A. Permit Required: It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to connect any pipe or drain to any sanitary sewer main or water main constituting a part of the combined waterworks and sewerage system of the village without a permit first having been secured therefor from the village clerk's office by the person, firm or corporation desiring to make said connection pursuant to the provisions of this title. See section 1-4B-1 of this code for fines for violation of this subsection. (1983 Code § 8-5-10; amd. 2011 Code)
B. Fee:
1. Required: No permit shall be issued by the village clerk until a hookup fee, as required by this subsection shall have been first paid and a statement filed in writing with the clerk stating where said connection is to be made, when it is to be made, and by whom said connection or hookup is to be made. (1983 Code § 10-4-2)
2. Amount: The hookup fee to be paid to the village clerk for any connection to a sanitary sewer main or water main forming a part of the combined waterworks and sewerage system of the village shall be computed by multiplying the front footage of the tract being connected by the sum of five dollars fifty cents ($5.50) per foot. In the event that connections to both the water and sewer mains are made for the same tract at the same time, there shall be one hookup fee charged for the connection to the water main and another hookup fee charged for the connection to the sewer main. (1983 Code § 10-4-3)
C. Inspection Required: When any connection is made to an existing sewer or water main as aforesaid, the connection shall not be covered until said connection has first been inspected by the village plumbing inspector and the inspector has certified to the person to whom the permit was issued that said connection has been duly and properly made. (1983 Code § 10-4-4)
D. Violations: It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to make any connection to any existing sewer or water main in the village in violation of this section. (1983 Code § 10-4-5)
E. Exemptions: The provisions of this section shall not apply to any properties connecting to the combined waterworks and sewerage system when said properties have been assessed a portion of the cost of constructing said water and sewer mains by special assessment proceedings commenced by the village; nor shall the provisions hereof apply to any connections being made by properties located within the corporate limits of the village if said properties were located within the corporate limits of the village at the time that said water and/or sewer mains were laid along said properties. (1983 Code § 10-4-6)