Needles Municipal Code Art. 17-II Conditions Governing The Extension Of Wastewater Collection And…

Application for city’s wastewater collection and treatment service often involves construction of new facilities for various distances and costs depending upon customer’s location, size and characteristics. With such variations, it is necessary to establish conditions under which the city will extend its facilities.

All extensions are subject to the availability of adequate capacity and city facilities at the beginning point of an extension. These rules shall govern extensions of the wastewater collection systems and expansion o treatment facilities to serve customers, when such requirements are deemed by the city to be usual and reasonable in nature.

1. Basis for extensions.

6. Economic feasibility basis extensions.

9. Doubtful permanency basis.

An applicant(s) who is not a real estate development may request the city to prepare detailed plans, specifications or cost estimates for the extension of the municipal wastewater system. The preparation of such detailed plans, specifications or cost estimates will be completed by the city, or a contractor hired by the city, at city option, and may require a payment from the applicant of an amount equal to the estimated costs of preparation. If the plans, specifications or cost estimates are prepared for an applicant(s), the city, at its option, may credit the design costs to the cost of construction, if the applicant(s) decide to complete the construction within twelve months after the design is prepared. City, at its option, may prepare for the applicant, without charge, a preliminary sketch and rough estimate of the costs to extend wastewater service to a premises upon request.

5. Improvement, assessment and lien agreements.

7. Responsible resource development basis (residential real estate developments only).