A. The owner of lands located in the city who makes application for a short plat or preliminary plat that requires water availability from the city shall extend, at the owner’s cost, the municipal water system to serve the development, provided the city permits such extension.

B. The owner of lands located in the city and within 200 feet of a municipal water line, undertaking new nonresidential construction, shall connect to the municipal water system when the city permits such construction.

C. The owner of lands located in the city on which a private well or wells are located, and who applies to connect to a municipal water system, shall work with the city to seek authorization from the Washington State Department of Ecology to transfer any water rights associated with the well or wells from the owner to the water service provider, or to the city if the provider does not accept the water rights. The owner of permitted water rights may seek compensation from the transferee under mutually agreed upon terms. Any such compensation paid by the city shall be based upon the value of the water, as determined by the city, made available to the city under such a transfer. Regardless of whether the Department of Ecology allows such a transfer of water rights, the well or wells shall be decommissioned in accordance with Washington State Department of Ecology requirements prior to connection to a municipal water system.

D. The owner of lands located within Auburn’s water service area that apply to connect to the Auburn water system shall sign a service agreement prohibiting the installation of an irrigation well or wells on their lands for which service is provided.

E. The applicability of subsection C of this section to lands designated as proposed special planning areas shall be reviewed by the city engineer on a case-by-case basis. After review the city engineer may exempt the proposed special planning area from the requirements of subsection C of this section. (Ord. 5974 § 1, 2006.)