Where public water mains have been constructed and the cost thereof has been wholly or partly paid out of the funds of the Municipality or financed through the issuance of bonds, and the owner of any property abutting upon such water mains makes application to tap such water mains, no permit shall be issued to such abutting property owner to make such connection or connections, nor shall such abutting property owner make such connection or connections, unless he has first paid into the Municipal Treasury, or given security for such payment satisfactory to the fiscal officer of the Municipality, that portion of the cost of such water mains which the property of such owner for which a connection or connections is desired to be made, was formerly charged in the form of an assessment, but which assessment the Municipality has been unable to collect due to defects in procedure or failure to obtain an assessment lien for such cost. However, where a portion of the cost of such water mains to which connections are desired to be made has been assessed against such abutting property and a valid assessment lien imposed thereon for such cost, or where in the case of an invalid assessment or reassessment for such cost a reassessment may be levied under and by authority of Ohio R.C. 727.39, such permit shall be issued, provided the same conforms to the other regulations of the Municipality.
(Ord. 1969-32. Passed 4-8-69.)