If sewer or water service is not available, any property owner or other proper person may make application to the Borough for service upon a form provided by the Borough setting forth the location, estimated date and type of proposed connection, together with such other information as the Borough may require. After receipt of such application, the Borough will determine whether the construction of an addition of the water or sewer system is economically feasible, based upon engineering estimates of costs of construction and revenues from proposed or expected use of such addition.
1. Extension of Water or System if Feasible. If in the opinion of the Borough the construction of an addition to then existing water or sewer system to serve the applicant is economically feasible and if the Borough or Authority has sufficient funds, or is able to borrow sufficient funds, to finance such construction, and the Borough and Authority can obtain permission from appropriate governmental agencies as required, the Borough or Authority may construct an addition to the existing water or sewer system.
Before construction of such addition is begun, the Borough or Authority may require the applicant to post a bond, either in cash or with other sufficient surety, guaranteeing and providing for the annual payment of a sum which together with the annual rental and charges for the use of the additional
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would be sufficient to amortize the cost of such construction with interest thereon, whether or not interest is actually paid by the Borough or Authority over the then projected useful life or such addition.
2. Extension Of Water Or Sewer System With Contribution Of Applicant. If in the opinion of the Borough the construction of an addition to the existing water or sewer system to serve the applicant is not economically feasible and the applicant nevertheless desires sewer service or water service, the Borough and Authority may require a cash contribution by the applicant toward the costs of constructing such additions so that the project would be economically feasible.
3. Borough Not Restricted To Financially Feasible Additions. Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing the Borough from extending any water or sewer line beyond the then apparently financially feasible limits, if such extensions are needed for reasons of public health and water purity and are approved by holders of any revenue indentures, real estate mortgages or other security given by the Authority or Borough, or to require hookup after such construction and to require reasonable contributions from users for construction costs of such additions, in addition to normal rates and charges for hookup to and use of the water or sewer system.
(Reenacted by Ord. 88-3, 10/17/1988)
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