The owner of any parcel within an improvement area who desires, or is required by a board or commission of the Town or any state or federal agency, to connect to the sewerage or drainage system shall pay at the time of issuance of the connection permit the full general and special benefit assessment, unless the full benefit assessment has already been paid or apportioned in accordance with §
175-13, and shall be responsible for the payment of all user charges required by this chapter, plus the charges for making the connection(s) to the common sewer or drain under §
175-33, and all other applicable fees as determined by the Superintendent. All money collected for sewer purposes shall be allocated to the sewer fund and all money collected for drainage purposes shall be allocated to the general fund.
All assessments arising from the extension of
and/or the connection to the Town sewerage or drainage system shall
become liens against the properties to which they apply in accordance
with the provisions of the General Laws. The abutters, whether or
not they actually connect to the sewerage or drainage system, shall
pay the full assessment as a lump sum payment, or a portion of the
assessment in a lump sum payment, and the balance in annual payments,
with interest at a rate equal to 2% above the rate of interest chargeable
to the Town for the project to which the assessment relates. The Assessors
may apportion the balance of the assessment into equal principal payments,
not exceeding 20, for a term running with the bond issue for the project,
or for any other period allowed under the provisions of MGL c. 80,
§ 13.