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Code of Ordinance › Chapter 70 — UTILITIES › Article III — SEWER SERVICE

The purpose of this division is to treat all property owners as fairly and equally as possible with respect to the cost of extension of the village sewer facilities. (Comp. Ords. 1987, § 25.102)

1. (a) Portion of costs to be paid by village. The village shall assume all costs of any sewer extension within the village limits from the nearest available point of an existing sewer line to the nearest property line.
2. (b) Portion of costs to be paid by property owner. All costs involved in extension of a sewer on the owner's property, from property line to property line, the course of such line being at the absolute discretion of the department of public works superintendent, and to the owner's building, shall be that of property owner.
3. (c) Items included as costs. The term "cost," as used in this section, includes all expenses that may occur in the project of extending the sewer lines, including survey work, engineering, material, digging, and all labor, whether performed by village personnel or as contracted labor.
4. (d) Charge for labor and materials supplied by village. All labor and materials supplied by the village for sewer extension projects shall be charged for at the then-current costs of such labor and materials. (Comp. Ords. 1987, § 25.103)

1. (a) Initial payment of costs. The entire cost of any sewer extension, including the share payable by the village, must in the first instance be paid by the property owner. The share payable by the village as outlined in this division may be paid by the village at the completion of the project or as outlined in this section, at the option of the village.
2. (b) Time limit. The time limit for the village to so reimburse the property owner for the village share of the cost as defined in this division is ten years after the completion of the project, such village share to be paid annually in equal installments. It is understood that the village shall make every effort to pay at or before completion of the project when financially able to do so.
3. (c) Effect of transfer of ownership of property. In the event of a transfer of property to a new owner, the village is under no obligation to make such reimbursement to the new owner, but shall continue to make the reimbursements, if any are due, to the original owner. (Comp. Ords. 1987, § 25.104)

extension. If any extension of sewer shall require such extension to bypass undeveloped property, the owner of such property, upon development of it, shall be required to pay for his share of the original extension based on a per-foot price from the original point of extension, the amount to be payable to the owner of the property requiring the original extension, plus seven percent per year from the time of the completion of the original extension; provided, however, that no new property owner shall be required to pay anything after ten years from the completion of the original extension, and provided further that no new property owner under this section shall be required to make any reimbursements for the original extension if he purchased his property from the owner of the property which required the original extension. (Comp. Ords. 1987, § 25.105)

1. (a) Street extensions. This division does not obligate the village to any payments which arise by reason of street extensions.
2. (b) New subdivisions. This division is not applicable to new subdivisions, such subdivisions being subject to the Subdivision Ordinance, Ordinance No. 52. (Comp. Ords. 1987, § 25.106)

There shall be a hook-up charge payable by the property owner in an amount as set from time to time. (Comp. Ords. 1987, § 25.107)

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