Sewer and water connections
222.(1)Councils of local municipalities may pass by-laws requiring owners of buildings or any class or classes of buildings in the municipality or in any defined area thereof to connect the said buildings or class or classes of buildings to the sewage works or water works of the municipality. Exemption from connecting (2)A by-law passed under subsection (1) may provide for exempting owners of buildings, or any such class or classes thereof as may be specified in the by-law, in the municipality or in any defined area thereof from the application of the provisions of the by-law requiring the connection of such buildings or such class or classes thereof to the sewage works or water works of the municipality upon payment by the owner to the municipality of such amounts or of amounts computed by such method as may be provided for in the by-law, and the amounts or method of computation provided for may be different for owners of different classes of buildings, and the by-law may provide for the manner in which and the period for which the payments shall be made. May be installed by municipality (3)If the owner of a building affected by a by-law passed under this section fails to make a connection required by the by-law within nine months after the municipality has sent notice to the owner by registered mail to the owner’s last known address requiring the connection to be made, the municipality may make the connection at the expense of the owner, and for this purpose may enter in and upon the property of the owner. Recovery of cost (4)A notice sent under subsection (3) shall advise the owner that if the owner fails to make the connection as required, the municipality has the right to make it at the owner’s expense and to recover the expense by action or in like manner as municipal taxes. Extension of time (5)Upon the application of the owner, the council may grant an extension of not more than two years from the end of the nine-month period provided for in subsection (3) within which the connection is to be made, but not more than two extensions may be granted in respect of any building. Loans (6)A by-law passed under this section may provide for the making of loans by the municipality to owners to whom a notice has been sent under subsection (3) to pay for the whole or any part of the cost of making a connection required by the by-law, which loans may be made on such terms and conditions as the council may prescribe. Loan a lien on land (7)The amount of any loan made under a by-law passed under this section, together with interest at a rate to be determined by the council, may be added by the clerk of the municipality to the collector’s roll and collected in like manner as municipal taxes over a period fixed by the council, not exceeding five years, and such amount and interest shall, until payment thereof, be a lien or charge upon the land in respect of which the loan has been made. Certificate (8)A certificate signed by the clerk of the municipality setting out the amount loaned to any owner under a by-law passed under this section, including the rate of interest thereon, together with a description of the land in respect of which the loan has been made sufficient for registration, shall be registered in the proper land registry office against the land, and, upon repayment in full to the municipality of the amount loaned and interest thereon, a certificate signed by the clerk of the municipality showing such repayment shall be similarly registered, and thereupon the lien or charge upon the land in respect of which the loan was made is discharged. R.S.O. 1990, c. M.45, s. 222.