All private property within the city located upon any street or alley through which, opposite or abutting the private property runs, or hereafter shall run, any main, belt line or lateral sanitary sewer shall be equipped with a proper connection to the main, belt line or lateral sanitary sewer, for the disposal of all sewage, offal, filth, swill, slop or other refuse. It shall be the duty of the owner of any such private property so situated as described in this section, upon 10 days’ notice, as provided in this section, to make or cause to be made and to maintain and repair a proper connection with the sewer main or lateral, and to install or cause to be installed proper sewer pipe connections to convey the refuse into the main or lateral. If the owner of the property shall fail or neglect for 10 days after the service of the notice to comply with this section, to make the connection, to install the drainage pipes, or to make any repairs which may be necessary therein, then the city shall cause the work to be done, and the cost thereof, when certified to the Mayor and Council, shall be by the Council assessed against the property as a special assessment, and the cost shall be collected as other special assessments and special taxes as provided by law. The notice referred to in this section shall be in writing and shall be served by the Chief of Police, under direction from the city, upon the owner of record of any such property, either by personal service or by publication 1 time in some legal daily newspaper published in and of general circulation in the city. The notice shall describe the real estate required to be connected with the sewer and shall notify the owner that he or she is required to make the connection or to make repairs to existing connections within 10 days after the service or publication thereof, and that if he or she fails to comply with the notice the city will cause the connection or repairs to be made and will certify the cost and expense thereof to the Mayor and Council for assessment against the property. If the notice is made by publication, the notice shall be published not less than ten days preceding the day when the city undertakes to make the connection or repairs pursuant to the provisions of this section.
(Prior Code, § 52-191)