Water bills, or a city gone wild (Cape Coral, Bonita Springs: water heater, luxury)

[equalrightsforeveryone]

I hope none of you own vacant lots here cause they are going to hose you.

"People who own vacant Cape Coral lots where utilities are available could be asked to pay $338 per year for the next 20 years to help pay for major parts of the utilities system."
Cape may levy fee on vacant lots

[stahltkd]

Originally Posted by equalrightsforeveryone

I hope none of you own vacant lots here cause they are going to hose you.

"People who own vacant Cape Coral lots where utilities are available could be asked to pay $338 per year for the next 20 years to help pay for major parts of the utilities system."
Cape may levy fee on vacant lots

But you do get that as a credit towards the impact fees.

[equalrightsforeveryone]

One thing people should consider buying investment property here.
If they need money again they are going to hose you again. This is a very scary trend, very scary.

[Izmack]

Your ulterior motives continue to be very transparent. Even a newbie here can see that.

Originally Posted by equalrightsforeveryone

One thing people should consider buying investment property here.
If they need money again they are going to hose you again. This is a very scary trend, very scary.

[nhkev]

Originally Posted by equalrightsforeveryone

Still not getting it are you folks.
People paid impact and well fee's to build their homes, now the city is charging them for water they don't want and in some cases don't use. That is wrong plain and simple.
But after the arguments being posted here it does not surprise me that the whole of SWFL is in the state that it is in.
But that's the way it is, some individuals just love cutting their nose off to spite their face.
But eventually it will come back to bite you.

this is just like your trailer situation.... the city had an ordinance about parking trailers in driveways. you knew this or should have known this but tried to do it anyway, then you got mad when your neighbors who didn't want it there reported to code enforcement.

In this case the city made an ordinance, or in it's charter, that all lots were to be on city utilities, whoever built your house and gave you a well knew this and before buying you should have know city utilities were coming. It is not up to the landowners to decide whether "they want it or not" If they didn't want city water they should not have bought in a city that is committed to bringing public utilities to the area. Once again , you made a bad decision and expect everyone else to accomodate you.

[Izmack]

Responding to your post, as I don't think he's blocked me yet.

Originally Posted by nhkev

this is just like your trailer situation.... the city had an ordinance about parking trailers in driveways. you knew this or should have known this but tried to do it anyway, then you got mad when your neighbors who didn't want it there reported to code enforcement.

In this case the city made an ordinance, or in it's charter, that all lots were to be on city utilities, whoever built your house and gave you a well knew this and before buying you should have know city utilities were coming. It is not up to the landowners to decide whether "they want it or not" If they didn't want city water they should not have bought in a city that is committed to bringing public utilities to the area. Once again , you made a bad decision and expect everyone else to accomodate you.

[CDusr]

I actually see the water issue as a management/distribution problem not so much a lack of resources issue. I personally am not a fan of the dominant central control model. (Yes just about all our models are based on this design... lol) These cost in the future can sky rocket and you have no control there. It is actually nice to see some well and septic stuff here (swfl). I guess they don't want you having that in fort myers? What am I missing? If you have well and septic in areas and the growth starts what is to prevent them from charging you quite handsomely at anytime if they decided you aren't using their water/sewer?[COLOR=#000000 ! important][/color]

[rikoshaprl]

The wells that the city uses are very deep and the water is desalinated. Private wells would be in a shallow aquifer and the water might not be as safe. Also, that shallow aquifer might run dry with so many wells pulling water from it. Septic systems can pollute the ground water, canals, the river and the gulf. It would be crazy to have so many septic systems in this area. I don't like big government either, but there are some things you need the government to do. It seems to me that the city of Cape Coral has done a good job planning for water resources.

[CDusr]

Thanks. Actually I am a fan of composting, rather than septic. Europe tends to do this, but not in america. It actually makes most sense environmentally and cost-wise. I do understand your own well is your responsibility and septic packed together would be bad. FL seems to like to pack them in in some places (tiny lots). What is avg water/sewer bill in that area? Is it bi-monthly or monthly bill?

[rikoshaprl]

It varies, depending on how many people in household, if you have a pool etc. It is high though compared to where I lived on Long Island, roughly 150/mo.