DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS SECTION 1 – WATER STANDARDS 16 4. DEVELOPER TO PROVIDE PROOF OF INSURANCE: Developer shall have system installed by a licensed and bonded contractor. The contractor shall furnish proof of license, bond and insurance. The Developer may elect to install the infrastructure system with his own forces. The City will require that the Developer have public liability and property damage insurance coverage as outline in the Bonding and Insurance Section of the Development Standards. 5. CONSTRUCTION OF SYSTEM: Developer will construct or cause to be constructed a completed system, in full conformity with the infrastructure plan, as prepared by the Developer’s Engineer. The City’s standards, conditions and specifications shall be followed in the construction process. 6. RECORD DRAWING PLAN: Developer or Developer’s Contractor will provide a copy of the Record Drawing Plan showing final relations to the property lines and other physical features. Record Drawings shall be in accordance to the Drafting Section of these Development Standards. Bond will not be released until Record Drawings are completed and approved. 7. EASEMENT DESCRIPTIONS: Easements for the entire infrastructure shall be a minimum of 10 feet wide. Easement legal descriptions shall be prepared by a surveyor or engineer licensed to practice in the State of Washington. Easement legal descriptions shall be reviewed and approved by the City Engineer prior to acceptance and recording. 8. CITY’S INSPECTION AND DIRECTION: The City, by its agents, servants and employees, shall have the right to enter upon the Developer’s property, at any time prior to the completion of the construction, installation, inspection and testing of the system to inspect the construction and/or direct the Developer, his contractor, agents, or employees, to take any action necessary to fully comply with the infrastructure plan. Developer shall take, or cause to be taken; any action directed by the City and shall cause such system to be constructed in all respects in full conformity with the plan. Developer will be required to get a permit from the City of Ellensburg prior to construction, which will include the Inspection costs for City inspectors. If the scope of the project requires such, the City will require the design-engineering firm to provide inspection of the construction work. The Developer shall be responsible for the charges from the engineering firm. The City and the engineering firm shall coordinate the inspections and resolve any disputes regarding plan or specification interpretation. 9. INSTALLATION OF STREETS, MAIN TAPS OR CONNECTIONS: All connections to existing City facilities, necessary to serve such water and wastewater systems, shall be installed by the Developer, at the expense of the Developer. All costs shall be paid in full prior to acceptance of the system by the City. 10. INSPECTION AND TESTING OF COMPLETED SYSTEM: When the Developer believes that the system has been completed in full conformity with the Infrastructure Plan, he shall notify the City. The City shall inspect the system and be present during tests to the system as the City shall specify. Such testing shall be at the expense of the Developer. Following such testing, the City shall notify the Developer of its approval of the system, or of any additions, changes or modifications required prior to such approval. 11. ACCEPTANCE OF SYSTEM: Upon approval of the construction and conveyance of the water and sewer systems by the City, and the deposit of cash or a bond by the Developer as hereinafter provided, the City shall notify the Developer of its acceptance of the system. The system shall then become a part of the City’s system. Thereafter, the Developer and his assigns shall be entitled to receive services from the City in the same manner, and upon the same terms as other users within the City. 12. REPAIRS TO AND REPLACEMENT OF SYSTEM: Following the acceptance of the said system by the City, the responsibility for repairs and replacements thereto shall be as follows: a. For the first twelve months following such acceptance, the obligation and expense of any repairs or replacements to the system which are required by the City shall be that of the Developer. Any such repairs or replacement shall be
