Ordinance 2399-99 - Laserfiche WebLink

however, that it shall be unlawful for any person or persons or corporations to make or attempt to make more than one connection to one"Y" or to make more than one such connection to any one standpipe; and no "Y" or standpipe which already has one such connection shall be considered as an accessible point in such sewer as the term is herein used; and provided, further, that no connection shall be made through the top of any standpipe. E. If any such connection herein required shall not be made within thirty (30) days, or such extension of time as may be granted by the City Engineer, after written notice from the Mayor or his duly authorized representative to the occupant or owner of such building, structure, lot or parcel or real property, the Mayor or his duly authorized representative shall cause such connection to be made by a licensed contractor and file a statement of the cost thereof with the City Clerk and thereupon a warrant against the Sewer Fund in the amount of such cost shall be issued by the City Treasurer under the direction of the Mayor, payable to the licensed contractor employed to make such connection. The amount of such warrant, together with the amount of any connection charge fixed by ordinance of the City, plus interest at the rate of twelve percent (12%) per year upon the total amount of such cost, charge and penalty, shall be assessed against the property with buildings or structures in which the plumbing and sanitary facilities are located, and shall become a lien thereon superior to all other liens or encumbrances except those for general taxes and special assessments. Such total amount when collected shall be paid into the City Sewer Revenue Fund. F. Such liens may be foreclosed by the City in the manner provided by law for the enforcement of the same and for delinquent sewerage charges. As an additional and concurrent method of enforcing the lien herein provided the City may cut off the water service to the premises to which such sewage disposal service was furnished, and such water service shall remain cut off until all such charges, plus penalties and interest thereon, together with the current applicable charge for turning the water on, shall have been paid. G. Any person who shall fail to comply with the orders of the Mayor or his duly authorized representative as provided in this section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not-to-exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000). is hereby amended to read as follows: A. Within thirty (30) days from the date a public sewer abuts the property line of premises on which any residential, industrial, commercial or public building is placed, the residence, buildings and structures located thereon in which plumbing facilities and/or sanitary sewers are installed shall be connected to the public sewer system by means of a side sewer of a kind and size as required by current City standards. B. All property owners within 150 feet of a public sanitary sewer and all property owners adjacent to a street or public right-of-way in which a public sanitary sewer system is installed and available who fail to connect their private sewers to the public sewer system after notice to do so from the Public Works Department shall pay to the City an amount equal to the sewer service charges established for other users of like kind under the City's rates and charges; provided that all rates and charges so paid shall be credited toward the sewer connection charges S:\#Common\derical\CSTAGORD\ORD1660-89B.doc(PC 7/13/99)