4.03.120 Mandatory Hook-up

(a) The owner or lessee of each parcel of land adjacent to a sewer main on which there exists a building useable for human habitation or in a block through which such system is extended, shall connect to such system with 90 days of notice in writing from the Utility Department. Upon failure to do so, the Utility Department may cause such connection to be made and bill the property owner or lessee for the costs of the hook-up.

(1) If such costs of hook-up are not paid within thirty (30) days, notice shall be made to the owner or lessee the Utility Department intends to seek a redress in the Bad River Tribal Court, notwithstanding subSection 4.03.080B, for recovery of the costs hook-up.

(2) Within 30 days of issuance of such notice, the owner or lessee may file a written statement with the Utility Department proposing a payment plan, not to exceed two (2) years from the date of notice, by which the costs of hook-up will be paid by the owner or lessee. The Utility Department shall accept such payment plan unless it is determined to be unreasonable or does not provide for full recovery of the costs of hook-up. If the payment plan is accepted, the Utility Department shall notify the owner or lessee in writing within 30 days, shall institute the payment plan at the time of notice is issued, and shall refrain from seeking redress in the Tribal Court unless and until the owner fails to follow the payment plan from the Utility Department.

(3) This chapter ordains that the failure to connect to the sewer system is contrary to the minimum health standards of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians and fails to assure preservation of the health, comfort, and safety of the Bad River Reservation population and environment