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CHAPPELL HILL WATER SUPPLY CORPORATION Water Tariff
SECTION 3.0-SERVICE EXTENSION POLICY
This Section applies to all Service Applicants and Developers whose request for water service involves an extension of water lines from the existing distribution system.
The Corporation's primary commitment is to those owners and users of the Corporation's facilities whose properties are currently served by, or are immediately accessible to, the Corporation's existing facilities. However, the Corporation is willing to consider extending the water lines under certain limited conditions.
For purposes of this Section:
“Service Applicant” means a person other than a “developer” who applies for retail water service.
“Developer” means a person who subdivides land or requests more than two water connections on a single continguous tract of land.
“Subdivision” means the division of a tract of land into two or more lots, sites, or other divisions for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of sale or building development where the division is defined as:
a. all such divisions where one or more of the resulting tracts is less than 5 acres.
b. all such divisions where a new road is required regardless of the size of any or all tracts.
“Commercial”, “Institutional”, or “Industrial”. For purposes of determining the connection costs that Service Applicants in these categories shall pay, “Commercial”, “Institutional”, or “Industrial” applicants with service demands greater than residential customers shall be treated as “Developers”.
Section 3.01 - Residential Service Applicants (Non-subdivision)
The Corporation is not required to extend service to any applicant outside of its certified service area and will only do so under terms and conditions mutually agreeable to the Corporation and the applicant, in compliance with TCEQ rules and policies, and, if necessary, upon extension of the Corporation's certified service area boundaries by the TCEQ.
Within the Corporation's certificated area, the extension of the Corporation's system can be considered when proposed by individual lot owners and when such lot owners have agreed to pay all of the costs to the Corporation for such extension. In some cases, this may require the Applicant to pay for capital improvements to the system, in whole or in part.
After filing a “Preliminary Application for Water Service” and a determination by the Corporation that the extension is feasible, the applicant shall complete and sign the “Service Application Agreement” and will be given an itemized statement of the costs, options such as rebates to the customer, sharing of construction costs between the utility and the customer, or sharing of costs between the customer and other applicants prior to beginning construction. The Membership fee and tap fees as listed in the Water Tariff must be paid in full prior to the beginning of construction. In addition, up to 50% deposit
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of the estimated construction costs will be required prior to construction. The Water Corporation may require partial payments at intervals during the construction period. Any Impact fees and Buy-In fees as listed in the Water Tariff must be accepted by the Applicant and paid in the monthly billing.
Section 3.02 – Costs That Utilities and Service Applicants Shall Bear
Any additional property owner within the extension line and not obtaining water service at the time the line extension is made will pay a pro-rata fee in addition to their normal tap fee based on the length of property frontage to the extension line. After a period of seven years from the date of the installation of any extension line, there will no longer be a pro-rata charge for any new customer receiving service from the extension line other than the normal tap fee.
Residential customers will be charged the costs of extending service to their property from the nearest transmission or distribution line even if that line does not have adequate capacity to serve the customer. However, if the customer places unique, non-standard service demands upon the system, the customer may be charged the additional cost of extending service to and throughout their property, including the cost of all necessary transmission and storage facilities necessary to meet the service demands anticipated to be created by that property. A request for a one inch meter for a lawn sprinkler system to service a residential lot is not considered non-standard service.
Section 3.03 – Residential (Subdivision)
The Corporation is not required to extend water service within the certificated area to a service applicant in a subdivision if the Corporation documents that the “Developer” of the subdivision has failed to comply with the subdivision service extension policy as set forth in the tariff of the Corporation.
A residential applicant located in a subdivision must first complete the “Preliminary Application for Water Service”. After a determination by the Corporation that the applicant is qualified for water service, the applicant will complete and sign the “Service Application and Agreement”. The applicant must pay the Membership fee and the Tap Fee (includes setting the meter and meter box and making the connection to the water main) prior to setting the meter. Any Impact Fees and Buy-in Fees that have been authorized by the Corporation must be accepted by the Applicant and paid in the monthly billing.
Section 3.04 – Developers
A “Developer” is responsible for 100% of the cost of all water lines within the “Subdivision” and for the cost to the Corporation of bringing the water main to the “Subdivision”.
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The “Developer” shall furnish the Corporation with the “Preliminary Application for Water Service” prior to further consideration of service. The “Developer” shall not be a member of the Corporation. Only the owners of tracts within the “Subdivision” may be members upon application and payment of
all applicable fees as provided in Section 3.03 above.
If the “Preliminary Application for Water Service” is accepted by the Corporation, the Developer and the Corporation will enter into an Agreement as described in the appended “Non-Standard Service Agreement” (Section 3.06) before any work can proceed.
The Corporation will bring the water mains to the point of connection with the “Subdivision” water line, at the expense of the Developer.. The Corporation will install all meters upon receipt of the Membership Fee, Tap Fee, any Impact Fee, and any other fees listed in the Tariff and upon application by the prospective owner and user. All water distribution lines, appurtenances, and meters within the Subdivision shall, together with all easements relative thereto, remain the property of the Corporation who will be responsible for the operation and maintenance of the water distribution system within the Subdivision.
The “Developer” shall provide the Corporation with permanent recorded public utility easements as a condition of service to any location within the “Developer's” property.
Section 3.05 – Appealing Connection Costs
The imposition of additional extension costs or charges as provided by Section 3.0-Extension Policy of this tariff shall be subject to appeal as provided in this tariff, TCEQ rules, or the rules of such other regulatory authority as may have jurisdiction over the Corporation's rates and services. Any applicant required to pay for any costs not specifically set forth in the rate schedule pages of this tariff shall be given a written explanation of such costs prior to payment and/or commencement of construction. If the applicant does not believe that these costs are reasonable or necessary, the applicant shall be informed of the right to appeal such costs to the TCEQ or such other regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Corporation's rates in that portion of the Corporation's service area in which the applicant's property (ies) is (are) located.
