[Adopted 12-15-2009 by Ord. No. 1054 as Title 4, Ch. 6, of the 2009 Code of Ordinances]
A. 
To assure preservation of public health, comfort and safety, it shall be the duty of the owner or the agent of the owner of any building used for human habitation and located adjacent to a sewer or water main, or in a block through which one or both of such systems extend to connect therewith after notice as provided herein.
B. 
When a sewer or water main becomes available to any building used for habitation, the City Manager shall notify the owner in writing or his agent to connect therewith and to install a water closet and such other facilities as may be reasonable necessary to protect the public health, welfare and safety. The manner of connecting shall be prescribed by the Plumbing Inspector.
C. 
The notice required by this section shall be given in the manner prescribed by § 801.11, Wis. Stats., or by registered mail addressed to the last known address of the owner or his agent.
D. 
If the owner or his agent fails to comply after 10 days' notice as herein provided, the City Manager may cause connection and installations to be made and the expense thereof assessed as a special tax against the property.
E. 
The owner or his agent may, within 30 days after completion of the work, file a written option with the City Treasurer electing to pay the special tax in five equal annual installments with interest at 6% per annum.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
F. 
After connection of any building used for human habitation to a sewer main, no privy, cesspool or waterless toilet shall be used in connection therewith.
A. 
The sewerage system shall be operated as a public utility by the City. Said system shall include the wastewater treatment facility, sewer lines, laterals and all necessary appurtenances, extensions and improvements to said system.
B. 
Rates and charges for the services of said system will be fixed in an amount sufficient to pay the costs of operating and maintaining said system and to provide an amount of revenues sufficient to pay debt service, reserve, replacement and improvement requirements and all other requirements and covenants provided in the Revenue Bond Ordinance No. 349. The Treasurer of the City shall be custodian of all financial records and funds belonging to or associated with said system and such funds shall be deposited in the Bank of Lake Mills of Lake Mills, Wisconsin, which bank is a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The rates and charges for all services and facilities rendered by said system shall be reasonable and just, taking into consideration the costs and value of said system and the cost of maintaining, repairing and operating the same and the amounts necessary for the principal and interest on all bonds, and there shall be charged such rates and charges as shall be adequate to meet such requirements.
C. 
The City shall maintain complete books and records relating to the operation of the system and its financial affairs and cause such books and records to be audited annually at the end of each fiscal year as set forth in said Revenue Bond Ordinance No. 349. The management, operation and control of the sewerage system are vested in the City Council. All records, minutes and all written proceedings thereof shall be kept by the City Clerk.
D. 
The provisions of this section are subject to the laws of the State of Wisconsin.
Water and sewer main extensions shall be financed by cost advancements when deemed advisable by the City Council. In general, the cost advancement method shall be used only when application is made for public water and sewer service which would require the extension of mains through sparsely occupied areas to serve such applicant, or through areas which in the judgment of the City Council are unlikely to develop extensively within the next 10 years. Where extensions are authorized on a cost-advancement basis, the procedure shall be as follows:
A. 
The applicant shall deposit with the City Treasurer a sum sufficient to pay the total estimated cost of the extension, less unapportionable costs, if any.
B. 
Such deposit shall be made before construction is started or contracted. If the actual apportionable cost shall be less than the amount deposited, the excess of the deposit over the cost shall be refunded to the applicant within 30 days after payment for the completed project. If the apportionable cost shall exceed the deposit, the applicant shall pay the deficiency prior to the granting of water or sewerage service.
C. 
Any property connected to such main after its installation, other than the applicant's, shall pay to the City a connection charge determined by the City Council, which shall be equivalent to the special assessments which would have been levied by the City at the time such extension was made.
D. 
All connection charges collected by the City under Subsection C above shall be paid to the applicant or his assigns or heirs unless specifically provided otherwise in writing.
A. 
Property owners shall be responsible for maintaining sewer laterals from the service main to the building to be serviced. Where it is determined by the City, upon inspection, that the sewer laterals servicing the building are not in a good state of repair, notice of the deficiency shall be provided the property owner in writing, and the property owner shall, within 30 days after receipt of such written notice, cause the sewer lateral to be repaired or replaced, as the case may require, so as to eliminate the noticed deficiency. In the event the property owner fails to repair or replace the sewer lateral so as to eliminate the noticed deficiency, the City shall repair or replace the sewer lateral as the case may require, and the cost of such repair or replacement shall be charged to the property owner and be a lien against the lot or parcel served in accordance with the provisions of § 66.0911, Wis. Stats.
B. 
Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A, in the event the City determines that a sewer lateral is deficient and in need of replacement or repair under circumstances which may require the deficiency to be corrected immediately, the City may, at its election, undertake the repair or replacement of the sewer lateral, as the case may require, and charge the cost thereof, or the average current cost of replacing or repairing such sewer laterals to the property owner, which charge shall be a lien against the lot or parcel served in accordance with the provisions of § 66.0911, Wis. Stats. The City shall, where circumstances require the immediate replacement or repair of a sewer lateral, notify the property owner that such repair or replacement has, or will be, undertaken, the reason or circumstance which required the immediate replacement or repair of the sewer lateral, the actual or estimated cost of the repair or replacement, and shall advise the property owner that the charge will constitute a lien upon the lot or parcel served until paid.