(A) Any owner of property who has a drinking well and properly functioning septic tank/drain field, must hook-up to city sewer within 60 days after written notice of availability has been served on the property owner.
(B) In the event water only is available to the property, the existing septic tank and drain field may be used. Such septic tank and drain field shall be inspected every third year by a licensed installer of such septic systems until such time the city can provide sewer service to the property owner. At the time sewer services become available through the city, the property owner must hook-up to the city sewer service.
(C) All septic tank and drain field inspections must be completed by July 1 every third year and the property owner must submit the inspection certificate to the city by that date.
(D) The costs of the inspection will be the responsibility of the property owner.
(E) If the property owner fails to inspect or does not submit certification, the city will pay to have the inspection done and charge the property owner and submit the same to the County Tax Assessor for placement on the property owner’s property tax bill.
(F) Failure to hook-up to the sewer will result in a civil penalty of $100 per day for each day the sewer is not hooked onto the city system. This civil penalty shall not commence until the property owner has been advised of the need to hook-up and given a time frame in which to complete the hook-up. There will be separate civil penalties for failing to hook-up to the sewer system and water system.
(G) HOOK-UP shall mean having the city provide a legal, and city approved, connection to the city sewer system. The property owner shall pay for the connection fee and the monthly charge.
(Ord. 2013-01, passed 4-1-2013) Penalty, see § 52.99