The City Administrator, or the Administrator's designee shall have the authority to compel the making of or relocation of sewer, water, gas, electrical, fiber, communications and other utilities and/connections whenever in view of contemplated street improvements, or as a sanitary regulation, such connections should in their judgment be relocated or constructed. Written notice of such determination shall be given to the owner of each lot or parcel of land to which relocations are required or connections are to be made, which notice shall state the number and character of connections or relocation required. Such notice shall be served by a person, designated by the City Manager, or other officer, by ordinary US mail sent to the property address or owner of the property as listed with the Lucas County Auditor. Non-residents of the City, or persons who cannot be found, may be served by one publication of such notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the City. The notice shall state the time within which such connections shall be constructed and or relocated, if they be not constructed or relocated within said time, the work may be done by the City and cost thereof, together with a penalty of five percent (5%), assessed against the lots and lands for which the connections are made. Said assessments shall be certified and collected in the same manner as other assessments for street improvements.
(Ord. 007-2023. Passed 2-6-23.)
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