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1.050 Premises Located Outside Cit - Connectian Prohibited. No person shall connect premises located outside the city limits to the sewer system of the city until; ~a} An application therefor has been submitted and a permit issued in accordance with the provisions of section 2.212 of this code; fib} The council has included the property within a lacal im- provement district for sanitary sewers; ar ~c} The city engineer has determined, consistent with council policy, the property is to be connected to the sanitary sewer avail- able to serve the property. Section 4. Section 7.055 of the Eugene Code, 1971, is amended to pro- vide: 7.055 Pro ert Served b Existin Sewers - E uivalent assessment. ~1} The owners of all real property lying within 160 feet of the city sanitary sewer system, which can be served by an already installed city sewer line and which has not paid a local improvement assessment for the sani- tary sewer to which connection is to be made shall pay to the finance officer an equivalent assessment and any other fees required by the city before con- necting to the sanitary sewer. If the property has delinquent local improve- ment assessments against it, before issuing the sewer connection permit, all delinquent assessments shall be brought current. The equivalent assessment shall be determined by the city engineer, taking into account the city policy that each parcel of real property shall pay at least for an eight inch lateral sewer system, based on the greater of the cast of constructing the sanitary sewer to which connectian is proposed or the cost at the time of connectian of local improvement assessments for similar sanitary sewers. As used in this subsection "cast" includes the expenses identified in section l.llo. The total equivalent assessment shall be reduced by any principal payment received on a lacal improvement assessment levied against the prop- erty for a sanitary sewer. Any person aggrieved by the city engineer's determination of the equivalent assessment may seek its review before a hear- ings official by following the procedures in section 3.060 of this code. The petitioner shall have the burden of proof in such review. ~2} The city may accept and incorporate all or part of the sani- tary sewer facilities of a special service district as apart of the city's sanitary sewer system. After such acceptance, the city may establish spe- cial assessment and connection fees in the manner provided by law. ~3} In lieu of paying the equivalent assessment at the time of connection, the owner of the real property to be connected to the sanitary sewer may execute and deliver to the finance officer an agreement to pay the equivalent assessment in installments. The finance officer may accept the owner's agreement to pay vniy if it is consistent with the limits established under subsection 7.160~Z} and ~3}. Equivalent assessments paid as provided in this subsection shall be charged interest on the unpaid principal balance as provided in section 2.02 of this code and are hereby declared alien against the real property and shall be docketed in the lien docket of the city and may be foreclosed in the same manner as other assessment liens. Ordinance - 2