(A) This chapter shall apply and be in effect for the stated purposes within the Historic Village Sewage Treatment Service Area, as shown in the Comprehensive Plan. Any property outside of the HVSTSA shall be connected to an individual subsurface sewage treatment system (ISTS) meeting the requirements of § 153.032 of this code or to a community sewage treatment system approved under the authority of the city.
(B) The sewer permit fee and sewer connection charges shall be established by the city, as outlined in the city’s fee schedule.
(C) At the time the LSTS becomes available to properties within the HVSTSA, the City Engineer shall contact the property owner in writing notifying them of the availability of the LSTS and requesting completion of a sewer permit and to schedule a connection. Properties previously connected to the “201” community sewage treatment system or with existing ISTS which are failing to adequately treat sewage, posing a hazard to the public health or otherwise deemed by the city to be non-compliant shall connect within 60 days from when the LSTS becomes available.
(1) In the case when it is not clear whether an existing ISTS is compliant; if a property owner is not able to demonstrate that the existing ISTS is compliant, a compliance inspection is required within 30 days.
(2) If the compliance inspection does not find that the ISTS is compliant, or if the property owner fails to obtain a compliance inspection within 30 days, the property shall be connected to the sanitary sewer system within 60 days.
(D) At the time a property within the HVSTSA with an ISTS is sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of, the property shall connect to the LSTS within 60 days.
(E) All properties located in the HVSTSA shall be connected to the LSTS no later than December 31, 2024.
(F) Properties within the HVSTSA where construction is proposed for a new structure with a building drain requiring sewage treatment shall not be granted final building permit approval without the issuance of a sewer permit to connect to the LSTS system.
(G) The size, slopes, alignment, materials of construction of a building sewer and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing and backfilling of the trench, shall all conform to the requirements of the state’s building and plumbing code or other applicable rules and regulations of the city. In the absence of code provisions or in the amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) and Water Pollution Control Federation (WPCF) Manual of Practice No. 9, shall apply.
(H) If ground conditions do not reasonably allow a connection to sewer within the required 60-day period, i.e. the ground is frozen, an extended time for connection could be allowed, as determined by the city.
(I) A non-compliant ISTS that is not connected within the required timeline shall be subject to a fee, and the fee shall be as set out in the city’s fee schedule.
(Prior Code, § 12-1954) (Ord. 02-2019, passed 6-18-2019)