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� � 2` • the people paying for the imprcvement to pay private property cwners for private property easements. Those things are expensive and time consuming. In a block of 12 lcts you may be able to obtain easements frcm 1Q or 1] cf the people. If the one person holds it up then it's necessary tc resort tc condemnation which, since the netiv law cf the last legislature. means a wating perio8 cf 21 days after the nctices. It can sometimas hold things up for 2 cr 3 months when thQ thing may be clear on all the cther pro�erty. F.lso, when it comes to the maintenance cf sewers fcllowing constructio�, it's nacessary to get in and get at the manholes and to de that means crossing private prcpQrty, dragging hcses over fences and throu9h flower beds. Generally soeaking, atmost • �vithout excaption, sewers grcposed to be located in the streets work out more practically than those on private property. MRS. JOHNSON: I think the sewer is in the back cf'the house. As I understand, it has to be connected in the back. How does that wcrk? Do you go under the hcuse or arcund the house? Nft. SHORT: That depends on your plu�ding and plumber and how ycu want to pay for it. F further matter is going to be up to the Village Council. They have nct taken acticn to prcvide the manner in whicn service eonnections shall be constructed. hFiS. JGHNS�N: Generally spaaking, how do you get at it? b"R. SHORT: In some tcwns y�u can maka 2 or 3 90 degree bQnds in your sewer. In other communities it's necessary that if you make mvze than.one 90 deqree bend that you prcvide a manhoi� cr. • sccess to get at the sewer and sometimes it's cheaper to tear up nart cf ycur contrete flocr in the basement. That's a hard yuestio:�. It depands on each individual case and, I believe, the ordinance