§ 19-195. Transfer of contributed property; bills of sale.

The county reserves the right to construct all facilities for providing water and wastewater service to the point of connection. If the county determines that it will accept such facilities constructed by others, the following rules will apply.

(1)

Each contributor or developer who has constructed portions of water distribution and/or sewage collection system shall convey such component parts of the water distribution and/or sewage collection system to county by bill of sale, in a form satisfactory to the county's attorney, together with such evidence as may be required by the county that the water and/or wastewater systems proposed to be transferred to county are free of all liens and encumbrances.

(2)

Any facilities in the category of consumer's connections on the customer's side of the connection point shall not be transferred to county and shall remain the property of individual customers, their successors or assigns.

(3)

Utility shall not be required to accept title to any component part of the water distribution or sewage collection system until county's engineer has approved the construction of said lines, accepted the tests to determine that such construction is in accordance with the criteria established by the county, and thereafter evidenced its acceptance of such lines for county's ownership, operation, and maintenance.

(4)

Contributor shall maintain accurate cost records establishing the construction costs of all utility facilities constructed by contributor. Such cost information shall be furnished to county concurrently with the bill of sale, and such cost information shall be a prerequisite for the acceptance by county of the portion of the water distribution and sewage collection system constructed by the contributor.

(5)

County reserves the right to refuse connection and to deny the commencement of service to any contributor seeking to be connected to portions of the water distribution and sewage collection system until such time as the provisions of this section have been fully met.

(6)

With respect to a development which constitutes a "single unit" such as a mobile home park, a shopping center, or apartment complex, county's obligation for service and maintenance of county-owned liens and facilities located wholly within such developments, and not in public rights-of-way, shall extend solely to repair and/or replacement of the lines or facilities, and the county will not be liable in any manner for damages, replacement or repairs to surface areas.

(Ord. No. 04-4, § 22, 3-2-2004)