[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Plymouth 11-20-1989 STM by Art. 11 (Ch. 149 of the 1999 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
A. 
The Select Board may adopt sewer regulations for the purpose of governing the use of the Town of Plymouth sewer treatment facility and all its appurtenances, which regulations shall be subject to the civil penalty enforcement provisions of MGL c. 83, § 10 and shall also have the force of a bylaw.
B. 
The sewer regulations shall provide for criminal fines and civil penalties as authorized by the General Laws and may, at the election of the Select Board, be enforced by criminal or civil prosecution or by noncriminal disposition pursuant to the provisions of MGL c. 40, § 21D.
[Added 10-26-2004 ATM by Art. 25; 10-23-2018 ATM by Art. 16]
A. 
Sewer connection required. Owners of all properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes within an area of the Town in which there is now located or in the future may be located a common sewer, provided that said common sewer is within 100 feet of the street front property line, is hereby required at their expense, if there exists sufficient capacity within the Town's sewer system, to connect said building by sufficient drain to the common sewer as follows:
(1) 
For all new construction of residential, commercial, industrial, and/or mixed-use buildings.
(2) 
The owner of any occupied structure served by a soil absorption system (SAS) requesting any change of use, or alteration to a structure that results in increased wastewater flow, including single-family dwellings.
(3) 
The owner of any occupied structure, excluding residential structures containing less than three dwelling units, served by a soil absorption system (SAS) shall be required to connect to the common sewer within 180 days of receiving official notice from the Department of Public Works; and
(4) 
The owner of any occupied structure served by a soil absorption system (SAS) determined by the Board of Health to be failing shall connect said building to the common sewer.
B. 
Occupancy of structures required to be sewered. No occupied structure hereafter constructed, or any part of an existing occupied structure, that is required to be connected to the common sewer as set forth above, shall be occupied until such connection is completed.
C. 
Violations and penalties. Any person who violates this bylaw shall be subject to a fine of $300 per day, with each day the violation continues constituting a separate violation. This bylaw may be enforced through the noncriminal disposition procedure of MGL c. 40, § 21D. The Director of Public Works, or his designee, or any police officer of the Town, shall be the enforcing agent under this bylaw.
D. 
Relation to other law. This bylaw shall not be construed to limit or constrain in any way the powers of the Board of Health, pursuant to MGL c. 83, § 11 or other applicable law, to require connection to the common sewer.
[Added 4-8-2013 ATM by Art. 30]
A. 
The Select Board, acting as Sewer Commissioners in accordance with MGL c. 83, §§ 14, 15, and 23, may assess betterments upon benefitted properties for all, or such lesser portion as the Board shall determine, of the cost of constructing municipal sewer system facilities.
B. 
In fixing the amount of such betterments, the Select Board may, at their discretion, utilize the fixed uniform rate or the uniform unit rate method as set forth in MGL c. 83, § 15.
C. 
Further in accordance with MGL c. 83, § 15, the Select Board may, in assessing such betterments, separate the costs of general benefit facilities, including but not limited to pumping stations, trunk and force mains, from those of special benefit facilities, including but not limited to sewer mains, serving adjacent properties, and may apportion an equitable portion of the costs of the general benefit facilities by the uniform unit method on all properties benefitted by such facilities;
D. 
The Select Board may assess and collect estimated betterment assessments for the construction of sewer facilities in accordance with MGL c. 83, § 15B.