(a) No person shall connect any building or other structure either directly or indirectly to a public sewer for the purpose of discharging sanitary sewage or wastewater without first obtaining a sewer permit and paying the applicable tap-in fee and other charges determined in accordance with Chapter 923.
(b) No person shall repair, replace or otherwise reconnect an existing private or public sewer lateral without first obtaining a sewer permit as specified in subsection (c) hereof.
(c) To obtain a sewer permit, each person shall complete and file with the Department of Sanitary Sewer Services a prescribed permit application. Upon approval of the application and payment of all applicable fees, the Director of Sanitary Sewer Services shall issue a sewer permit.
(d) In the event that the Director ascertains that any property has been connected directly or indirectly to a public sewer or any other part of the sewage disposal system in violation of this Title Five - Sewers and Wastewater, or that any person is utilizing the sewage disposal system in violation of this Title, the Director is authorized to disconnect such property, or have the same disconnected, or bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction to abate the violation. The County shall be reimbursed by the violator for expenses or costs caused directly or indirectly by the unauthorized connection to or use of the sewage disposal system.
(Res. 92-824. Approved 12-29-92; Ord. 2015-555. Adopted 12-14-15.)