§ 3.2. Payment for public sewers.

Except as herein otherwise provided, the cost of construction, reconstruction, repair, and extension of public sanitary sewers shall be paid as follows:

A.

The cost of mains and submains shall be paid by the city; except, upon a petition signed by the owners of more than one-half (½) in area of the land that will be drained or benefited by the construction of mains or submains, the Council may create a district and order the construction of mains and submains and assess the cost of construction against property included within the district and benefited by the mains and submains as provided in Section 3.4 of this Article; and

B.

The cost of district sewers and laterals shall be paid by the owners of the property abutting on and served by the district sewers and laterals; provided, where a main or submain serves the purpose of a district sewer or a lateral for the property abutting thereon, the abutting property shall be assessed an amount equal to the assessment which would have been made for a district sewer or lateral.