(A) All owners of single-family residential property within the village upon which new residential construction shall be commenced within one year from the date of passage of this section, and which shall not currently be located in an area of the village allowing for access to the newly constructed village sewerage system, shall be exempt from having to pay sewer rates and charges unless and until, in the sole discretion of the village, hook-up to the village’s sewerage system shall in the future become available to said newly constructed family residence.
(B) There shall be two options available for persons or entities constructing new single-family residences within the village that do not have immediate availability to access the village’s sewerage system. In any event (including an election not to pursue either of the following options), the owner shall be required to pay current sewerage user charges even though the property may not be hooked up to the village’s sewerage system.
(1) Subject to approval by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, the owner may, at the owner’s expense, connect the property to a “wildcat” line (defined as a storm drainage or other drainage line) which provides access to the village’s sewerage system.
(2) Subject to approval by the applicable County Health Department and the state, the owner, at the owner’s expense, may install a holding tank, the capacity of which to be determined in the building permit which may be issued, for use in containing all sewerage waste generated by the property until such time as access to the village’s sewerage system shall become available to the property. In such instance, the village shall reimburse the owner for the cost of pumping out the holding tank when it becomes filled.
(C) In either instance, at such time as access to the village’s sewerage system shall become available to the property, the property shall immediately hook-up to the village’s sewerage.
(1977 Code, § 7-3B-1) (Ord. 96-3, passed 6-17-1996; Ord. 00-14, passed 6-12-2000; Ord. 01-03, passed 5-14-2001)