Persons desiring to connection to the municipal sewer system shall bear all costs incident thereto, including the cost of any extension if the municipal sewer systems to reach their premises; provided, however, that any extension, other than the service connections, to a single premises, shall become the property of the city upon its completion. All extension of the municipal sewer system shall be made only at the locations and in accordance with the specifications set forth in the master plan for the city sewer extension. The master plan for the city sewer extensions shall be available for inspection by any interested person upon request to the Utilities Committee or its Director, and shall show the location of all future mail sewer extensions and structures appurtenant thereto and general specifications for sewer construction as the Utilities Committee shall from time to time by resolution determine the extensions, structures and specifications to be. All plans for the extension shall be prepared by a registered professional engineer and shall be approved to the Utilities Committee and the State Environmental Protection Agency. Inspection of the construction of the extension shall be provided by the city but the cost of the inspection shall be deposited with the city before construction is commenced by the person desiring to have the system extended. A deposit of the estimated cost of any work to be performed by the city in connection with the sewer extension shall be made by the person desiring the extension before the work is commenced. Adequate insurance, as determined by the Utilities Committee, shall be provided during construction, on protecting the city. A surety bond in the sum equal to the estimated cost of construction of the extension to secure to the city the actual construction of the extension in accordance with the applicable ordinances of the city and of the plans and specifications therefore, and to hold the city harmless of any claims whatsoever arising out of the construction of the extension shall be delivered to the Utilities Committee before construction of the extension is commenced. Easements acceptable to the Utilities Committee for constructing and maintaining requested as well as future extensions of the municipal sewer system, as shown on the master plan for the city sewer extensions, shall be provided and recorded at no expense to the city before any extension of the system shall be made. Easements and all rights incident thereto shall become the property of the city. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the city to extend the utmost cooperation permitted by law in the obtaining of the easements, and upon completion of any extension of the municipal sewer system and acceptance thereof by the Utilities Committee, a sum equal to the amount collected by the city for connection fees to the extension, as provided in § 51.112 hereof, shall be paid to the person making the extension, or his or her assigns, until the sum so paid equals the cost of extending that portion of the sewer exactly as it is shown on the master plan for the city sewer extensions, as the cost is determined to be by the Utilities Committee. Refunds shall be made to persons extending the municipal sewer system in the inverse order in period of time in which the extensions where made. No reimbursement shall be made by the city for costs of interests, bonds, easements, permits, licenses, insurance or administrative overhead of the person extending the municipal sewer system. The Utilities Committee shall have the authority to waive much of the requirements of this section as it shall deem in the best interest of the city for lateral extensions serving an area with a potential of less than 15 service connections.
(1980 Code, § 24.704) Penalty, see § 51.999