No building permit or sewer tap-in permit shall be issued to an owner of a lot or parcel of land, or his or her agent, if such lot or land abuts on a public improvement, to wit, a sewer for which the owner or his or her predecessor in title has not paid his or her proportionate share of the cost thereof by special assessment or direct contribution, unless and until such owner shall pay his or her proportionate share by direct contribution as hereinafter provided. The Engineer shall determine the amount to be paid by the owner by the same method as the original costs were assessed. Such amount shall be paid to the City and deposited in the particular improvement fund, if any, for distribution to all owners who paid their proportionate share, unless otherwise ordered by a majority thereof.
(Ord. 1266. Passed 9-18-58; Ord. 182-08. Passed 11-6-08.)