In cities having a water utility under the management of a board of trustees and in which water connections are not installed by the trustees at public expense, the council shall notify the board at the time ofthe adoptionof apreliminaryresolution, of any proposed street paving projects. The board shall report to the council the number of connections from water mains instreets to the curb lines of the proposed improvement necessary to serve private property dependent upon those particular mains for water supply, and the numbers of the lots to be served by the connections, and the names of the owners. Notice must be given to property owners, at the same time and in the same manner as the notice provided in section 384.50, toinstall the necessary connections within thirty days after hearing. For the purposes of the hearing, property owners who are notified to install water connections, but whose property isnot within the proposed assessment district, may appear as interested parties. If upon hearing, the council determines to proceed with the improvement, and any property owner failsto make connections as required, the board of waterworks trustees shall cause them to be made and certify the cost to the council to be assessed against the property and collected inthe same manner as provided in section 384.40 for other underground connections.
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