(A) Combined connection after effective date. Unless permitted for a hardship situation in accordance with division (D), no combined connection may be made after the effective date of this section.
(B) Combined connections discontinued. Unless permitted to continue for a hardship situation in accordance with division (D), combined connections in existence on the effective date of this section shall be discontinued and replaced with individual connections in accordance with this section.
(1) Owners of properties using a combined connection must replace such connection with an individual connection within two (2) years of the date of notice from the city that replacement is required.
(2) Properties using combined connections will not be allowed to expand until separated.
(3) Owners of the properties using a combined connection may use those parts of the connection lying within their property or in the public right-of-way between their property and the public sanitary sewer, but must otherwise disconnect from the common connection and construct a new individual connection.
(C) Exceptions. The requirements of division (B) do not apply to:
(1) Multi-family residential rental properties where all units served by a combined connection are under the same ownership; or
(2) Multiple industrial or commercial lots or parcels of land that are adjacent, under the same ownership, and used for a single, unified business enterprise.
(D) Variances. The Commission may grant variances from the requirements of division (B) upon a finding that there are unique or unusual physical constraints on constructing an individual connection that make such connection impractical from an engineering perspective.
(E) Notice. Notice to owners provided for in this section shall be by certified mail to the person or persons whom tax statements are to be sent according to the records of Kanabec County.
(Ord. 409, passed 6-21-2011) Penalty, see § 53.999