This article shall be known and may be cited
as "Sewer Assessments and Charges Ordinance."
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
CONSTRUCT A SEWERAGE SYSTEM
To acquire land, easements, rights-of-way or any other real
or personal property or any interests therein, plan, construct, reconstruct,
equip, extend and enlarge all or any part of a sewerage system.
LATERAL
The sewer pipe from the main sewer in the street to the property
line.
LOCAL SEWER
A sewer line, including the main pipe or conduit, manholes
and other structures and equipment appurtenant thereto, generally
located in a public street and installed to serve properties abutting
or having access to said street.
OPERATE A SEWERAGE SYSTEM
To use, equip, re-equip, repair, maintain, supervise, manage,
operate and perform any act pertinent to the collection, transportation
and disposal of sewage.
OUTLET CHARGE
The charge whereby trunk sewer costs, either present or deferred,
are distributed among and collected from properties benefiting from
such trunk sewers.
PERSON
Any person, partnership, corporation, association or public
agency.
SEWER DISTRICT
An area or tract of land which may be determined by the Water
Pollution Control Authority to be a division or part of the total
territory that can be drained by a sewer or sewer system.
SEWAGE
Any substance, liquid or solid, which may contaminate, pollute
or affect the cleanliness or purity of any water discharged into and
conveyed by sewers or intended to be or customarily so discharged
and conveyed.
SEWER SYSTEM
Includes the sewer, laterals, house connections, pumping
stations, rights-of-way and other structures, land and equipment necessary
to provide a complete and efficient system.
SEWERAGE SYSTEM
Any device, equipment, appurtenance, facility and method
for collecting, transporting, receiving, treating, disposing of or
discharging sewage.
TOWN
The Town of Mansfield or any of its officers or agencies
serving in an official capacity.
TRUNK SEWERS
Items of a capital nature, including but not limited to trunk
sewers, pumping stations and force mains, which are designed and built
so that sewer districts, beyond the immediate district in which said
items are built, may be served by future extensions.
WATER POLLUTION CONTROL AUTHORITY
The Water Pollution Control Authority of the Town of Mansfield,
which by ordinance adopted 1-8-1979 is the Town Council.
[Amended 1-13-1997, effective 2-10-1997]
[Amended 1-13-1997, effective 2-10-1997]
Any person violating any provision of this article
shall be guilty of an infraction. If such offense continues for more
than five days, such continuance shall constitute a new offense for
each day it continues to exist thereafter.