Before paving or otherwise surfacing or resurfacing any street or alley of the City, the City Commission shall determine the time within which sewer, water, gas or other connections shall be constructed, and shall give notice thereof to the persons or corporations required to make the same, and if a person or corporation fails to make such connection when so required, no permission to make the same shall thereafter be granted within five years from the completion of any such improvement unless by resolution adopted at a regular meeting of the City Commission, and stating the reason therefor. The City Commission shall, if they deem the same necessary, provide for any such connections to be made and the cost thereof assessed against the lots and lands specially benefited thereby.