A. Whenever the city council has ordered any street, highway, alley, avenue or public place permanently improved by paving, graveling or macadamizing the public way 1 , it shall notify the board of waterworks trustees of the contemplated improvement at the time of the passage of the proposed resolution of necessity, and thereupon the board of waterworks trustees shall report to the city council the lots and names of the owners and the requirements in respect to connections from any water mains or pipes to the curb of the abutting and adjacent property.
B. The city council shall pass a resolution requiring the respective owners of the abutting or adjacent property to make connections with the water mains in the manner required by the regulations of the board of waterworks trustees, and the city council shall at the same time require the property owners to make connection with the sewer main in the street and to make application for connection with the gas main and underground electric conduit if there be one.
C. A notice shall be given the property owners by two (2) publications in a newspaper of general circulation in the city, the first publication of which shall be at least ten (10) days prior to the time fixed in the notice, at which time the putting in of the connection must be completed.
D. It shall be the duty of the gas and electric utilities companies to whom application is made by the property owner for a connection with a gas main or an electric conduit immediately preceding the improvement of a street, to install the connection as soon as practicable.
E. If the owner of the property fails to put in the water connections before the time stated in the notice, or within such additional time as may be granted by the city council, not exceeding thirty (30) days, the board of waterworks trustees or the city shall have the power to put in the water connection and certify the actual costs to the city council; and if said owner fails to make connection with the sewer main or fails to make application for connection with the gas main or underground electric conduit, the city may install the connection with the sewer main and may order in a connection with the gas main or electric conduit, and the costs of the installation of the connections to the curb line of the property, including the amounts certified by the board of waterworks trustees, or the city, shall be assessed by the city council to the respective lots and tracts of land in the same manner in which other special assessments are made as provided by law.
F. Whenever the city council has ordered the widening of any paving of any street, alley or highway within the city with a paving strip of sufficient thickness and strength equal to the specifications therefor of the State Highway Commission and to safely permit underground connections to be made later for water, sewer or gas connections, as and when necessary, the city council may waive the requirement of making connections of sewer, gas, water and electricity, as required in subsection B of this section before the street widening improvement is made. (Rev. Ord. 1119, Comp. 1941, p. C-11; amd. Rev. Ord. 1407, Comp. 1941, p. C-12)
Notes
| 1 | 1. See section 7-2-1 of this code. |