Huber Heights to pursue tap-in district for Bellefontaine-area waterline extensions; staff to draft ordinance and contact residents

City staff briefed the Huber Heights council on a proposed waterline-extension project to serve properties around Bellefontaine Road, and the council agreed to have staff prepare a tap-in district ordinance and do outreach to potentially affected property owners.

Aaron (staff member) presented an engineer’s estimate of about $374,000 to extend public water to 18 lots in the Bethel/Womack/Bellefontaine area, which would equal roughly $21,000 per lot if the full cost were assessed to property owners. Staff noted prior precedent: a 2018 Mark Avenue special-tap project required two of three property owners to sign a petition and capped homeowner assessments at $5,000; the city covered the remaining project cost.

To make a connection affordable for existing homeowners, staff described using the municipal assessment process…