§ 198. Powers of town boards with respect to improvement districts.\nThe town board of every town, except as otherwise provided by law, shall\nhave authority to and may exercise the following powers with respect to\nimprovement districts, heretofore or hereafter established, subject to\nthe provisions of this article:\n 1. Sewer districts. After a sewer district shall have been\nestablished, the town board may: (a) lay out, open, design, construct,\nalter and maintain sanitary sewers, sewage disposal plants or any\nnecessary work appurtenant thereto, for the benefit of any sewer\ndistrict in said town, provided, however, that any such improvement\nshall be consistent with, so far as possible, any comprehensive plan for\nsewers developed and maintained pursuant to section ninety-nine-f of the\ngeneral municipal law;\n (b) contract with any person or corporation, municipal or otherwise,\nfor supplying the inhabitants of such district with sanitary sewer\nfacilities;\n (c) contract for the purchase from any person or corporation,\nmunicipal or otherwise, of any trunk sewer, lateral sewer, sewer system\nor disposal plant, rights of way and appurtenances, for the purpose of\nsupplying the inhabitants of any such district with sanitary sewer\nfacilities, provided that prior to the purchase of a lateral sewer a\npetition for such purpose stating the maximum amount to be expended\ntherefor shall be filed with the town clerk, signed by the owners of\ntaxable real property fronting or abutting upon either side of any\nstreet or highway, or part of a street or highway, in said district\nwherein said lateral is constructed to the extent of at least one-half\nof the entire frontage on both sides of said street or highway, or part\naforesaid, as shown upon the latest completed assessment roll of said\ntown, and the procedure thereon and for the financing of such purchase\nand the levy of assessments therefor shall be the same as provided in\nthis chapter for the construction of a lateral sewer in a sewer\ndistrict;\n (d) regulate the construction of all private sewers and prescribe the\nmanner in which sewer connections shall be made, provided, however, that\nsuch construction shall be consistent with, so far as possible, any\ncomprehensive plan for sewers developed and maintained pursuant to\nsection ninety-nine-f of the general municipal law;\n (e) cause sewer pipes to be laid, relaid or repaired in or below the\nsurface of any public highway, road, street or avenue in a county in\nwhich such town is located or in an adjoining county, as a necessary use\nof the highway and for highway purposes, without obtaining any easement\ntherefor from the owner of the fee of the land in said public highway,\nroad, street or avenue. The town board shall cause such highway, road,\nstreet or avenue to be restored to its usual condition at the expense of\nthe district benefited. No sewer pipes shall be laid under any highway,\nroad, street or avenue in another town or any city or incorporated\nvillage without the consent of the governing board of such town, city or\nvillage, and if such highway be a state or county highway or a highway\nconstructed pursuant to section one hundred ninety-four or one hundred\nninety-five or article six of the highway law, in addition to such\nconsents, the consent of the commissioner of transportation;\n (f) enter into a contract or contracts with another sewer district or\nwith any incorporated city or village or with one or more corporations\nor individuals for the joint disposal of sewage, and the expense of such\njoint disposal of sewage shall be apportioned between the contracting\nparties in proportion to the areas served, volumes of sewage disposed of\nor the benefits received by each contracting party;\n (g) adopt, from time to time, ordinances, rules and regulations for\nthe operation of the sewer district and the use of the sewer system\ntherein, and enforce compliance with such ordinances, rules and\nregu
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