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(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.)
When the developer, as defined in Section 1222.02(b)(27), elects to install a sanitary sewer main within an existing dedicated right-of-way, it shall be complete and include all manholes, wyes and laterals for all existing residences along said main. Said laterals shall be stubbed at the property line at the edge of the respective right-of-way to each residential dwelling and be at a depth of not less than 9 feet from the existing finished grade consistent with the City’s Construction Standards. Open cutting of the existing roadway shall not be permitted during installation of laterals, except with the concurrence of the Service Director and the Superintendent of Utilities.
(Ord. 59-03. Passed 4-14-03; Ord. 122-22. Passed 11-14-22.)
(a) Whenever Council deems it necessary, as a sanitary regulation, that sewer connections or laterals be installed, Council shall cause written notice thereof to be given to the owner of each lot or parcel of land to which such connections are to be made or in which sewer laterals are to be installed to serve unimproved parcels, which notice shall state the number and the character of connections required.
(b) The notice shall be served by the Clerk of Council upon the owners of the lots or parcels 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, or by a combination of the foregoing methods. If it appears by the return of service or the return of the certified mail notice that one or more of such owners cannot be found, such owners shall be served by publication of the 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 the addressee shall be prima-facie evidence of the service of notice under this section.
(c) If said connections are not installed within ninety days from the date of service of such notice, the work may be done by the City and the cost thereof, together with a forfeiture of five percent, shall be assessed against the lots and lands for which such connections are made. Any costs incurred by the City for the installation of laterals and sewer connections as required by this section for parcels of land on opposite sides of the City sewer shall be divided equally between the owners of said parcels.
(d) Upon completion of construction of the sewer, the total costs of such construction, as defined in Ohio R.C. 727.08, shall be determined and reported to Council by the City Engineer, and Council shall prepare a list of estimated assessments. Such list shall contain the total cost of construction to each lot or land abutting upon such construction or installation and shall be filed with the office of the Clerk of Council, and shall be available for public inspection.
(e) Notice that such list of estimated assessments has been made and is on file with the office of the Clerk of Council for inspection shall be published for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the City.
(f) Objections to any assessment shall be filed in writing with the Clerk of Council within two weeks after the expiration of notice set forth herein, and the Clerk shall deliver the objections to Council. Council shall review the written objections and shall adopt an ordinance levying assessments upon lots and lands enumerated in the list of estimated assessments the amount set forth on such list with such changes or corrections as Council shall determine to be proper after consideration of the written objections filed herein.
(g) The ordinance levying assessments shall state the number of annual installments, over which the assessments shall be payable, and shall establish a period of time during which assessments may be paid in cash.
(Ord. 45-99. Passed 5-24-99; Ord. 122-22. Passed 11-14-22.)
No person shall deposit or cause to be deposited or thrown into any open or uncovered ditch, drain or sewer within the City any dirt, brush or other substance and thereby cause the obstruction or partial obstruction of the same.
(Ord. 128. Passed 5-1-28; Ord. 122-22. Passed 11-14-22.)
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