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Sec. 78-97. Use of public sewers required. (d) The owner of any building or property which is located within the city and from which wastewater is discharged shall be required to connect to a public sewer at his expense within two years from the date the public sewer is operational, provided that the public sewer is within 300 feet of the structure generating wastewater and the public sewer is located in a public right-of-way or easement for sewer purposes adjacent to the property. All future buildings constructed on property adjacent to the public sewer shall be required to immediately connect to the public sewer. If sewer connections are not being made pursuant to this subsection, the city shall serve written notice on the affected property owner stating that if the connection is not made within 90 days after the date of such notice, the connection will be made by the city at the expense of the owner and that, if unpaid, the charge for such work will be made a special assessment against the property concerned. Such assessment, when levied, shall be a lien against the property and shall bear interest at the legal rate for local improvements and shall be certified to the county auditor and collected and remitted to the city in the same manner as assessments for local improvements. The rights of the city under this subsection shall be in addition to other remedial or enforcement rights provided under this division. (Code 1982, § 1300.02(1)--(4)) State law references: Authority to require sewer connections, Minn. Stats. § 412.221, subd. 31.