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 Such fee may be refunded on request, if the application is withdrawn on or before preparation of notices and advertising required by 9 Del.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.
B. 
After 30 days' notice, the County Engineer shall adopt and/or amend as necessary a county-wide five-tier sewer service preference map. A party with standing may appeal the amended map in accordance with § 110-119.
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.
(1) 
Areas where a central public sewer utility is desired for future development; however, individual on-site systems will be permitted.
(2) 
Areas were primary central sewer service is provided by private utilities under newly issued CPCN's with written notification of application to the Engineer.
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.