(A) Should the owner of any premises having access to the municipal water system as provided in § 50.06 hereof fail to connect the premises with the municipal water system, the Council may cause the connection to the premises by an authorized representative of the city upon 30 days notice to the owner thereof and may cause the cost of the connection charges to be assessed against the owner of the premises and if not paid within 30 days may be certified to the County Auditor to be collected in the same time and manner as real estate taxes against the property.
(B) The connection charge/assessment shall be a lien against the property. The assessment when levied shall bear interest and term at the legal rate for local improvements will be set by Council action, and shall be collected and remitted to the city in the same manner as an assessment for local improvements.
(Prior Code, § 62-32) (Ord. 223, passed 9-12-1983; Am. Ord. 517, passed 8-25-2009)