[R.O. 1993 § 705.180]
Public sewers may be constructed by the owners of the property for which the sewer is required, or by the City whenever the Council shall deem such sewers necessary for sanitary or other purposes.
[R.O. 1993 § 705. 190; Ord. No. 1976 § 1, 3-31-1980; Ord. No. 2403 § 1, 1-12-1999; Ord. No. 2468 § 1, 12-12-2000]
A. 
Sewer Connection Fee. The sewer connection fee for connecting or otherwise hooking up to the City sewer main shall be as follows:
Minimum four-inch line: two hundred dollars ($200.00).
Larger than four-inch line: The City's cost of labor and materials.
Any person desiring to connect to the City sewer main shall file a written application with the City Collector in the form to be prescribed and furnished by the City and shall pay the sewer connection fee at the time of filing said application.
A "sewer connection fee" shall be required when, at the time of the application for a building permit, there is in place an existing City approved sanitary sewer service line capable of allowing satisfactory sewer service from the sewer main to the applicant's building or property, and it is only necessary for City employees to excavate only to expose the existing sewer service line, inspect such line, install a cleanout if needed, and leave the excavation open and ready for connection or hookup with an approved sanitary sewer service line, and it is not necessary for the City to perform sewer tap services as described in Subsection (B) below.
B. 
Sewer Tap Fee. Any person who desires a sewer tap to the City's sewer main shall file a written application with the City Collector in the form to be prescribed and furnished by the City and shall pay at the time of filing said application a sewer tap fee as follows:
Minimum four-inch line tap: five hundred dollars ($500.00).
Larger than four-inch line tap: The City's cost of labor and materials.
A "sewer tap fee" shall be required when, at the time of the application for municipal water service, City employees or agents must excavate to an existing sewer main, install appropriate devices or equipment to incorporate a sewer service line into an existing sanitary sewer main, extend the service line from the sewer main to approximately the boundary line of the applicant's property to be served, install a cleanout if needed, backfill, and leave the excavation open at the shallow end ready for connection or hookup.
C. 
Street Cut Fee. An additional fee equal to the City's cost of labor and material shall be required and paid by the applicant if any street, road or alley must be cut, excavated or disturbed to provide the requested sewer connection or sewer tap.
D. 
Fees Due In Advance. All fees shall be paid in full before work is begun and before any connection or tap is made.
[R.O. 1993 § 705.200]
A. 
Public sewers constructed by the City whenever the Council shall deem such sewers necessary for sanitary or other purposes shall be constructed at the cost of the City and the property owners served by said public sewers.
B. 
After construction of the public sewer by the City, the engineer shall compute the whole cost thereof and shall apportion the same against the lots or pieces of ground served by said public sewer at an assessment of seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) per acre, up to a maximum assessment of two thousand two hundred fifty dollars ($2,250.00) for a three (3) acre or more lot or a piece of ground, exclusive of public highways. The City shall bear the remainder of the cost of construction.
C. 
When the bill for the construction of the public sewer has been reported by the engineer to the Council, the Council shall, by ordinance, levy and assess a special tax against each lot or piece of ground served by said public sewer in the name of the owner thereof, whereupon the City Clerk shall make out a certified tax bill under the Seal of the City of such assessment against each lot or piece of ground in the name of the owner thereof.
D. 
The certified tax bill shall be signed by the City Manager and attested and recorded by the City Clerk and shall be delivered to the contractor for the work, who shall proceed to collect the same by the ordinary process of law, in the name of the City, to his/her own use, and in case of absent owners he/she may sue by attachment or by any other process known to the law; and every such certified bill shall be a lien against the lot or ground described therein, and shall bear interest not to exceed the rate on ten (10) years United States Treasury notes as established at the most recent auction from sixty (60) days after the date of issuance thereof, unless sooner offered to be paid, and every such certified bill shall, on action brought to recover the amount thereof, be prima facie evidence of the regularity of the proceedings for such special assessment, of the validity of the charges against the property therein described, and the liability of the person therein described as the owner of such property.
E. 
All special tax bills issued for special assessments for the construction of public sewers shall be assignable and collectible in any action brought in the name of the City to the use of the holder thereof, but the City shall not in any event be liable for any costs that may accrue in such action. Upon the assignment of any tax bill issued under the provisions of this ordinance, notice thereof shall be given by the City Clerk, who shall enter the assignment or transfer in the record of special assessments and endorse the same on the back of the tax bill. Any contractor to whom such tax bill is issued, or his/her assignee, shall designate in writing to the City Clerk some person in the City where the payment may be made or offered to be made on such tax bills.
F. 
Whenever any owner of property against whom a special tax bill shall have been issued, shall pay the same, the contractor shall endorse thereon a receipt for the amount paid and deliver such special tax bill so endorsed to the party making such payment together with a certificate addressed to the Clerk, stating that such tax bill has been paid, and the owner of the property described in such tax bill shall be entitled to have satisfaction thereon entered on the register of special assessments for improvements by the City Clerk, and the Clerk shall also certify that such satisfaction has been entered on the back of such tax bill.