A. 
Authorization. Pursuant to the City Charter, the city of Brookings is hereby authorized and empowered by and through its city council, and in the name of the city, to purchase or build, construct, maintain, extend and repair one or more municipal sewer systems, either within or without, or partially within and partially without, the corporate limits of the city, and to do all necessary things in connection therewith.
B. 
Scope. The city and all customers receiving services from the sewer system, whether inside or outside the city limits, are bound by these rules and regulations.
(Ord. 88-O-430 Art. II § 1)
The rules and regulations governing consumers of sewer from said municipal sewer system, the rates to be charged such consumer, and the policy and manner of operating, managing and maintaining such municipal sewer system, shall be fixed, formulated and adopted by the city council.
(Ord. 88-O-430 Art. II § 2)
A. 
Sewer service may only be extended to properties having frontage on a public sewer main which has been built to current city standards to serve the requesting property and which is so constructed and extended as to provide service to adjacent property and which has been dedicated to and accepted by the city together with necessary easement and rights-of-way therefor, all in conformance with the requirements of this chapter and other relevant ordinances, except as provided in subsection (D) of this section.
B. 
In order to ensure compatibility of utility systems and improvements within both the city and the urban growth area of the city, sewer service extensions may be permitted to properties which are in all respects developed in accordance with adopted city development standards and regulations and with the Charter and ordinances of the city.
C. 
For purposes of this chapter, and for indivisible single lots or parcels existing on the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter, frontage on a public sewer main may be satisfied by means of either an easement or land in fee simple abutting a public right-of-way containing the sewer main. Sewer service to a single lot or parcel which has been created prior to adoption of the amendment of the ordinance codified in this chapter may be provided by a sewer service lateral but service to more than a single lot or to such parcels which are divisible into more than a single lot shall be provided by means of the extension of a public sewer main meeting current adopted city standards, with provision for dedication of appropriate and necessary public utility easements for installation and maintenance purposes.
D. 
Where the installation of a public sewer main would pose substantial risk to the sewer main or to surrounding properties as a result of identified geological hazard, the city council may approve the installation of sewer service to properties which do not have frontage on a public sewer main in accordance with such terms and conditions as may be recommended by the city’s engineer to minimize risk to city facilities and surrounding properties, and such approval may specify conditions of approval which must be satisfied prior to connection to the city’s sewer system.
(Ord. 88-O-430 Art. II § 3; Ord. 89-O-456 § 1; Ord. 91-O-430.B §§ 1, 2)
When, in the judgment of the city, the sewer lines and appurtenances or the treatment plant of the city are of insufficient capacity or size or cannot reasonably be expected to provide safe and dependable treatment of sewage, then applications for additional sewer service shall be refused. The city council may from time to time designate sections of the city or the area served by the sewer system in which additional sewer services shall be prohibited until such time as conditions preventing the safe collection and treatment of sewage shall have been corrected.
(Ord. 88-O-430 Art. II § 4)