Any person, firm or corporation applying to the Sussex County
Engineering Department for the revision of a sanitary or water area
boundary without election pursuant to 9 Del. C. § 6502 shall
be required to pay such an amount required to defray the administrative
cost of the process of that request. This fee shall be set during
the annual Sussex County Budget process.
The district boundary extension fee shall be paid in advance
by the person, firm or corporation requesting the revision to the
sewer or water district area without election. Such fee may be refunded
on request, if the application is withdrawn on or before preparation
of notices and advertising required by 9 Del. C. § 6502.
A.
Unless waived at the discretion of the Engineer, all requests to
extend boundaries of the Unified Sanitary Sewer District shall require
preparation of Sewer Service Concept Evaluation (SSCE) by the Utility
Planning Division. Costs for the preparation of the SSCE are set by
County Council as part of the annual budget process. The SSCE shall
include, at a minimum, a hydraulic analysis of the impact of the creation,
extension or modification, over the next five years, for the following
items:
(1)
The
pump station and/or gravity sewer collection system servicing the
proposed area extension of the Unified Sanitary Sewer District, and
all systems associated therewith.
(2)
All
pumping stations, transmission mains, gravity-flow collection systems
and associated pipelines downstream of the pumping station or gravity-flow
collection system servicing the proposed area extension of the Unified
Sanitary Sewer District.
(3)
Any
other potentially adverse flow or pumping conditions which may be
encountered as a direct result of the proposed extension.
B.
The findings of the SSCE are valid for five years from the date of
issuance. If no physical sanitary sewer improvements or direct financial
contributions to the County-financed project(s) have occurred within
the five-year period, then the SSCE shall be deemed null and void.
A.
A five-tier sewer service preference system shall be established.
Sewer service to a parcel or project shall be planned and designed
according to the applicable tier level.
A.
Tier 1, Unified Sanitary Sewer District:
(1)
Areas where sewer service is currently provided by the County
through the statutory authority granted to the County by Delaware
Code. This may include serving specific users through contractual
agreement. The County has invested monies in infrastructure and planning
to provide service to these areas and all future development shall
be served by the County.
B.
Tier 2, sewer planning area:
(1)
Any parcel or parcels immediately adjacent to the Unified Sanitary
Sewer District areas capable of annexation following the procedures
set forth in Delaware Code.
(2)
Areas where the County has invested in monies to plan for future
development and growth. These are areas designated as developing areas
or areas with a significant amount of existing development in need
of wastewater service and/or on-site septic elimination.
C.
Tier 3, CPCN coordination area:
(1)
Areas where multiple existing CPCNs have been issued to regulated
private utilities in addition to areas already served by the County,
requiring coordination between County and private utilities to optimize
the use of existing sewer transmission infrastructure and treatment
facilities. Any new CPCNs shall require a concurrence letter by the
Engineer.
(2)
Areas where the County may enter into and/or require contractual
agreements between the private utilities and the County or possibly
between different private utilities.
D.
Tier 4, sewer system optional area.
E.
Tier 5, regulated on-site sewer disposal area.
(1)
Previously subdivided parcels where DNREC-approved, individually-owned
on-site disposal systems may be installed.
(2)
Areas where the environmental benefit of centralized sewer does
not outweigh the cost to construct new public sewer service. However,
DNREC-approved, individually-owned on-site systems or central sewer
systems exclusively served by private utilities with private funding
may be permitted.
