Developer seeks hookups; council debates written easement and hookups

Mar 6, 2025

A landowner requested permission to run a new 12-inch line and asked the city to waive hookup fees for up to six future homes in exchange for an easement. City staff and counsel said an implied easement likely exists for a decades-old water line but recommended recording a written easement; council asked staff to research records and tabled further action for follow-up.

The full story

Developer McKay Kordner asked the council for guidance after he said the Hardcastle family had indicated approval for him to run a new water main across a hollow to serve a proposed subdivision. Kordner and supporting residents asked whether the city could waive hookup fees for up to six future lots in exchange for granting the city an easement or accepting an easement arrangement.

Free newsletter

Sign up to keep reading.

Your free newsletter brings you what your city council, county, and school board discussed and decided.

or
Already have an account? Sign in