A.
The owners of all houses, buildings, or properties used
for human occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purposes which are situated
within the Sanitary District shall be required to install suitable toilet
and other liquid waste disposal facilities therein and to connect such facilities
directly with the public sewer.
B.
A sanitary sewer shall be regarded as available to any
building when the building or improvement itself lies within the franchised
or defined service area of the Sanitary District and when sufficient treatment
capacity and capability exist in the receiving sewage treatment plant.
C.
Whenever connection to a public sewer of the Sanitary District has not been required by reason of insufficient treatment capacity or capability and/or VPDES permit capacity available in the Sanitary District sewage treatment plant and capacity and capability then become available, the owner shall then build the necessary sewer mains, manholes, pump stations, etc., and connect to the Sanitary District sewage system in accordance with § 125-40.
The ownership and maintenance of connections between premises and valve
connection points in the vacuum collection system and between premises and
main collection and conveyance lines in the gravity collection system shall
be vested in the owners of such premises, and the Sanitary District shall
not be responsible for the operation and maintenance of the same.
A.
All connections to the facilities of the District shall be made under the supervision of the Sanitary District Supervisor, and all matters pertaining to such connections shall be decided by the Administrator subject to appeal to the Board. Said appeal shall be made pursuant to § 125-56B. Each connection shall be inspected by the Sanitary District Supervisor, and until approval of such is rendered by the Sanitary District it shall remain open without any covering and shall not be subject to use.
B.
Any person failing to comply with the provisions of Subsection A shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $50 for each such offense. Each day of such failure shall constitute a separate offense.
C.
Any person who desires an inspection of a connection
shall give the Sanitary District Supervisor at least 24 hours' notification
of the date and hour when such inspection is desired, and in the event that
the connection is not approved by the Sanitary District Supervisor such person
shall repair the connection and renotify the Sanitary District Supervisor
for an additional inspection.
All applications for sewage service shall clearly indicate the various
uses of the various premises for which the services to be rendered by the
facilities of the Sanitary District are to be utilized, and no person or owner
of a premises may utilize the services of the facilities of the Sanitary District
for any use other than that for which application for sewage service to that
particular premises was indicated and approved without first making application
and securing approval thereof and paying related fees, charges and other assessments
for sewage service to provide the services of the facilities of the Sanitary
District for such other use. The Board, Administrator or his/her or its duly
authorized agents are authorized to request additional information deemed
necessary to review, evaluate and consider applications for sewer service.
A.
The Board shall review, evaluate and render a decision
on all applications for sewage service when one or more of the following criteria,
factors, events or conditions exist:
(1)
When the Sanitary District's average dry weather flow
is less than 75% of its VPDES permit capacity and the proposed new, modified,
altered or expanded connection is projected to generate 2,000 or more gallons
per day of new or additional wastewater flows; or
(2)
When the Sanitary District's average daily dry weather
flow meets or exceeds 75% of its VPDES permit capacity or its effective treatment
capacity, if lower than its VPDES permit capacity, and the proposed new, modified,
altered or expanded connection is projected to generate more than one equivalent
dwelling (250 gpd) of new or additional wastewater flows.
C.
The governing body may request that the applicant provide
data and information needed to properly consider the application in order
to adequately evaluate the proposed connection's effects on the Sanitary District,
including but not limited to the effects on the collection, conveyance, treatment
and disposal facilities thereof and the capability of the District to comply
with applicable federal and state regulations.
A.
All applications and reapplications for connection to
the District's facilities are effective on and after the date of approval
given thereon. The improvement(s) for which sanitary sewer service is approved
shall be under construction, constructed in a diligent manner to expedite
occupancy, and connected to the District's facilities within 12 months of
the effective date of said permit. If the aforesaid is not accomplished within
the specified twelve-month time period, the permit, whether an original or
renewal, shall become null and void and reapplication shall be made if sanitary
sewer service is still desired. If treatment capacity is still available and
if the reapplication is approved, the reapplication shall become and remain
effective under the same terms and conditions referenced in this subsection
for the original application.
B.
Once the approved improvement(s) is (are) connected to
the Sanitary District's facilities, the permit shall remain valid for the
life of said improvement provided it remains connected to the District's facilities,
is not abandoned for or, if razed, is reinstated within 12 months, and is
not changed in use or size from that originally approved for connection.
C.
There shall be no fee for reapplication as long as all
original application hookup fees and Sanitary District construction costs
are paid in full and said fees and costs have not increased. If permit fees
have increased since the original fees were paid then the applicant shall
pay the net difference between the current fees less the original fees paid.
If the cost of all local and remote facilities has increased since the application
was approved then the applicant shall pay the net difference between the currently
required local and remote facilities costs less any original local and remote
facility costs paid.
D.
If the reapplication is disapproved by the District,
the District shall reimburse the applicant all fees submitted with the original
application and/or reapplication less any actual costs (e.g., labor, engineering,
equipment, materials and overhead) incurred by the District for installation
of facilities appurtenant to the connection for which reapplication was subsequently
disapproved, withdrawn or not submitted.
E.
If an expired permit is renewed or new permit approved, the District is empowered to modify, alter or condition such approval or renewal based upon the conditions, factors and requirements then existing and affecting the capacity and the operation of the District's facilities. Such conditions shall include, but are not limited to, the assessment of additional hookup fees and related costs pursuant to Subsection C herein and, if deemed necessary, pretreatment or recycling of wastewater.
A.
No person or owner shall install, alter, or repair any
connection intended to connect the sewage facilities of any premises to the
facilities of the Sanitary District until an application has first been approved
by the Board or Administrator and all other necessary permits obtained.
B.
An approved application for the installation of a connection
to provide sewage service to any premises shall be issued only after an application
for sewage service to such premises is approved by the Board or Administrator
and after payment of the hookup fee, as fixed by the Board, and related local
and remote facility costs are made to the Treasurer.
All labor, materials, equipment, surveying, engineering and other services and items necessary for installing connections between premises and sewer lines shall be furnished by the owners of such premises at their own cost or expense. New or modified local and remote facilities needed to serve the development or premises shall be provided per § 125-40.
A.
The developer of any new subdivision, development, property or site or the expansion thereof or addition thereto intended for residential, institutional or commercial use, or any combination thereof, or the developer of any industrial site shall construct all vacuum sanitary sewer lines within his/her subdivision, development property or site at his/her own expense. Immediately upon completion and acceptance of the construction work, the sanitary sewer facilities with necessary easements shall become the property of the Sanitary District. Ownership and maintenance of improvements described in § 125-5 shall be vested in the owners of the premises.
B.
Where a public sanitary sewer is not available or is inadequate to serve a new or expanded subdivision, development, property or site, the developer shall construct necessary sewer lines, vacuum stations, treatment plants, disposal facilities or combination thereof. Easements, sufficient to allow the efficient installation, upgrading, maintenance and repair of sewer facilities, shall be provided by the developer. Immediately upon completion and acceptance of such construction, these systems shall become the property of the Sanitary District. Ownership and maintenance of improvements described in § 125-5 shall be vested in the owners of the premises.
A.
The Administrator shall, in conjunction with his/her engineers, review and approve, or revise, if necessary, to conform to standards acceptable to the Administrator, as specified in Subsection B, prepared plans for all projects for developing or modifying sanitary sewer lines and all pertinent connections, structures, and accessories proposed thereto within the Sanitary District prior to any construction of such projects.
B.
Materials, workmanship, and procedures used in work shall
be in accordance with the standards and specifications established or approved
by the Administrator in accordance with the BOCA Basic Plumbing Code, federal
and state sewerage works design criteria and accepted wastewater facility
construction standards and practices.
C.
During progress of the work, the Administrator or his/her
duly authorized engineers, inspectors, or others who are directly concerned
with the work shall have access to the locations of construction for the purpose
of establishing to their satisfaction that the projects are being constructed
to Sanitary District requirements and in accordance with approved plans and
specifications.
D.
After completion of the facilities and following written
request of the developer or owner responsible for the construction, the Administrator
or his/her agent shall make a final comprehensive inspection of the completed
projects and shall be satisfied as to conformance with plans and specifications
before accepting the facilities to become a part of the public utilities system
of the Sanitary District.
E.
Any developer or owner who proposes to submit an application
to the Administrator for review and approval of plans and specifications for
construction of facilities classified herein shall procure from the Administrator,
prior to submitting his/her application, one set of this publication of the
adopted Sanitary District Ordinance. The Administrator shall be obligated
to furnish this one set of publication on a bona fide request.
F.
Additional sets of the adopted Sanitary District Ordinance
may be supplied by the Administrator to any recipient of the one free set
or to any other party not proposing or intending to submit an application
for sanitary sewer service at a cost equal to the then current cost of reproduction,
including materials, equipment, labor, overhead and, if applicable, postage
or shipping.
