N.Y. VIL Law § 14-1438 — New York Code / Act VIL / Article 14 / Section 14-1438
Sewer connections
Status: in_force

§ 14-1438 Sewer connections. 1. The board of sewer commissioners may\ncause a notice to be published in the official newspaper of the village\nrequiring the owners or occupants of any and all property fronting or\nabutting on any street or portion thereof in or upon which any public\nsewer is about to be laid or is being laid or has been laid by the said\nboard to make and lay connection pipes to and from the sewer mains in\nsaid street or any portion thereof in front of each separate piece of\nproperty and where directed by said board, as in this section or in\nother sections of this act provided, within such time and in such manner\nand under such inspection as said board shall prescribe and whenever any\nsuch owner or occupant shall have made default in making such\nconnections with said sewer mains opposite the lands and premises owned\nor occupied by him as directed in and required by said printed notice\ntherefor in the manner and within the time specified, the said board\nshall have power and authority to so make, extend and complete the same\nto the property line of the lands and premises so owned or occupied\nopposite thereto and in front thereof and to connect the same with any\nexisting connecting pipes in front thereof and the actual expense\nthereof, including all labor done and materials used in doing and\ncompleting the same, shall be assessed by the trustees of the village\nupon each separate piece of property opposite which the same shall be\ndone and completed and shall be a lien and liens on said premises and\nlots of land respectively, and the same shall be collected in the same\nmanner as other local assessments or assessments for local improvements\nas provided by the special charter of the village or the general village\nlaws of the state as the case may be, and when so collected the amount\nthereof shall be paid into the sewer fund of the village.\n  2. The board of sewer commissioners shall also have authority to\ndetermine the manner and conditions under which said sewer laterals\nshall be installed and maintained and shall have authority to install\nand maintain said sewer laterals and to adopt such uniform service\ncharges as they deem just for each sewer lateral so connected with the\npublic sewer and extending to the street or right of way lines,\nregardless of the location of said public sewer within said streets or\nrights of way lines and regardless of the soil, rock or other physical\nconditions within said streets or rights of way lines. Notice shall be\nserved pursuant to subdivision one of this section.\n  Such uniform service charge as the board may adopt shall be any\npercentage of the cost up to but not exceeding the average actual cost\nof installing such sewer laterals as before described.  Such percentage\nof the average actual cost of installing such sewer laterals as may not\nbe charged shall be borne by the village.  Should the owner of property\nso connected default, the board shall act in the manner prescribed in\nsubdivision one of this section.\n  The said board shall have authority to apply such percentage of the\naverage actual cost of installing such sewer laterals as the village\nmight pay, to such other sewer lateral connection for the same property\nor properties as in the judgment of the board might be advisable.\n  3. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the\nfinancing, in whole or in part, pursuant to the local finance law, of\nany expense incurred by the village pursuant to this section.\n