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(A) The owner of a properly functioning onsite sewage treatment and disposal system, excluding an approved onsite graywater system, must connect the system or the building's plumbing to an available publicly owned or investor-owned sewerage system as provided in F.S. § 381.00655, as may be amended from time to time. Requests for exemption shall be handled by the Public Works Director as provided in the statutes.
(B) "AVAILABLE" shall mean as defined in F.S. § 381.0655, as may be amended from time to time.
(C) No certificate of occupancy shall be granted by the Building Official for any building until such time as owner has fully complied with the provision of this section.
(D) Nothing herein shall be construed as prohibiting any state or federal agency from requiring a property owner to connect to the city's sewer system, provided the Public Works Director determines the city's sewer system has the needed capacity.
(Ord. 118, passed 10-23-80; Am. Ord. 1518, passed 11-6-14) Penalty, see § 10.99
No unauthorized person shall maliciously, willfully, or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface, or tamper with any structure, appurtenance, or equipment which is a part of the sewage works. Any person violating this section shall be subject to immediate arrest and subject to the penalties provided by state law and § 10.99.
(Ord. 118, passed 10-23-80; Am. Ord. 1518, passed 11-6-14)
(A) Each person, by virtue of making application or request to the city for any utility service or receiving or using any city utility service, thereby grants or causes to be granted to the city, without additional cost or consideration, all rights, easements, permits, licenses, and privileges that are deemed necessary by the city for the establishment, rendering, maintenance, termination, disconnection, or reconnection of utility services. Pursuant to said authority, the appropriate Public Works Department official and other duly-authorized employees of the city bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, and testing in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, at all reasonable or necessary times.
(B) The Public Works Department and other duly- authorized employees of the city bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all private properties through which the city holds a duly-negotiated easement for the purposes of, but not limited to, inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, repair, and maintenance of any portion of the sewage works lying within the easement. All entry and subsequent work, if any, on the easement, shall be done in full accordance with the terms of the duly-negotiated easement pertaining to the private property involved.
(Ord. 118, passed 10-23-80; Am. Ord. 1518, passed 11-6-14)
The City Commission shall sit as an appellate board for hearing appeals from any decision by the Public Works Director and sewer users on matters concerning interpretation and execution of the sections of this chapter by the Department, and to hear appeals from any industrial sewer user as to the reasonableness of charges imposed by the city for these users. Any appeals shall be in writing on a form provided by the city, along with a fee as provided by resolution of the City Commission.
(Ord. 118, passed 10-23-80; Am. Ord. 1518, passed 11-6-14)
Any major contributing industry as defined by 40 C.F.R. 128.124 shall comply with 40 C.F.R. 128 and any other regulation established by the United States Environmental Protection Agency or other appropriate regulating governmental agency.
(Ord. 118, passed 10-23-80; Am. Ord. 1518, passed 11-6-14) Penalty, see § 10.99
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