(a) If the sewer connections are not built, laid and constructed in the manner and within the time prescribed in the resolution described in § 53.021, the city council may order the construction to be done by that person as they may contract with and under the direction of the city engineer at the expense of the lots and parcels of land adjoining in front of and for the benefit of which the sewer connections have been laid, built and constructed. The expense shall be assessed upon the lots and parcels of land so chargeable by the city engineer and returned by him or her to the city council.
(b) The city finance director shall cause to be published the estimate of the city engineer, together with a notice of the time and place when the city council will meet to approve the construction, by one publication in the official newspaper at least one week prior to the meeting of the city council to approve the construction.
(c) Payments therefore shall be due and payable from and after the filing of the assessment roll with the city finance director and shall be collected in the same manner as other special assessments are now collected as provided by law.
(d) All steps taken for the charge of the property affected and the collecting of the assessment and the selling of the property in default of payment of the assessment shall be done and performed in the same manner as other special assessments for local improvements are now collected by the city.
(1992 Code, § 41-115) (Ord. 47-81, passed 6-1-1981; Ord. 57-93, passed 7-12-1993; Ord. 102-96, passed 9-3-1996)