It shall be unlawful for any person to place,
deposit, or permit to be deposited in any condition that may be considered
as an unsanitary or unhygienic manner on public or private property
within the Town of Louisa, or in any area under the jurisdiction of
said Town, any human or animal excrement, garbage, or other objectionable
waste.
It shall be unlawful under state and federal
law to discharge without a VPDES permit to any natural outlet within
the Town of Louisa, or in any area under its jurisdiction. Wastewater
discharges to the Town's treatment works are not authorized unless
permitted by the Manager in accordance with provisions of this chapter.
Except as provided in this chapter, it shall
be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic
tank, cesspool, or other facility intended or used for the disposal
of wastewater.
The owner of any house, building, or property
which is used for commercial, industrial and/or residential purposes,
abutting on any street, alley, or right-of-way in which there is or
may be located a sewer connected to the treatment works of the Town
of Louisa, is required at the owner's expense to install suitable
toilet facilities therein, and to connect such facilities directly
to the proper sewer in accordance with the provisions of this chapter,
within 90 days after notice that sewer is available within 100 feet
of the property line. This section shall not apply to any person served
by a privately constructed, owned, operated, and maintained sewer
and treatment facility which discharges directly to a natural outlet
in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and applicable state
and federal laws.
[Added 12-19-2006]
A.
The Town Council shall, from time to time, fix a connection
fee for making connections to the public sewer within the Town. A
copy of the schedule of such connection fees shall be maintained on
file in the office of the Town Manager, and such fee shall be payable
before such connection to the public sewer.
B.
Except as hereinafter specifically provided, the amounts
of the sewer connection fee are based upon the connection fees in
effect on the date of issuance of a valid building permit (from the
County of Louisa) or where no new construction is contemplated the
date of issuance of a valid zoning certificate (from the Town of Louisa)
for new or altered service. No connection fee shall be accepted prior
to the issuance of valid building permit or prior to the issuance
of a valid zoning certificate as the case may be.
C.
Upon payment of the connection fee, the Town Manager,
subject to the provisions of this chapter, shall issue a connection
permit.
D.
If the connection to public sewer is not completed
within 12 months of date of issuance of a connection permit by the
Manager, then the permit must be revalidated and any additional connection
fee paid as established by the connection fee schedule in effect on
the date of revalidation. A connection is defined as the physical
connection of the structure interior plumbing to the utility main
line that has been inspected and approved by the Louisa County Building
Official and the Town of Louisa Town Manager or his representative.
