(A) Connection charges. It is unlawful to make or cause to be made, any connection to the Brooklyn Park municipal sewer system, unless the person has first paid to the city a connection charge in amounts set by the City Council.
(B) Special assessments. In addition, no permit may be issued to tap or connect with any public sewer system main, either directly or indirectly, from any lot or tract of land, unless:
(1) The property has been specially assessed for the public sewer system, or equivalent sums have been paid to the city for the cost of construction and maintenance of the public sewer system to which the connection is made; or
(2) If no assessment has been levied for such construction costs, that proceedings for levying such assessment have been or will be commenced in due course; or
(3) That the cost of construction for the public sewer system has been paid by the developer or builder platting the lot or tract of land; this does not include lots or tracts of land served by the public sewer system and which were not a part of the plat or tract developed; or
(4) If no assessment has been levied, and no assessment proceedings will be completed in due course, and the developer or builder of the lot or tract has not paid the cost of improving the lot or tract of land, that the developer or builder develops must pay a sum equal to the portion of the cost of constructing the public sewer system which would be assessable against the lot or tract of land has been paid to the City of Brooklyn Park.
(C) Tax forfeited land - special assessments and reassessment. When a parcel of tax forfeited land is returned to private ownership and the parcel is benefitted by sanitary sewer or any other improvement for which special assessments were canceled because of the forfeiture, the city may, upon notice and hearing as provided for the original assessment, make a reassessment or a new assessment as to the parcel in an amount equal to the amount remaining unpaid on the original assessment plus interest; or the city may impose fees or charges for the use or availability or the improvement or improvements or for connections therewith in an amount not to exceed the amount remaining unpaid on the canceled assessment.
(D) Special connection charge. If such special assessments have not been paid, no such permit to connect to the public sewer system will be issued, unless the applicant pays an additional connection fee which will be equal to the portion of the cost of construction of the public sewer system which would be assessable against the lot or tract to be served by the connection. The assessable cost is to be determined by the City Engineer, upon the same basis per front foot or lot unit as any assessment previously levied against other property for the public sewer system, or if no such assessment has been levied, upon the basis of the uniform charge per front foot or lot unit which may have been or which will be charged for similar connections with the public sewer system, determined on the basis of the total assessable cost of the main allocated on a frontage or lot unit basis.
('72 Code, § 610:00) (Am. Ord. 1978-262(A), passed 4-24-78; Am. Ord. 1995-779, passed 4-24-95) Penalty, see § 99.99