KRS 75A.110: Erection of fire hydrants.

The trustees of the district wherein water pipes have been constructed and are maintained

in the public ways thereof may by resolution duly adopted cause the erection of fire

hydrants and attachments to the water pipes in the public ways, after the trustee s have

made a written contract for water to be furnished for use in the hydrants. The cost of the

erection and attachments shall be apportioned by the trustees against the owners of the

property fronting the public ways in which the fire hydrants are erect ed, by any equitable

mode of apportionment which the board prescribes in the resolution ordering the erection

of the fire hydrants and a lien shall exist against the property against which the

apportionment runs for the cost of the improvement in the amoun t of the apportionment

and interest thereon at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum. The lien is enforceable by

proceedings in court. The erection and installation of fire hydrants may be under contract

let to the lowest and best bidder after advertiseme nt by publication pursuant to KRS

Chapter 424.