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 rights-of-way in which there is or may be located
a sewer connected to the treatment works of the Town, 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 60 days
after notice that sewer is available within 150 feet of the property
line and provided further that no person shall be required to cross
the private property of any other person to make such connection.
The aforementioned shall not apply to an existing building now having
a serviceable septic tank. However, if said serviceable septic tank
fails at any time to meet the applicable standards established by
the Virginia Department of Health, the owner shall also provide to
the Town Council a written plan for bringing the septic tank back
into compliance or apply for connection to the public sewer system
within 15 days. Owners exempt from a sanitary sewer system connection,
as described above, may be required to pay an availability fee and/or
a monthly nonuser service charge if imposed by the Town Council.