(A) No connection required. A landowner belonging to the district shall not be required to connect to Surry County water and/or sewer systems.
(B) Abeyance. Water and sewer assessments shall beheld in abeyance, without interest, for farms in an agricultural district, until improvement; on such property are connected to the water or sewer system for which the assessment was made.
(C) Termination of abeyance. When the period of abeyance ends, the assessment is payable in accordance with the terms set out in the assessment resolution.
(D) Suspension of statute of limitations. Statutes of limitations are suspended during the time that any assessment is held in abeyance without interest.
(E) Other statutory abeyance procedures. Nothing in this section is intended to diminish the authority of the county to hold assessments in abeyance under G.S. § 153A-201, or other applicable law.
(F) Conflict with water and/or sewer system construction and improvements; grants. To the extent that this section conflicts with the terms of federal, state or other grants under which county water and/or sewer systems are constructed this section shall not apply.
(Ord. passed 3-16-2015)