(A) After adoption, publication and recording by the City Clerk in the county where the property in the benefited district is located, of a connection fee ordinance for a benefited district, all owners of those properties within the benefited district whose properties are eligible for connection, and who propose to connect such properties directly or indirectly to the major sanitary sewer facility, shall make application to the city for such connection.
(B) The submittal of construction plans to the city for sanitary sewer improvements or property being subdivided for development shall constitute an application to the city for purposes of this section.
(C) No connection shall be made to a sanitary sewer facility until such application has been approved and until the required connection fee has been paid; provided, such property has been appropriately subdivided for development and, where applicable, all sanitary sewer improvements necessary to serve said property have been constructed, at the owner’s expense, and accepted by the city.
(D) The sewer connection fee required by this subchapter shall be paid prior to connection to the sanitary sewer.
(2011 Code, § 24.1000.5)