Four Seasons Townhomes
is suing the city of Chico for giving Campus Walk Apartments a permit to use
its sewage pipes.
Four Seasons wants more
than $25,000 in damages from the city for refusing to pay compensation fees and
for breaking a contract the parties agreed upon.
The pipe is located on
private property and moves the sewage to the city sewer system.
In its lawsuit, Four Seasons claims the city was supposed to receive money from Campus Walk and then compensate Four
Seasons for the sewer costs, beginning in August 2006, if the
underdeveloped property (now Campus Walk) connected to the sewer line.
The total amount of reimbursement from the time the issue began in 2006 is $281,819.44, the company claims.
The total amount of reimbursement from the time the issue began in 2006 is $281,819.44, the company claims.
Four Seasons’ owners did
not originally seek compensation from the city because the city hired a third-party
developer to connect the sewer line, the company says in the lawsuit. It also
claims the area where the pipe is located is not the same area that
was included in the original agreement between Four Seasons and the city.
The suit was
filed March 2. The parties haven’t negotiated a settlement.
-- by Justin Couchot