§ 26-306. Contribution from customer.

(a)

Costs to customers who hook up to the original water main system if the service lateral system was installed at the time the water main was laid are to immediately be collected through assessment by the municipality against the abutting property per ordinance. The procedure set forth under Wis. Stats. § 66.0703 will apply, and no additional customer contribution to the utility will be required.

(b)

Costs to customers who hook up to the original water main system, if the service lateral was not installed, are to immediately be collected through assessment by the village against the abutting property per ordinance. The procedure set forth under Wis. Stats. § 66.0703 will apply, and no additional customer contribution to the utility will be required.

(c)

Water mains will be extended for new customers on the following basis:

(1)

Where the cost of the extension is to immediately be collected through assessment by the municipality against the abutting property, the procedure set forth under Wis. Stats. § 66.0703 will apply, and no additional customer contribution to the utility will be required.

(2)

Where the municipality is unwilling or unable to make a special assessment, the extension will be made on a customer-financed basis as follows:

a.

The applicant will advance as a contribution in aid of construction the total amount equivalent to that which would have been assessed for all property under subsection (c)(1) of this section.

b.

The part of the contribution required subsection (c)(2)a of this section will be refundable. When additional customers are connected to the extended main within 20 years of the date of completion, contributions in aid of construction will be collected equal to the amount which would have been assessed under subsection (c)(1) of this section for the abutting property being served. This amount will be refunded to the original contributors. In no case will the contributions received from additional customers exceed the proportionate amount which would have been required under subsection (c)(1) of this section nor will it exceed the total assessable cost of the original extension.

(3)

When a new customer is connected to an existing main, not financed by customer contributions, it shall not be considered as a main extension and no contribution may be collected from the customer. This provision applies to mains installed after the effective date of the ordinance from which this division is derived.

(Code 1989, § 9-1-50(b))