40-28 Service Connections
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<![CDATA[CHAPTER 40-28SERVICE CONNECTIONS40-28-01. Connections with sewers and other mains - Service connections. Thegoverning body of a municipality, when it shall deem it necessary, by resolution, may require the<br>owners of all property abutting on any street, avenue, or alley to construct or cause to be<br>constructed, at the expense of and as a charge against the property fronting on such street,<br>avenue, or alley, the connections from any sewer, water main, gas main, steam or other pipe,<br>wire cable, conduit, or other service connection pipe or wire under the surface of such street,<br>avenue, or alley to a point inside of the curb line on either or both sides of such street, avenue, or<br>alley at such intervals along the whole length thereof as may be necessary to supply and serve<br>each lot, part of lot, or parcel of land in accordance with the municipal ordinance governing the<br>laying and construction of such connections.A resolution may be adopted pursuant to thissection requiring the service connection to be made at the time of the laying and construction of<br>the sewer, main, pipe, cable, conduit, or wire, as a part of the contract for laying and constructing<br>the same, or at any subsequent time.40-28-02. Notice to owner or occupant to construct service connection pipes orwires. Upon the adoption of the resolution as provided in section 40-28-01, the city auditor shall<br>publish in the official municipal newspaper once each week for two successive weeks a notice to<br>the owners or occupants of the property involved stating what work is to be done and the time<br>within which it is to be completed. The notice may be general as to the owners but shall be<br>specific as to the descriptions of the lots or parcels of land in front, along the side, or in the rear of<br>which the improvement is to be made and which the improvement affects.40-28-03.Municipality may contract work when property owner fails to makeservice connections as required. If the connection with the sewer, main, wire, or conduit is not<br>made by the owner of the property within the time specified in the notice given by the city auditor,<br>the governing body shall order such work done by such person as it may contract with therefor at<br>the expense of the lot or parcel of land adjoining each improvement or service connection. Such<br>work shall be administered and observed under the supervision of the engineer acting for the<br>municipality. The expense of making such connection, including the expense of giving all notices<br>relating thereto, of making the assessments therefor, and of any other nature, shall be assessed<br>by the engineer against the lot or parcel of land properly chargeable therewith, and the<br>assessment list shall be filed in the office of the city auditor. The city auditor shall cause such<br>list, together with a notice of the time when and place where the governing body will meet to<br>consider the approval thereof, to be published in one issue of the official newspaper of the<br>municipality at least ten days prior to the meeting of the governing body at which the approval of<br>the assessment will be considered.40-28-04.Assessments extended over period of from one year to five years -Certification of assessments. Assessments for improvements made under the provisions of<br>this chapter shall be paid in equal payments extending over a period of not less than one year<br>nor more than five years, as the governing body of the municipality may determine.Suchassessments as may be approved by the governing body shall be certified by the city auditor to<br>the county treasurer for collection, and such assessments shall be collected in the same manner<br>as special assessments are collected.40-28-05. Sewer and water connections assessment fund - Warrants - Payment. Allmoney collected from assessments for laying and constructing sewer, water, and other service<br>connections provided for in this chapter shall be kept in a fund called "sewer and water<br>connections assessment fund", and warrants shall be drawn on such fund for the payment of the<br>cost of such connections.All sewer and water connections assessment warrants shall bepayable as specified and in such amount as in the judgment of the governing body will be<br>provided by the taxes and assessments. Such warrants shall bear interest at a rate of not more<br>than seven percent per annum and interest shall be payable annually. They may have coupons<br>attached representing each year's interest. The warrants shall state on their face the purpose for<br>which they were issued and from what fund they are payable, and shall be signed by thePage No. 1executive officer, countersigned by the city auditor under the seal of the municipality, and shall be<br>in denominations of not to exceed one thousand dollars each. The warrants may be used to<br>make payment on contracts for making the connections or may be sold for cash at not less than<br>par value thereof and the proceeds credited to the special fund and used to pay for such<br>connections. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a municipality shall not be liable<br>generally on any contracts for the making of such connections and shall not be required to pay<br>funds raised by general taxation upon any such contract. Whenever all taxes and assessments<br>collected are insufficient to pay the warrants issued, with interest, the governing body, upon the<br>maturity of the last warrant, shall levy a tax upon all of the taxable property in the municipality for<br>the payment of such deficiency; provided, however, that if at any time prior to the maturity of the<br>last warrant a deficiency is likely to occur within one year or exists in the fund for the payment of<br>principal and interest due on such warrants, the governing body, in its discretion, may levy a<br>general tax upon all the taxable property in the municipality for the payment of such deficiency.<br>In case a balance remains unexpended in such fund after the payment of all warrants drawn<br>thereon with interest, it shall be paid over or transferred to the general fund of the municipality.40-28-06.Plans and specifications ordered for service connections.After theadoption of the resolution declaring the necessity of making the service connections as provided<br>in section 40-28-01, the governing body, by resolution, shall direct the engineer acting for the<br>municipality to prepare plans and specifications for the work and file them with the city auditor.40-28-07.Bids for service connections.The governing body shall direct the cityauditor to advertise for bids in accordance with chapter 48-01.2 for the laying and construction of<br>service connections in accordance with the plans and specifications therefor.40-28-08. Bond required of successful bidder for making service connections -Amount - Conditions - Approval. Repealed by S.L. 1995, ch. 443, </p>
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