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.~~~ 7 F~cE 557 <br />5. Construction: Installation made under a reimbursement agreement <br />may be carried out by: <br />a, the developer with his own foxees yr <br />b. the municipality witkl its forces ox <br />c, a private contraatox under competitive bidding procedure. <br />6. Reimbursement: <br />a, A reimbursement agreement may be entered into between the <br />utility system and each party installing utility system <br />components under the reimbursement policy. <br />b, The coat of installing all the utility components within a <br />subdivision shall be borne initially by the participating <br />developer ox developers, <br />c. The various utility systems components subject to reimburae- <br />ment shall be: <br />(1) those between a subdivision and a facility of the County <br />or utility system and which are so sized and located as to <br />serve other properties; and <br />(2) lines within s subdivision which serve lands outside the <br />aubdiviaion and are of a size in excess of the need of the <br />aubdiviaion itself. In the second case the cost subject <br />to reimbursement shall only be the extra cant incurred by <br />installing lines larger than needed to serve the aubdiviaion <br />itself, For example, where a $10,000 - 10" line is needed <br />for the aubdiviaion and a $12,000 - 12" line is installed, <br />only $2,000 may be reimbursed, <br />d. All reimbursements shall be made from acreage privilege fees, <br />collected by the County from land initially or subsequently <br />served by facilities installed under a reimbursement agreement <br />and from these only. <br />Reimbursements to a developer shall be paid by the County <br />ox utility system to the developer within thirty days following <br />the and of each year from collection made during that fiscal year. <br />e. Only the actual volt of the water/waste system components shall <br />be included in the calculation of .cost subject to reimbursement. <br />f. No reimbursement of any costs shall be made after ten years from <br />the date of acceptance of those system aomponenta installed <br />under a reimbursement agreement. <br />g, Acreage privilege fees collected from properties served by <br />facilities installed under reimbursement agreements shall be <br />applied so as tv satisfy the vlaim from the different agreements <br />:. in the order in which they were entered into. <br />C. Other properties <br />Tn accordance with the general principle that the benefited property <br />should bear the coat of providing benefits, one or more of the following <br />methods may be used in providing the utilities and for the provision of <br />the required oomponents to serve properties not located within sub- <br />divisions currently under development. <br />1, Advance payment: Where lots are irregular in shape or size or <br />where all the owners agree, payment of the full cost in advance <br />of extension at an equal rate per lot or by such other apportionment <br />to be determined shall be permitted. <br />2, Reimbursement olio : The reimbursement policy outlines in Section <br />B, paragraph above shall be available for use by an individual <br />property owner who desiree service at some distance fxom existing <br />facilities and when assessment of or contribution from intervening <br />property does not appear likely ar feasible, <br />Detailed discussion arose concerning certain terminology and meaning of <br />the presented Water/Sewer ~tenaion Policy for Orange Cour_ty, North Carolina. <br />