(A) Town: the town shall maintain all accepted main sewer pipes, cleanouts, manholes, lift stations, force mains and wastewater treatment plants.
(B) User: the user shall maintain all sewer pipes, cleanouts, manholes, lift stations and force mains on private property. The user shall also maintain all sewer pipes which serve as laterals originating from private property to their terminus with the main sewer pipe within public rights-of-way and public easements. The lateral includes the “Y” or connection onto the main sewer pipe.
(C) The town shall have the power to compel any user, at his or her expense, to repair his or her sewer lateral if in the opinion of the town, the sewer lateral is broken, collapsed, stopped up or is causing surface subsidence.
(D) If upon proper written notification from the town the user refuses to repair his or her sewer lateral, the town shall make the needed repairs with town personnel or private contractors. The cost of these repairs shall be assessed the user.
(1991 Code, § 50.38)