§ 14-1438 Sewer connections. 1. The board of sewer commissioners may
cause a notice to be published in the official newspaper of the village
requiring the owners or occupants of any and all property fronting or
abutting on any street or portion thereof in or upon which any public
sewer is about to be laid or is being laid or has been laid by the said
board to make and lay connection pipes to and from the sewer mains in
said street or any portion thereof in front of each separate piece of
property and where directed by said board, as in this section or in
other sections of this act provided, within such time and in such manner
and under such inspection as said board shall prescribe and whenever any
such owner or occupant shall have made default in making such
connections with said sewer mains opposite the lands and premises owned
or occupied by him as directed in and required by said printed notice
therefor in the manner and within the time specified, the said board
shall have power and authority to so make, extend and complete the same
to the property line of the lands and premises so owned or occupied
opposite thereto and in front thereof and to connect the same with any
existing connecting pipes in front thereof and the actual expense
thereof, including all labor done and materials used in doing and
completing the same, shall be assessed by the trustees of the village
upon each separate piece of property opposite which the same shall be
done and completed and shall be a lien and liens on said premises and
lots of land respectively, and the same shall be collected in the same
manner as other local assessments or assessments for local improvements
as provided by the special charter of the village or the general village
laws of the state as the case may be, and when so collected the amount
thereof shall be paid into the sewer fund of the village.

2. The board of sewer commissioners shall also have authority to
determine the manner and conditions under which said sewer laterals
shall be installed and maintained and shall have authority to install
and maintain said sewer laterals and to adopt such uniform service
charges as they deem just for each sewer lateral so connected with the
public sewer and extending to the street or right of way lines,
regardless of the location of said public sewer within said streets or
rights of way lines and regardless of the soil, rock or other physical
conditions within said streets or rights of way lines. Notice shall be
served pursuant to subdivision one of this section.

Such uniform service charge as the board may adopt shall be any
percentage of the cost up to but not exceeding the average actual cost
of installing such sewer laterals as before described. Such percentage
of the average actual cost of installing such sewer laterals as may not
be charged shall be borne by the village. Should the owner of property
so connected default, the board shall act in the manner prescribed in
subdivision one of this section.

The said board shall have authority to apply such percentage of the
average actual cost of installing such sewer laterals as the village
might pay, to such other sewer lateral connection for the same property
or properties as in the judgment of the board might be advisable.

3. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the
financing, in whole or in part, pursuant to the local finance law, of
any expense incurred by the village pursuant to this section.