24(d), 1955)
It shall be the responsibility of the applicant to bring the pipeline through which his premises are to be served to the point of connection with the city's distribution system at his own expense; and he shall furnish, in addition to the pipeline, a suitable shut-off valve on said line at a convenient point to be designated by the city. In the event the applicant elects to construct such pipeline himself, the work shall be done to the satisfaction of the city. If the applicant so elects, the city will install such pipeline with its own labor and will charge the applicant the actual cost thereof, plus 15 percent, which shall be estimated and paid in advance as near as may be. In any event, all connections to or disconnections from the distribution system of the city shall be made only by the city in the manner provided in FMC § 21.04.180.
(Ord. 279 § 24(e), 1955)
In the event any streets, sidewalks, or curbing are broken during the installation of out-of-city service, the city shall repair the same and shall charge the applicant the actual cost thereof, plus 15 percent, which shall be estimated and paid in advance as near as may be.
(Ord. 279 § 24(f), 1955)
A written agreement shall be executed by the city and the applicant to cover all out-of-city service which may be approved or allowed subsequent to November 22, 1955. Except as specified above, out-of-city service shall be furnished on the same basis as service within the city and shall be governed by the provisions of this and other applicable ordinances.
(Ord. 279 § 24(h), 1955)
It shall be a violation of this title giving the city the right to shut off service without notice, for any consumer to make or cause to be made or permit to be made any connection to any pipe or pipeline under his control outside the corporate limits of the city where the effect thereof would be that some other person other than the applicant might receive water service through such connection.
(Ord. 279 § 24(g), 1955; Ord. 365, 1959)