Should the owner of any premise having access to the sanitary sewer system, as provided in § 53.01, fail to connect the premise with the sanitary sewer and upon an investigation, the City Council may cause the installation of a water closet or other device designed for receiving wastewater from any source and to connect such with the city sanitary sewer system. If the City Council determines that wastewater from any premise, parcel or lot is in need of proper disposal, through the city sanitary sewer system, the city shall cause connection to the system in accordance with this section. The connection will be made by an authorized representative of the city upon 30-days’ notice to the owner thereof and the city may cause the cost of the installation together with the connection charges hereinafter provided, and any city administrative costs, to be assessed against the owner of the premise, which assessment, connection fee and administrative costs, shall be paid within 30 days after notification in writing to the owner of the premise and if not paid within 30 days may be certified to the County Auditor to be collected in the same time and manner as real estate taxes against the property. The assessment, connection charge and administrative costs shall be payable in equal annual installments, the number of which shall be determined by the City Council, with one year’s interest at an annual rate set by the City Council, to be added to the first installment and one year’s interest at the same annual rate to be added to each subsequent installment on the unpaid balance.
(Ord. 31.5, passed 5-2-1988)