(a) Upon City approval of the extension of a sanitary sewer, the City Engineer shall determine the actual costs of construction and installation necessary to bring the sanitary sewer to the lot or parcel of land required to tap in. Except as provided in Section 1042.056, below, the total cost, including restoration, for all such parcels shall be charged in equal amounts to the property owners required to tap in. The City Engineer shall submit these costs to the Clerk of Council, who shall cause written notice to be given to the owner of such lot or parcel of land to which such connections are to be made, by certified mail, addressed to such owner at his or her last known address, or to the address to which tax bills are sent. If it appears, by the return of the certified mail notice or otherwise, that one or more of such owners cannot be found, such owners shall be served by publication of notice once in a newspaper of general circulation within the City. The returned receipt for notice forwarded by certified mail, accepted by the addressee or anyone purporting to act for him or her, shall be prima-facie evidence of the service of notice of the provisions of this section.
(b) In order to mitigate the cost charged to the property owner and to assure that all connections are completed under optimal conditions for safety, health and welfare, such connections shall, wherever possible, be completed during the construction phase of the sewer extension.
(Ord. 21-97. Passed 3-10-97.)
(c) Charges referred to herein shall become due and payable to the City within thirty days of receipt of notice as set forth in subsection (a) hereof. In the event that payment is not made as set forth above, the amount charged to the property owner shall be a lien on the property and said amount shall be certified by the Finance Director to the County Auditor, to be placed on the tax duplicate and collected the same as other taxes as provided by law.
(Ord. 202-97. Passed 12-8-97.)
(d) The charges referred to herein are separate from and do not include tap-in charges required by City ordinances.
(Ord. 21-97. Passed 3-10-97; Ord. 59-03. Passed 4-14-03; Ord. 122-22. Passed 11-14-22.)