Except as to State highways where the State Highway Engineer refuses to issue a permit, with the consent of the legislative body having jurisdiction of the territory within which it is proposed so to do, expressed by resolution of such governing body, the Board may order the construction of sewers and appurtenances in the whole or any portion of any of the streets, highways or public places of the District, or in property or in rights-of-way owned by the District, and acquire or construct trunk and collection lines and laterals, sewage disposal and treatment plants, and acquire rights-of-way, and easements therefore, and may provide that the cost shall be assessed upon the fronting lots and lands or upon a Special District (Health and Safety Code Section 4770). (Ord. 1 §2.7, 1973)