A. Additions, betterments and extensions to the existing water system of the city shall be made in accordance with plans submitted by the city engineer and approved by the council.

B. The cost of making additions, betterments and extensions to the existing water system shall be paid from such sources and by such means as the council from time to time decides, in accordance with the laws of the state and the city as the same now exist, or as may hereafter be amended.

C. No additions, betterments or extensions to the water system shall be made by a private individual unless complete plans drawn in accordance with the master water plan and with standard plans and specifications provided by the city engineer have been first filed in duplicate with the director, one copy of which shall be submitted to the city engineer. Such construction shall be strictly in accordance with any changes or requirements which are made in such plans by the city engineer or the director, and no work shall be undertaken until such plans and specifications have first been approved by the director and city engineer. During construction the work shall be inspected by the director or his designee. Before any such construction is accepted by the city as a part of the water system, all lines shall be purged and sterilized and tested to the satisfaction of the superintendent or his designee. A charge for engineering work and inspection provided by the city shall be paid by the party performing the construction of additions, betterments and extensions to the water system, prior to acceptance of the construction, in accordance with Chapter 2.50 of this code, Fee Schedule, adopted from time to time by the council. The owner of such construction shall, upon acceptance thereof, convey the same to the city by conveyance in form satisfactory to the city attorney, and in the event any portion of such construction is situated on private property, then the owner shall have the duty of procuring private easements in form satisfactory to the city attorney, fully executed and acknowledged before such construction shall be accepted.

D. In the discretion of the council, a property owner who has or will install a main extension at his own expense, and who qualifies under the terms of Chapter 35.91 RCW, as it may be amended, for reimbursement, may be given a contract in accordance with that chapter, but in no event shall its term of reimbursement exceed twenty years. In the event the city agrees to enter into such a contract, the person to whom such contract is granted shall pay to the city the city’s out-of-pocket legal, administrative and engineering expense incurred in framing such contract. (Ord. 1115-15 § 5; Ord. 947-04 § 2).