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A. Property abutting on but not previously assessed or not having previously contributed its proportionate share of construction costs for standard six-inch water mains, including not only those directly connected thereto, but also users connected to laterals or branches connecting thereto, except those properties abutting on water mains in existence on January 1, 1969, or installed as the result of city bonding Ordinance No. 1022, may be connected to such abutting mains upon the payment of a special connection charge per foot of property to be served at the rates set forth in Section 13.52.015 which charge may be paid either in cash or in four quarterly payments over a twelve-month period from date of connection. Such connection charge shall be in addition to other connection charges herein provided. If the property owner elects to make payments on a quarterly basis, he shall execute a contract in such form as prescribed by the city council to pay such charge with the provision that any unpaid balance may be paid in full on the date of any quarterly payment. Such contract shall be a covenant running with the land and shall provide that the unpaid balance of the connection charge shall be a lien upon the property to which such connection is made, superior to all other liens and encumbrances except those for general taxes and special assessments which may be foreclosed in the same manner provided by law for the foreclosure of delinquent local improvement district assessment liens. The contract shall be recorded in the office of the Thurston County auditor at the expense of the property owner and upon payment in full, a release of the lien shall be executed for the city by the city manager and attested by the city clerk. The contract shall further provide that in the event of delinquency in the payment of such connection charge, the water superintendent may disconnect the city’s water service from, and refuse to supply water to, the premises in default until said delinquent payments are paid in full. This remedy shall be concurrent with and in addition to the city’s right to foreclose the lien as herein provided.

B. Provided that nothing herein shall be deemed to bar the city upon order of the city council as a part of a street improvement program from replacing any existing mains with new mains of any size to prevent future street disruption for water main repairs and such replacement may be made without cost to the abutting property or upon such apportionment of cost as the council shall deem reasonable.

C. All connection charges so received shall be considered revenue of the water department of the city, except as affected by Section 13.52.030.

D. All ordinances, rules, regulations and procedures relating to the use, maintenance and connections for water service in the city as the same now are or may hereafter be adopted by the city shall apply with equal force to such water service connections.

E. Future service connections to property abutting the water main including users connected to laterals or branches connected thereto on which a water service connection charge has not been paid but which adjoins a specific parcel of property previously charged shall be subjected to the charges as hereinabove set forth.

F. The connection charge hereinabove provided for in this section shall be credited to and considered as a benefit to the specific premises served by the connection. The premises so benefited shall be legally described and posted by the city and recorded as a part of the city’s permanent records pertaining thereto. No further water service connection charges shall be collected against the premises so described. (Ord. 483 §4, 1978; Ord. 341 §2, 1974; Ord. 231 §1, 1972; Ord. 118 §3, 1969).