Consolidated water service area water main reimbursable account.
San José Municipal Code § 15.08.910
in effect15.08.910 - Consolidated water service area water main reimbursable account.
There is hereby established the consolidated water service area water main reimbursable account. The purpose of the account is to facilitate the imposition of charges and reimbursement of an applicant for water main installation costs when the applicant installs main capacity in excess of necessary main capacity or performs other related services when approved by the city. Said account shall be administered as follows:
A. All water main area and frontage charges received from applicants for water service within the Edenvale water service area, the Evergreen water service area, the Coyote water service area and the North San José water service area (collectively the "consolidated water service area") shall be deposited in the consolidated water utility fund and accounted for separately within said fund.
B. The consolidated water service area water main reimbursable account shall be the sole source for payment of reimbursements to or credits made in favor of applicants. No obligation is imposed upon any other funds of the City of San José.
C. Annually, within a reasonable time after the thirtieth day of June of each year, all moneys deposited in the consolidated water service area water main reimbursable account during the twelve months preceding such June 30th, and any surplus remaining from any years prior thereto, shall be distributed to applicants who, as of said June 30th, have credits to their accounts in said account. The amount of payment to each said applicant shall be in full or in the same ratio to the total amount contained in such account as such applicant's credit (without reduction for partial reimbursement) bears to the total credits (without reduction for partial payment) carried in the account as of said date and which on said date have not been terminated by full reimbursement, provided that no applicant shall be entitled to reimbursement for an amount in excess of applicant's credit in such account.
D. 1.
An applicant entitled to reimbursement shall be carried on the reimbursable account until one of the following shall first occur:
a. Full reimbursement is made in accordance with the contract between city and the applicant;
b. Twenty years have elapsed from June 30th of the final year in which the applicant's account has been credited;
c. Upon purchase by the city of the right to reimbursement pursuant to subsection C. of Section 15.08.780.
2. The reimbursable credit of any applicant who has sold the right of reimbursement to the city shall be immediately transferred to the city's credit in the consolidated water service area water main reimbursable account.
3. The reimbursable credit of any applicant who has not been reimbursed within twenty years from June 30th following the year in which the applicant's account has been credited shall be transferred to the city's credit in the consolidated water service area water main reimbursable account without payment of compensation to the applicant.
4. Any applicant's credits transferred to the city's credit pursuant to this subsection D. shall remain in the city's credit until such time as required for reimbursement of other applicants.
(Prior code § 7607; Ord. 22847.)
Source: City of San José, Municipal Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ca/san_jose/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT15PUUT_CH15.08MUWASY_PT9WAMAREFU_15.08.910COWASEARWAMAREACFetched: 11/1/2026