(A) Any and all repairs, maintenance, replacement, or construction of sanitary sewer lines or pipes upon any private or city property within the city shall be done so under the direct supervision of the city or its designated agents.
(B) Except for proceeding undertaken for special assessments with the meaning to M.S. Chapter 429, as it may be amended from time to time, all repair, alteration, and maintenance of any trunk sanitary sewer lines located within the city shall be undertaken by the city at its own cost and expense. TRUNK SANITARY SEWER LINE shall be defined as any main sanitary sewer line downstream from a manhole directly on that line.
(C) All lateral service pipes serving individual owners shall be maintained, replaced, repaired, or altered at the expense of the private property owner from the curb plane or the property line to the private residence, commercial structure, or other facility being served by the sanitary sewer service and from the curb plane or property line to the city trunk line shall be the city’s responsibility. LATERAL SERVICE PIPES shall be defined as any line connecting to a trunk line and intended to serve individual property or properties.
(D) Any cost whatsoever incurred by the city to repair, replace, maintain, or alter a sanitary sewer line in the city, which cost is properly that of a property owner, as opposed to the city according to the terms or this section, shall be paid within 30 days by the private owner to the city upon presentment of a statement therefor.
(1) It shall be the duty of the City Administrator to inform the City Council on October 1 of each year of any sums not so paid after due presentment to the private property owner.
(2) Thereupon it shall be the obligation of the City Council to certify the unpaid sums over to the County Auditor to be collected in the mode and manner provided by statute for the collection of special assessments.
(Prior Code, § 53.67) (Ord. 179, passed 8-10-1993; Ord. 193, passed 3-14-1995)