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(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.)
(a) Definitions. For the purposes of this Section 1042.111, the following words and terms shall have the following meaning:
(1) "Jaycox Road sewer" means the sanitary sewer and all appurtenances thereto identified as the "North Branch Interceptor Jaycox Road District 1B and 1D Sewer" and as further identified in the "Jaycox Road Sanitary Sewer District 1B and 1D 'Surcharge' Tap-In Fee Map" as on file in the Utilities Department of the City and as the same may be amended from time to time.
(2) "Jaycox Road sewer bonds" means the Jaycox Road Sewer Line Improvement Special Obligation Bonds, Series 2006, issued by the City pursuant to Ordinance No. 109-06.
(3) "Jaycox Road sewer tap-in surcharge" means with respect to each connection made to the Jaycox Road sewer the amount set forth in the Jaycox Road Sewer Tap-in Surcharge Schedule for the applicable period during which a tap-in permit is applied for with respect to the parcel benefiting from such connection, as determined for such period under and in accordance with such schedule.
(4) “Jaycox Road Sewer Tap in Surcharge Schedule” means the schedule so identified that is attached to Ordinance No. 3-08, enacting this section 1042.111, and that is on file in the Utilities Department of the City.
(b) Charge Required. No person, corporation, public agency, partnership or association whatsoever shall connect, or cause to be connected, any building or other structure to the Jaycox Road Sewer, either directly or indirectly, for the purpose of discharging sanitary sewage or industrial waste therefrom without first paying the Jaycox Road sewer tap-in surcharge.
(c) Schedule of Charges. The Jaycox Road sewer tap-in surcharge shall be determined in accordance with the Jaycox Road sewer-tap-in surcharge schedule. The amounts therein, together with the calculations establishing such amounts and the periods to which such amounts apply, are hereby approved and ordered imposed on all users of the Jaycox Road sewer at the time of connection to the Jaycox Road sewer by such user.
(d) Additional Charges. The surcharges provided for in this section shall be in addition to any other charges required by other legislation and regulations of the City, including, but not limited to, the tap-in charges imposed under Section 1042.11, and shall not be deemed to preclude the application of any other charges with respect to the Jaycox Road sewer or the sanitary sewer system.
(e) Disposition of Moneys. Jaycox Road sewer tap-in surcharges collected pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be paid over, as received, to the Director of Finance for deposit in Jaycox Road Sanitary Sewer Debt Service Fund established by division (f) of this Section 1042.111.
(f) Jaycox Road Sanitary Sewer Debt Service Fund. The Director of Finance is hereby authorized and directed to set up a fund, to be known as the "Jaycox Road Sanitary Sewer Debt Service Fund," into which shall be deposited all Jaycox Road sewer tap-in surcharges, which surcharges are hereby pledged to and appropriated for the payment of the principal of and interest on the Jaycox Road Sewer Line Improvement Special Obligation Bonds, Series 2006. On December 1 each year (or such date not later than December 31 of such year as the Director of Finance finds practicable), commencing December 1, 2007 until the Jaycox Road Sewer Bonds are paid in full or otherwise discharged and defeased, the Director of Finance shall apply all amounts that are on deposit in the Jaycox Road Sanitary Sewer Debt Service Fund on the day of such application to pay the holder of the Jaycox Road Sewer Bonds the principal of and unpaid interest that has accrued to, but not including, such December 1 on such bonds in accordance with the provisions for such payment set forth in such bonds.
(g) Effective Date. This section shall be effective January 1, 2007.
(Ord. 110-06. Passed 10-23-06; Ord. 3-08. Passed 1-28-08; Ord. 122-22. Passed 11-14-22.)
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