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14-1400 – Establishment of Sewerage System.

§ 14-1400 Establishment of sewerage system. The board of trustees of any village may, upon its own motion or shall upon the petition of twenty five owners of real property within the village, according to the last completed village assessment roll, cause a map and plan to be prepared for a complete sewerage system for […]

14-1404 – Use by the State, Individuals and Corporations Outside Corporate Limits.

§ 14-1404 Use by the state, individuals and corporations outside corporate limits. The board of sewer commissioners may sell to a corporation, or to an individual, the right to make connection with its sewerage system for the purpose of discharging sewage or wastewater therein from outside the village limits, and fix the term, consideration and […]

14-1406 – Construction of a Sewerage System at Expense of Village.

§ 14-1406 Construction of a sewerage system at expense of village. The board of trustees of any village may, by resolution adopted at a regular meeting, determine upon the construction of the whole or any part of the sewerage system at the expense of the village. The resolution shall describe the portion of the system […]

14-1408 – Establishment or Enlargement of Sewage Treatment Plant.

§ 14-1408 Establishment or enlargement of sewage treatment plant. The board of trustees of any village may establish a sewage treatment plant or enlarge or remodel an existing sewage treatment plant at the expense of the village by resolution adopted at a regular meeting. The resolution shall state the maximum amount to be expended for […]

14-1414 – Contracts for Construction of System.

§ 14-1414 Contracts for construction of system. The board of sewer commissioners of a village authorized to construct the whole or any part of a sewerage system shall provide for the construction thereof, either under an entire contract, or in parts or sections, as the board may determine. All contracts shall be let to the […]

14-1416 – Apportionment of Local Assessment.

§ 14-1416 Apportionment of local assessment. If the whole or any part of the expense of constructing a sewerage system is to be assessed upon the lands benefited, the board of sewer commissioners shall prepare and file in the office of the village clerk a map and plan of the proposed area of local assessment. […]

14-1418 – Appeal From Apportionment.

§ 14-1418 Appeal from apportionment. A person aggrieved by an apportionment may, within fifteen days after the filing thereof, appeal therefrom to the county court of a county in which any part of the village is situated. Such appeal shall be taken by a notice, stating the grounds thereof, addressed to the board of sewer […]

14-1420 – Hearing of Appeal.

§ 14-1420 Hearing of appeal. Either party may bring on the appeal upon a notice of not less than ten nor more than twenty days. All appeals from the same apportionment must be consolidated and heard as one appeal. The county court may affirm or reverse the apportionment. If it be reversed upon the ground […]

14-1422 – Reapportionment.

§ 14-1422 Reapportionment. A reapportionment shall be made in the following cases: 1. By the commissioners appointed by the county court, where the original apportionment is reversed on the ground that it is erroneous, unequal or inequitable. 2. By the board of sewer commissioners where the original apportionment is reversed upon any other ground. A […]

14-1424 – Procedure by New Commissioners.

§ 14-1424 Procedure by new commissioners. The commissioners appointed by the county court shall give notice of the time and place at which they will meet to make such reapportionment, and shall serve notice thereof at least ten days before such meeting upon each owner of land within the area of local assessment as finally […]

14-1426 – Fees of Commissioners.

§ 14-1426 Fees of commissioners. Each commissioner appointed by the county court is entitled to five dollars for each day necessarily spent in making such reapportionment, besides his actual necessary expenses. Such fees and expenses are a charge against the village, and must be audited by the board of trustees. The amount thereof shall be […]

14-1428 – Expense of Construction; How Raised.

§ 14-1428 Expense of construction; how raised. The expense of constructing a sewerage system may be raised in an entire amount or in smaller sums from time to time as the board of sewer commissioners may determine. If such expense or any part thereof is to be assessed upon property benefited, the board may assess […]

14-1430 – Tax for Unpaid Assessments.

§ 14-1430 Tax for unpaid assessments. The board of trustees shall include in the annual tax levy the principal or interest accruing during the same fiscal year upon bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness issued on account of default in the payment of local assessments under this article, and shall levy the same upon the […]

14-1434 – Assessments From Year to Year to Pay Bond Maturities.

§ 14-1434 Assessments from year to year to pay bond maturities. Where a sewerage system to serve part of a village has been financed and constructed pursuant to a resolution of its board of trustees authorizing such improvement at the joint expense of such village, the United States of America and the lands benefited and […]

14-1436 – Contracts With Other Municipalities, Sewer Districts, Et Cetera.

§ 14-1436 Contracts with other municipalities, sewer districts, et cetera. The board of sewer commissioners may contract for the connection of the sewerage system thereof with the sewerage system of another village, or of a town, or city, or of a sewer district or wastewater disposal district established under the provisions of article twelve of […]

14-1438 – Sewer Connections.

§ 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 […]