The owner of any lot, tract or parcel of land abutting upon any street or avenue in the city shall, within thirty (30) days after receiving notice in writing of the intention to initiate a local improvement of the said street or avenue, make all connections with the city water main and the city sewer in said street or avenue from said main or sewer, to the curb line in front of said lot, tract or parcel of land so abutting on the street or avenue to be improved. The notice of public hearing by the board of local improvements in any paving improvement of the roadway of any street or avenue in the city shall, in the absence of other written notice, be considered and deemed due notice under the requirement and provisions of this section.
No owner of any lot, tract or parcel of land abutting upon the streets or avenues of the city, nor any other person, shall be permitted to excavate or remove the roadway of any street or avenue for the purpose of making any connection or connections with any city water main or sewer after the completion of pavement or other local improvement of the roadway of said street or avenue in the city, unless he shall have first obtained the consent of the council thereto by a resolution in writing, duly adopted by the council, and shall also have filed in the office of the city collector a bond in the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) with good and sufficient sureties, payable to the city and conditioned to replace and repair the pavement or roadway of said street or avenue, and to put the same in as good a condition as it was in previously to the excavating and making of the connection or connections, and to maintain, repair and keep the same in such condition for the period of one year after the making of the connection or connections aforesaid. (Ord., 4-3-1939)