A. The methodology used to establish or modify a reimbursement fee shall consider the cost of existing facilities, including without limitation design, financing and construction costs, prior contributions by existing users, gifts or grants from federal or state government or private persons, the value of unused capacity available to future system users, ratemaking principles employed to finance publicly owned capital improvements, and other relevant factors identified by the council. The methodology shall promote the objective that each future system user shall contribute no more than an equitable share of the costs of existing facilities.

B. The methodology used to establish or modify the improvement fee shall consider the estimated cost of projected capital improvements needed to increase the capacity of the systems to which the fee is related. The methodology shall be calculated to obtain the cost of capital improvements for the projected need for available system capacity for future system users.

C. The methodology used to establish or modify the improvement fee or the reimbursement fee, or both, shall be adopted by separate ordinance. [Ord. 725 § 5.]