Before any street, highway, avenue, alley or public ground is permanently improved, the city council, by the passage of a resolution, may require connections from gas mains to be made by the owners of abutting property to the curb line of such property, and a notice of such requirements shall be given to the property owners as herein provided for. (2007 Code § 44-1)
As soon as the resolution requiring connections to be made, as provided for in section 13-3-1 of this chapter, is passed and adopted by the city council, a written notice shall be served upon all persons owning property along the street, avenue or alley proposed to be improved, which notice shall order such property owner to make connections to the curb line with gas mains located in such streets, and thereupon it shall be the duty of the owners of such property to comply with such notice. The notice shall prescribe whether or not more than one connection is required to be made and the description of the lot or parcel or real estate to which the same is to be made and, in each instance, such owner shall be advised of the number of connections that are required to be made. (2007 Code § 44-2)
If a property owner upon whom notice has been served pursuant to section 13-3-2 of this chapter to make the connections as provided for in section 13-3-1 of this chapter should fail or refuse to make such connections within the time provided for in such notice, then the city council may proceed to have said connections made upon a contract made and entered into for that purpose, and the cost of making such connections shall be assessed to the property owner and shall be collected in the same manner as other special assessments are collected, except that the whole amount of such assessments shall become due at once and shall not be payable in installments. (2007 Code § 44-3)
The resolution passed by the council pursuant to section 13-3-1 of this chapter and the notice that is served upon the property owner shall prescribe the time within which connections are to be made with such mains as provided for in such resolution, and this notice shall be final unless the time is extended by the city council upon application made therefor, or if conditions should arise which would make it impossible for the property owner to make the connections required. (2007 Code § 44-4)