Ala. Code § 11-50-352
In case the board shall finance the construction of a sewage disposal system under the provisions of this article, the owner, tenant, or occupant of each lot or parcel of land within the city which abuts upon a street or other public way containing a sewer which is connected with such sewage disposal system and upon which lot or parcel a building shall have been constructed for residential, commercial, or industrial use shall, if so required by the rules and regulations of the board or by the council, connect such building with such sewer and shall cease to use any other method for the disposal of sewage, sewage waste, or other polluting matter.
All such connections shall be made in accordance with rules and regulations which shall be adopted from time to time by the board, which rules and regulations may provide for a charge for making any such connection in such reasonable amount as the board may fix and establish.
Ala. Code § 11-50-352 (1975)