(a) Improving property. Every person improving property located within the corporate limits of the town which requires a new wastewater disposal system or expansions to an existing system shall make an approved connection with the town's sanitary sewer system if either of the following conditions exist:
(1) Property abuts or adjoins a street or alley along which is located a sanitary sewer line; or
(2) Property is located adjacent to a town sanitary sewer line.
This connection shall be to all water closets, bathtubs, showers, lavatories, toilets, sinks and all other wastewater generating plumbing units, appliances and sanitary sewer drains located or to be located on the property, provided that no person shall be required to cross the private property of another to make such a connection. In addition, if the property cannot support a wastewater disposal system and the property is within 300 feet of a sewer line, the owner shall make an approved sewer connection as required in the previous sentence.
(b) Compliance with codes. All sanitary sewer connections shall be in accordance with the North Carolina State Plumbing Code and the requirements of this Code.
(c) Fees due. At the time any connection request made by the property owner to the town has been approved, all sanitary sewer connection charges, development fees and outstanding assessment, or fee in lieu of assessment, shall be due and payable.
(d) Occupancy. No person shall occupy any house or building for human habitation after the sanitary sewer supply has been cut off, except in cases where it is cut off temporarily for the purpose of effecting necessary repairs.
(Code 1976, 17-2; Code 1982, § 19-76; Ord. No. 90-26, § 1, 3-22-1990; Ord. No. 93-13, § 1, 3-11-1993; Ord. No. 99-019, 10-14-1999; Ord. No. 02-005, 2-28-2002; Ord. No. 02-016, 6-13-2002)