(a) Sanitary sewer service may be furnished to lots or parcels of land outside the city only upon written application of the developers or lot owners outside the city approved for the purposes of city sanitary sewer collection by the Director of Public Service and formally accepted by Council.
(b) The written application shall contain the following information and statements:
(1) That the desired city utilities shall be constructed at no cost to the city and that the same will be constructed in accordance with the plans, details and specifications approved by the Director of Public Service subject to inspection by the city;
(2) That there shall also be delivered to the Director of Finance and Public Record an annexation petition for the property binding upon the owners or developers of the property and their heirs and assigns, as persons acquiring title to the real estate from the owners or developers, together with all necessary petitions for improvements as provided for in the Subdivision Regulations, which petition shall also be binding on the owners or developers and their heirs and assigns acquiring title to the real estate from the owners or developers;
(3) That the annexation petition shall be presented to the County Commissioners and the annexation completed within six months, or the same, together with all petitions for improvements not completed within that period, shall be recorded in the Miscellaneous Docket, Richland County, Ohio, the same to be added to and/or made a part of any and all future annexation proceedings for any and all properties adjacent thereto and to remain in full force and effect until the annexation is completed into the city; and
(4) That the improvement petitions for any and all improvements not completed by the owner or developer shall also be in full force and effect and binding upon the owners and developers and their heirs and assigns, as the owners of the real estate, and at the discretion of Council may be acted upon for a period of ten years after the annexation of the territory is completed.
(Ord. 3-99, passed 3-1-1999)