Section 13.24.010 Application for reimbursement.

Any owner of real property located within the facility planning area (“FPA”) of the city, as the FPA boundaries of the city now exist or shall be hereafter amended, or in the event of the abolition of the city’s FPA by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (“IEPA”) or the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“USEPA”), then as said boundaries existed at the time of the abolition of the same, who proposes to construct public sanitary sewer disposal and/or potable water transmission service facilities which can be used to serve other properties in the Columbia FPA (hereinafter referred to in this chapter as the “sponsor”) may make application to the city council for recoupment by said sponsor of a proportionate share of the total cost to construct the sanitary sewer and/or water distribution facilities from off-premises, benefitted property owners who directly connect or indirectly use the same, in accordance with the provisions and requirements of this chapter. After completion of the construction and installation of the public sanitary sewer line or water transmission main and their appurtenances for which the sponsor is seeking recoupment, the sponsor shall provide the city engineer or his designee with city required verification of the costs incurred for the improvements involved. The city engineer or his designee will review the same and make recommendations to the city council regarding the necessity and reasonableness of the same and otherwise regarding approval for recoupment or recapture of all or part of the costs involved. The city council shall decide whether or not it is in the public interest to allow for reimbursement of all or any part of the proposed construction costs under this chapter of the city’s municipal code. If the city council decides that it is then the parties shall make and enter into an appropriate recoupment agreement, same to be authorized and approved by enactment of a city ordinance.