12-619. Cost of main sewers, how determined; ordinance; lands not subject to assessment.
12-619
12-619. Cost of main sewers, how determined; ordinance; lands not
subject to assessment.
If the estimated cost of the main sewer or drain of said system now or
hereafter constructed shall be relatively large as compared with the
estimated cost of the lateral sewers or drains tributary thereto, or if the
said main sewer or drain shall be so located that it will or may receive
the sewage or drainage from two or more districts, the governing body shall
have power to pass an ordinance providing that the cost of such main sewer
or drain below a certain designated point shall be borne by the city and
paid in the manner provided in K.S.A. 12-624 for the payment of the cost of
main sewers and drains now or hereafter constructed beyond the corporate
limits of the city. If the said main sewer or drain shall be so located
that it will or may receive the sewage or drainage from two or more
districts, the governing body shall have power to pass an ordinance
providing that the cost of such sewer or drain below a certain designated
point shall be divided among the said districts as nearly as possible in
proportion to the benefits which the respective districts will eventually
receive from the use of the said sewer drain, and that the proportion of
the cost assigned to each district shall be assessed against that district
in the manner provided by law: Provided, That the said ordinance shall
state the point in the line of the main sewer or drain below which the
provisions of this section shall apply, shall describe the proposed
location of the said main sewer or drain from the said point to the outlet
of the same or to the city limits, and shall state the manner of payment of
the cost of the said main sewer or drain, whether by the city or by the
tributary districts, and if by the tributary districts shall fix the
proportion of the cost to be assessed against said district: Provided
further, That any land within the corporate limits of any city which
land is served by county or township sewers shall not be subject to
assessment as herein provided.
History: R.S. 1923, § 12-619; L. 1955, ch. 78, § 1; L.
1965, ch. 92, § 1; May 14.