8-2-3: CONNECTION TO SANITARY SEWER REQUIRED; COSTS ASSESSED:
Every parcel of land or premises within two hundred feet (200') of a City sewer main, and physically capable of receiving service within the boundaries of the City, improved for occupancy and occupied or used by any person or persons, or as a commercial business, shall be connected to the public sanitary sewer system. The owner or person in charge of such land shall make or cause to be made such connection within sixty (60) days after receiving official notice from the City to so connect. All connections of said sanitary sewer heretofore constructed and made shall be maintained in a sanitary, permanent and watertight condition. All connections made hereafter shall be made in a permanent, sanitary and watertight manner and shall be sufficient to carry all the sewage and waste fluids of every kind from the building into said sanitary system, and each toilet, stationary washstand, and other piece or type of equipment having waste fluids shall be connected with said system; that where the building or structure has not been completed before publication of such notice, connection shall be made on or before the completion of such building or structure and before any occupancy or use thereof. All charges associated with the laying of pipe from the home or facilities to be served to the City's mains and all other costs incurred in connecting to said mains shall be borne by the property owner. If any connection or any needed repair to an existing condition shall not be made within the time herein provided, the City Council is hereby authorized and directed to cause the same to be made and to file a statement of the costs thereof with the Clerk, and thereupon a warrant shall be issued under the direction of the City Council by the Treasurer and against the Water/Sewer Revenue Special Fund for the payment of such cost, the amount of such cost, together with a penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00) plus interest at eight percent (8%) per annum upon the total amount of such costs and penalty shall be assessed against the property upon which said building or structure is situated and shall become a lien thereon as hereinafter provided. (Ord. 655, 9-27-1994)