(A) New sewer connection applicants who discharge non-domestic wastes will be required to have an approved sampling point prior to connection.
(B) All connections for sewers on private property shall be inspected by the Director, or his or her representative(s), before the trench is filled, whether the pipes have been run within the building line or not. Sewer pipes or main drains are not to be raised, lowered or otherwise changed except under the authorization of the Director.
(C) The plumbing system of each new building and of new work installed in an existing building on premises abutting on a street in which there is a sanitary sewer shall be separate from and independent of that of any other building, and every building shall have an independent connection with a sanitary sewer where available, except as provided below:
(1) Exception.
(a) When one building stands in the rear of another building on a common interior lot, and no private sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley, court, yard or driveway, the house drain from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole will be considered as one house drain.
(b) A common sewer connection will be permitted to serve more than one building in the following categories:
1. Apartments;
2. Townhouse developments;
3. Condominium developments;
4. Planned unit developments;
5. Hotels, motels;
6. Hospitals;
7. Warehouses, industrial buildings engaging in one business only;
8. Schools;
9. Mobile home parks;
10. Shopping centers;
11. Churches;
12. Other buildings under common management.
(2) A common sewer connection, including a private sewer collection system, will be permitted to serve the above categories of buildings meeting the following minimum requirements:
(a) The building or buildings to be served are in compliance with the county’s Zoning Ordinance and subdivision regulations.
(b) The building permit and plat show a single owner or several owners with a common management agreement, and indicate that the complex of buildings will be constructed on a single tract.
(c) All sewer construction within easements shall be in accordance with county, state and federal standards and specifications, and all other construction shall be in accordance with the state plumbing code. Any construction that requires only cleanouts to be installed shall be performed by a licensed master plumber or licensed utility contractor. All construction requiring manholes will be performed by a licensed utility contractor. The owners or management of such complexes shall remain the owners of the private sanitary sewer systems, and be responsible for their operation and maintenance.
(d) Should a building within such a complex be conveyed to a new owner without a common management contract, the Commissioners shall require a sewer connection from that building to the public main.
(D) It is the general policy of the county to provide for the expansion of sewers by apportioning the costs of the project to the benefited properties. In applying this chapter, the Board may:
(1) Utilize the procedure of special assessment as provided in G.S. Ch. 153A, Art. 9;
(2) Establish a fee in lieu assessment, to be collected prior to connection, consisting of:
(a) An equitable, mathematical procedure similar to the bases for making assessments as found in G.S. § 153A-186, to represent local sewer main costs;
(b) A capital recovery fee, as provided in § 51.82(B) herein, to represent trunk or outfall sewer costs;
(c) A connection fee for the furnishing of an individual service lateral connection, to represent cost of providing the individual laterals; and
(d) A capacity fee, if applicable, to the owner of the wastewater treatment plant serving the property, to represent the cost of providing a treatment facility.
(3) Pay for the project, whether in part or in whole, as a general obligation to all of the taxable property in the county.
(Ord. passed 9-9-08)