(a) Whenever sanitary sewers or portions thereof are laid at the expense of the Municipality without the cost of such line or lines being paid for by, or assessed against, all the property owners abutting such lines and benefitted thereby, the owner of any of the abutting property to be serviced by such line or lines and for which property the cost thereof has not been paid or assessed, shall pay his pro rata share of such line or lines before tapping therein.
(b) Whenever such lines are laid by the owners or other persons with the authority of and under the direction of the Administrator, except in cases where the owners of new subdivisions are required to make such installations at their expense by the order of the Planning Commission, under and by virtue of the Subdivision Regulations, such persons shall certify the cost of the improvements to the Administrator immediately upon completion. These amounts shall be subject to the approval of the Administrator and may be reduced if the Administrator, with the advice of the Engineer and in his unqualified discretion, feels that the costs are excessive. (Ord. 43-80. Passed 9-8-80.)
(c) The owner of any abutting property or property that is thereby serviced by such line or lines, and for which property the cost thereof has not been paid, shall pay his pro rata share of the cost of such line or lines as determined by the Administrator before tapping therein. The money so received shall be paid to the persons who paid the cost of such line, or their heirs, executors, administrators or assigns. However, no such payment to such person or persons shall be made more than fifteen years after completion of the job and certification of the cost to the Administrator. Any money received for tapping in after fifteen years shall be placed in the Sewer Improvement and Replacement Fund.
(Ord. 23-01. Passed 4-2-01.)
(d) The pro-rata share of property on which sanitary sewer and/or water lines have been constructed or extended, for purpose of assessment, shall be calculated by the certified costs as approved by the Administrator divided by the total tributary area served by the same extension or construction. This area fee shall be collected and re-imbursed as indicated in subsection (c) hereof.
(e) The total tributary area to be served by the construction or extension of the sanitary sewer lines shall be certified by the Administrator at the same time of, or prior to, the certification of costs for same extension or construction.
(Ord. 27-91. Passed 10-17-91.)