(a) General Requirements. The applicant shall install sanitary sewer facilities in a manner prescribed by the local government construction standards and specifications. All plans shall be designed and approved in accordance with the rules, regulations, and standards of the Village Engineer and other appropriate agencies.
(b) High-Density Residential and Nonresidential Districts. Sanitary sewerage facilities shall connect with public sanitary sewerage systems. Sewers shall be installed to serve each lot and to grades and sizes required by approving officials and agencies. No individual disposal system or treatment plants (private or group disposal systems) shall be permitted. Sanitary sewerage facilities (including the installation of laterals in the right-of-way) shall be subject to the specifications, rules, regulations, and guidelines of the Cuyahoga County Health Department Health Officer, Village Engineer, and appropriate agencies.
(c) Low- and Medium-Density Residential Districts. Sanitary sewerage systems shall be constructed as follows:
(1) When a public sanitary sewerage system is reasonably accessible, the applicant shall connect with same and provide sewers accessible to each lot in the subdivision.
(2) When public sanitary sewerage systems are not reasonably accessible but will become available within a reasonable time (not to exceed fifteen [15] years), the applicant may choose one of the following alternatives:
A. Central sewerage system with the maintenance cost to be assessed against each property benefitted. Where plans for future public sanitary sewerage systems exist, the applicant shall install the sewer lines, laterals, and mains to be in permanent conformance with such plans and ready for connection to such public sewer mains; or
B. Individual disposal systems, provided the applicant shall install sanitary sewer lines, laterals, and mains from the street curb to a point in the subdivision boundary where a future connection with the public sewer main shall be made. Sewer lines shall be laid from the house to the street line, and a connection shall be available in the home to connect from the individual disposal system to the sewer system when the public sewers become available. Such sewer systems shall be capped until ready for use and shall conform to all plans for installation of the public sewer system, where such exist, and shall be ready for connection to such public sewer main.
(d) Mandatory Connection to Public Sewer System. If a public sanitary sewer is accessible and a sanitary sewer is placed in a street or alley abutting upon property, the owner of the property shall be required to connect to the sewer for the purpose of disposing of waste, and it shall be unlawful for any such owner or occupant to maintain upon any such property an individual sewage disposal system.
(Ord. 1998-13. Passed 6-10-98.)
(e) Design criteria for sanitary sewers shall be in compliance with the Uniform Standards as adopted and amended from time to time. See Chapter 1307 of the Building Code.
(Ord. 2006-69. Passed 1-22-07.)