The Mayor, or Director or head of an appropriate department or office under the direction of the Mayor, shall have authority to compel the making of sewer, water, and gas and other connections whenever in view of contemplated street improvements or as a sanitary regulation, such connections should in his judgment be constructed. Written notice of such determination shall be given to the owner or each lot or parcel of land to which connections are to be made, which notice shall state the number and character of connections required. Such notice shall be served by a person, designated by the Mayor or by the director or head of an appropriate department or office under the direction of the Mayor, in the manner provided for the service of summons in civil actions. Nonresidents of the City, or persons who cannot be found, may be served by one publication of such notice in the newspaper of general circulation in the City. The notice shall state the time within which such connections shall be constructed and, if they be not constructed, within said time, the work may be done by the City and the cost thereof, together with a penalty of five percent (5%), assessed against the lots and lands for which the connections are made. Said assessments shall be certified and collected in the same manner as other assessments for street improvements.
(Effective November 9, 1931)