(A) Connections required. The owners of all improved property in the county which is so located as to be served by the county owned or operated sewage collection line are hereby required to connect their improved premises to said sewage collection line.
(B) Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
IMPROVED PROPERTY. Any property upon which is constructed or upon which is located a dwelling house, mobile home, apartment house, any building or structure used for human habitation, any commercial or industrial building or structure required by federal, state, or local law to contain restroom facilities or which does contain restroom facilities and any other building, structure, or facility which discharges or has discharged by its operations conducted therein, wastewater as the same is defined in § 52.002.
PROPERTY LOCATED SO AS TO BE SERVED BY SEWAGE COLLECTION LINE.
(a) All property which abuts a right of way in which is installed and constructed a county operated gravity sewer collection line and the improved property is located not more than 300 feet from said gravity sewer collection line.
(b) All property which abuts a right of way in which is installed and constructed a force main designated by the Director of the county’s Department of Public Utilities as being designed to serve a specific area as a collection line where due to topography or other engineering factors, a gravity sewer line is not feasible or is not cost effective and the improved property is located not more than 300 feet from said force main.
SEWAGE COLLECTION LINE OPERATED BY THE COUNTY. Any sewage collection line operated by the county’s Public Utilities Department pursuant to a contract entered into by the county as operator and any governmental or other entity that owns sewage collection line as owner. Such governmental or other entity that owns sewage collection lines shall specifically include any and all county water and sewer districts.
(C) Failure to connect unlawful. It shall be unlawful for any owner of improved property located so as to be served by said county owned or operated sewage collection line who fails to so cause his or her property to be connected within 60 days after being notified in writing by the county’s Public Utilities Department to so connect his or her property.
(Ord. passed 7-23-1984; Res. passed 8-6-1984; Res. passed 8-2-2004) Penalty, see § 52.999