[Amended 8-5-2025 by Ord. No. 25-82]
Any person who subdivides land within the Town, of which any part either is located within 500 feet of a public sanitary sewer, or is located so that it can be connected to such a public sanitary sewer without undue hardship, as determined by the Planning Board, shall, if such subdivision has not been finally approved before the effective date of this chapter, and assuming capacity exists in the sewer system as determined by the Town Council, at their own expense, construct for dedication to the Town a sanitary sewer extension to serve all structures within such subdivision which will require the disposal of wastewater. Such sanitary sewer shall be designed by a licensed engineer, its design shall be approved by the Town, and its design, construction and acceptance shall be in accordance with the provisions of §§ 230-48, 230-49 and 230-50.
[Amended 8-5-2025 by Ord. No. 25-82]
Any one or more property owners, builders or developers may propose the extension of any sanitary sewer within the Town by presenting to the Town Council a petition therefor signed by the owners of at least 2/3 of the buildings and properties which would be required to connect to such sewer or be assessed a readiness-to-serve charge under the provisions of Article X. If the Council allows the construction of such extension, it may permit the petitioners to construct the same for dedication to the Town upon a determination that such extension is consistent with Town plans for public sewers, is properly located and sized and may lawfully be so constructed. The Council may also elect to participate in the cost of extending the sanitary sewer if circumstances deem it to be in the best interest of the Town. Such sanitary sewer shall be designed by a licensed engineer, its design shall be approved by the Town and its design, construction and acceptance shall be in accordance with the provisions of §§ 230-48, 230-49 and 230-50. Any sewer extension shall be of adequate size and depth to permit further extensions of sewer service.
[Amended 8-5-2025 by Ord. No. 25-82]
Any person constructing a sanitary sewer extension in accordance with §§ 230-46 and 230-47 shall pay for the entire installation, including all expenses incidental thereto, including design review by a licensed engineer. Each building sewer must be installed and inspected as required under Article V, and all connections shall be made as required under Article V; permit and inspection fees shall be paid for each building sewer connection to the sanitary sewer extension in accordance with Article V. The installation of the sewer extensions must be subject to periodic inspection by the Superintendent, and the expenses for this inspection shall be paid for by the owner, builder or developer.
Sewer and pump station design shall be in accordance with the sewer design specifications adopted by the Town. Pump station telemetry shall be in accordance with the requirements of the Portland Water District. The Portland Water District shall approve, prior to installation, all necessary instrumentation for all pump stations. All pump stations with an installed design capacity greater than 150 gallons per minute shall be designed and constructed by the Portland Water District, with the developer or the property owners requiring the pump station paying all of the costs.
No builder or developer shall be issued a building permit for a new dwelling or structure requiring sanitary facilities within the Town unless a suitable and approved method of sewage disposal is proposed and approved by the Town.
[Amended 8-5-2025 by Ord. No. 25-82]
Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 230-46 and 230-47 above, no extension of the Gorham public sewer systems shall be authorized until the earlier of June 30, 1991, or such time as the Town Council enacts an amendment to this chapter providing for a sewer extension policy; provided, however, until the earlier of those two events, providing public sewer service to the following areas shall not constitute an extension:
A. 
Land, including travel or utility easement interests therein, which are either crossed by or abut that portion of a public way or easement area through which the Gorham sewer systems run, provided that this exemption shall be limited to such lands and contiguous lots in common ownership as evidence by a deed recorded in the Cumberland County Registry of Deeds on or before July 1, 1988; provided, further, in the Narragansett Game Sanctuary (as defined by statute), this exemption will allow only one single-family house hook-up per lot of record as of said date; or
B. 
Land zoned "Industrial" on the official Town Zoning Map for permitted uses only under Article 1-12 of Chapter 300, Land Use and Development, of the Town Code and located within 1,500 feet of the Gorham Village public sewer system (as shown on the sewer design plans dated December 1982, revised through December 1987 and drawn by BH2M Engineers), exclusive of any supplemental service areas pursuant to this section.
Subject to the provisions of § 230-51 above, and for good cause shown, the Superintendent may upon application grant or reserve allocations for currently unused capacity in the Gorham public sewer systems on the following conditions:
A. 
Filing of a completed development application for review and approval with the applicable Town official or board. Such application must indicate precisely the nature and amount of sewer system capacity required;
B. 
Such application must be prosecuted diligently to completion before all applicable Town and other governmental agencies;
C. 
Such reservations shall remain valid for one year only from date of issuance, subject to renewal by the Superintendent prior to expiration on the same terms as originally issued;
D. 
Payment by the applicant at the time of reservation of a nonrefundable amount equal to the readiness to service for the proposed project without regard to whether such charge would otherwise be required; and
E. 
Payment by the applicant at the time of reservation of an amount equal to the then-current connection and inspection fees as most recently established by the Town Council, which amount shall be refundable if the project does not use the reserved capacity for any reason.