The management, operation, and control of the sewer system for
the Village of Hobart shall be vested in the Village Board. All records,
minutes and all written proceedings thereof shall be kept by the Village
Clerk-Treasurer. The Clerk-Treasurer shall keep all the financial
records thereof.
The Village Board shall have the power to construct sewer lines
for public use, and shall have the power to lay sewer pipes in and
through the public alleys, streets, and public grounds located within
the Village; and generally, to do all such work as may be found necessary
or convenient in the management of the sewer system. The Village Board
shall have power by itself, its officers, agents, and servants, to
enter into any land in the Village for the purpose of making examination
or supervise in the performance of their duties under this chapter,
without liability therefor, and the Village shall have power to purchase
and acquire for the Village all real and personal property which may
be necessary for construction of the sewer system, or for any repair,
remodeling, or additions thereto.
The owner of property abutting a public sewer shall maintain
sewer service from the public sewer main to the structure or building
on the owner's property, including all controls between the same,
without expense to the Village, except when they are damaged as a
result of negligence or carelessness on the part of the Village. Without
intending to limit the generality of the foregoing, the owner has
the sole responsibility for the repair and maintenance of all building
sewers; and the ownership thereof shall at all times be vested in
such property owner. All sewer services must be maintained free of
defective conditions, by and at the expense of the owner or occupant
of the property. When any sewer service is to be relaid and there
are two or more buildings on such service, each building shall be
disconnected from such service and a new sewer service, with individual
service connections, shall be installed for each building. In the
event of any obstruction of, damage to or repair of a building sewer,
the same shall be the responsibility of the property owner, except
as otherwise provided for in this chapter.
All property, real, personal, and fixed, including but not limited
to easements, acquired for the construction of the sewer system, and
all plans, specifications, diagrams, papers, books and records connected
therewith, and all buildings, machinery, and fixtures pertaining thereto,
shall be the property of and titled in the name of the Village. Nothing
contained in this chapter shall be construed as revoking, changing,
abandoning or otherwise altering any conveyance of property previously
made to the Village or Village Sanitary Districts prior to the effective
date of this chapter; and such title shall be deemed to be vested
in the Village as provided for herein.
