(A) The owner of any building or property which is located within the city and from which wastewater is discharged shall be required to connect to a public sewer at his or her expense within 90 days of the date the public sewer is operational, provided that the public sewer is within 60 feet of the structure generating the wastewater and such public sewer is located in a public right-of-way or easement for sewer purposes adjacent to the property. All future buildings constructed on property adjacent to the public sewer shall be required to immediately connect to the public sewer. If sewer connections are not being made pursuant to this section, an official 90 day notice shall be served instructing the affected property owner to make said connection.
(B) In the event an owner shall fail to connect to a public sewer in compliance with a notice given under division (A) of this section, the city may undertake to have said connection made and shall assess the cost thereof against the benefitted property. Such assessment shall be a lien against said property. Such assessment, when levied, shall bear interest at the legal rate for local improvements and shall be certified to the Auditor of the county of Otter Tail, Minnesota and shall be collected and remitted to the city in the same manner as assessments for local improvements. The rights of the city shall be in addition to any remedial or enforcement provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 141, passed 11-6-89)