(A) No connection required.
(1) District. A landowner belonging to a district shall not be required to connect to Warren County water and/or sewer systems.
(2) Enhanced district. A landowner belonging to an enhanced district shall not be required to connect to Warren County utility systems.
(B) Abeyance.
(1) District. Water and sewer assessments shall be held in abeyance, without interest, for farms in a district, until improvements on such property are connected to the water or sewer system for which the assessment was made.
(2) Enhanced district. Utility assessments shall be held in abeyance, without interest, for farms in an enhanced district, until improvements on such property are connected to the utility 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. The landowner shall be required to sign an acknowledgment, which shall be incorporated into the conservation agreement, of the abeyance of the statute of limitations upon collecting water and sewer assessments, or other utility assessments.
(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 utility systems are constructed this section shall not apply. This section shall not apply to utilities that are not owned by the county unless the county has entered into an agreement with the entity(ies) owning the utilities and that agreement provides that this chapter shall apply.
(Ord. passed 4-2-2007; Ord. passed 4-6-2009; Ord. passed 6-7-2021)