Sanitary Sewer System Regulations Operated by Cty of Harnett Ordinance 7/23/84ORDINANCE REGULATING
SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM
OPERATED BY THE COUNTY OF HARNETT COUNTY
A. AN ORDINANCE REGULATING USE OF SEWERS:
An ordinance regulating the use of public sewers and drains, the
installation and connection of building sewers, and the discharge
of waters and wastes into the public sewer system(s): and
providing penalties for violations thereof: in the Buies
Creek -Coats Water and Sewer District of Harnett County and such
area(s) in which sewer collection lines' have been or will be
extended, all of which areas are sometimes referred to herein as
the District.
Be it ordained and enacted by the Harnett County Board of
Commissioners as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning
of terms used in this ordinance shall be as follows:
Sec. 1. "Biochemical oxygen demand" (BOD) shall mean the
quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical
oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory
procedure in five (5) days at 20° C, expressed in
milligrams per liter.
Sec. 2. "Building drain" shall mean that part of the lowest
horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives
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the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes
inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the
building sewer, beginning five (5) feet (1.5 meters)
outside the inner face of the building wall.
"Building sewer" shall mean the extension from the
building drain to the public sewer or other place of
disposal, also called house connection.
"Bulk user" is a person who shall own a sewer
(wastewater) collection system and shall deposit the
sewage and wastewater collected therein, into the
District's collection system.
"Combined sewer" shall mean a sewer intended to receive
both wastewater and storm or surface water.
"Commercial user" is a user with one water connection
of a required size of over one (1) inch or a user w�. h
one water connection and with multiple unit needs
(example: where the improved property [building(s)] is
being used for two (2) or more separate business
establishments, or is being used for a business
establishment and one (1) or more residential
households, or is being used for two (2) or more
residential households.)
"Easement" shall mean an acquired legal right for the
specific use of land owned by owners.
"Floatable oil" is oil, fat or grease in a physical
state such that it will separate by gravity from
wastewater by treatment in an approved pretreatment
facility. A wastewater shall be considered free of
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floatable fat if it is properly pretreated and the
wastewater does not interfere with the collection
system.
Sec. 9. "Garbage" shall mean the animal and vegetable waste
resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and
serving of foods.
Sec. 10. "Industrial wastes" shall mean the wastewater from
industrial processes, trade or business as distinct
from domestic or sanitary wastes.
Sec. 11. "Industrial user" is a legal person who deposits
industrial wastes into the District's collection
system.
Sec. 12. "May" is permissive (see "shall ", Sec. 23).
Sec. 13. "Multiple" is more than one.
Sec. 14. "Natural outlet" shall mean any outlet, including st.crm
sewers and combined sewer overflows, into a
watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface
or groundwater.
Sec. 15. "Person" shall mean any individual, firm, company,
association, society, corporation or group.
Sec. 16. "pH" shall mean the reciprocal of the logarithm of the
hydrogenion concentration. The concentration is the
weight of hydrogen ions, in grams, per liter or
solution. Neutral water, for example, has a pH value
of 7 and a hydrogen -ion concentration of 10.
Sec. 17. "Properly shredded garbage" shall mean the wastes from
the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food that
have been shredded to such a degree that all particles
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will be carried freely under the flow conditions
normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle
greater than 1/2 (1.27 centimeters) in any dimension.
Sec. 18. "Public sewer" shall mean a common sewer controlled by
a governmental agency or public utility.
Sec. 19. "Residential user" is a user with one water connection
of a size of not more than one (1) inch and serving one
unit.
Sec. 20. "Sanitary Sewer" shall mean a sewer that carries liquid
and water- carried wastes from residences, commercial
buildings, industrial plants, and institutions together
with minor quantities of ground, storm and surface
waters that are not admitted intentionally.
Sec. 21. "Sewage" is the spent water of a community. The
preferred term is "wastewater ", Sec. 24.
Sec. 22. "Sewer" shall mean a pipe or conduit that carries
wastewater or drainage water.
Sec. 23. "Shall" is mandatory (see "may ", Sec. 12).
Sec. 24. "Slug" shall mean any discharge of water or was
which in concentration of any given constituent or in
quantity of flow exceeds for any period of duration
longer than fifteen (15) minutes more than five (5)
times the average twenty -four (24) hour concentration
or flows during normal operation and shall adversely
affect the collection system and /or performance of the
wastewater treatment works.
Sec. 25. "Storm drain" (sometimes termed "storm sewer ") shall
mean a drain or sewer for conveying water, groundwater,
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subsurface water, or unpolluted water from any source.
Sec. 26. "Superintendent" shall mean the (superintendent of
wastewater facilities, and /or of wastewater treatment
works, and /or of water pollution control) of the
District, or his authorized deputy, agent or
representative.
Sec. 27. "Suspended solids" shall mean total suspended matter
that either floats on the surface of, or is in
suspension in water, wastewater or other liquids, and
that is removable by laboratory filtering as prescribed
in "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and
Wastewater" and referred to as nonfilterable residue.
Sec. 28. "Unit" shall mean one residential household or one
business establishment.
Sec. 29. "Unpolluted water" is water of quality equal to or
better than the effluent criteria in effect or water
that would not cause violation of receiving water
quality standards and would not be benefited by
discharge to the sanitary sewers and wastewater
treatment facilities provided.
Sec. 30. "Wastewater" shall mean the spent water of a community.
From the standpoint of source, it may be a combination
of the liquid and water - carried wastes from residences,
commercial buildings, industrial plants, and
institutions, together with any groundwater, surface
water and stormwater that may be present.
Sec. 31. "Wastewater facilities" shall mean the structures,
equipment, and processes required to collect, carry
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away, and treat. domestic and industrial wastes and
dispose of the effluent.
Sec. 32. "Wastewater treatment works" shall mean an arrangement
of devices and structures for treating wastewater,
industrial wastes and sludge. Sometimes used as
synonymous with "waste treatment plant" or "wastewater
treatment plant" or "water pollution control plant."
Sec. 33. "Watercourse" shall mean a natural or artificial
channel for the passage of water either continuously or
intermittently.
Sec. 34. "Superintendent" may also mean the Director of Utility
services for the County of harnett, or in the
alternative the County Manager, if so authorized by the
governing Board of the District.
ARTICLE II
'Building Sewers and Connections
Sec. 1. No unauthorized person(s) shall uncover, make any
connections with or opening into, use, alter, or
disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof.
Sec. 2. There shall be three (3) classes of building sewer
permits: (1) for residential users; (2) commercial
users; and (3) for service to establishments producing
industrial wastes. In either case, the owner(s) or his
agent shall make application on a special form
furnished by the District. The permit application
shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or
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other information considered pertinent in the judgment
of the superintendent. A permit or inspection fee of
$15.00 for a residential or commercial building sewer
permit and $15.00 for an industrial building sewer
permit shall be paid to the District at the time the
application is filed.
Sec. 3. All costs and expenses incidental to the installation
and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by
the owner(s). The owner(s) shall indemnify the
District from any loss or damage that may directly or
indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the
building sewer.
Sec. 4. A separate and independent building sewer shall be
provided for every building, except where one building
stands at the rear of another on an interior lot and no
private sewer is available or can be constructed to the
rear building through an adjoining alley, court, yard,
or driveway, the front building may be extended to the
rear building and the whole considered as one building
sewer, but the District does not and will not assume
any obligation or responsibility for damage caused by
or resulting from any such single connection
aforementioned.
Sec. 5. Old building sewers may be used in connection with new
buildings only when they are found, on examination and
test by the superintendent, to meet all requirements of
this ordinance.
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Sec. 6. The size, slope, alignment, materials or construction
of a building sewer, and the methods to be used in
excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing and
backfilling the trench shall all conform to the
requirements of the building and plumbing code or other
applicable rules and regulations of Harnett County. In
the absence of code provisions or in amplification
thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in
appropriate specifications of the ASTM and WPCF Manual
of Practice shall apply.
Sec. 7. Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought
to the building at_an elevation below the basement
floor. In all buildings in which any building drain is
too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer,
sanitary sewage carried by such building drain shall be
lifted by an approved means and discharged to the
building sewer.
Sec. 8. No person(s) shall make connection of roof downspouts,
foundation drains, areaway drains, or other sources of
surface runoff or groundwater to a building sewer or
building drain which in turn is connected directly or
indirectly to a public sanitary sewer unless such
connection is approved by the superintendent for
purposes of disposal of polluted surface drainage.
Sec. 9. The connection of the building sewer into the public
sewer shall conform to the requirements of the building
and plumbing code or other applicable rules and
regulations of Harnett County, or the procedures set
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forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM and
WPCF Manual of Practice No. 9. All such connections
shall be made gastight and watertight and verified by
proper testing. Any deviation from the prescribed
procedures and materials must be approved by the
superintendent before installation.
Sec. 10. The applicant for the building sewer permit shall
notify the superintendent when the building sewer is
ready for inspection and connection and testing shall
be made under the supervision of the superintendent or
his representative. In the alternative, the inspection
and connection and testing required hereunder may be
administered by the Harnett County Inspection
Department if so authorized by the Board of County
Commissioners.
Sec. 11. All excavations for building sewer installation shall
be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as
to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks,
parkways and other public property disturbed in the
course of the work shall be restored in a manner
satisfactory to the District.
ARTICLE III
Use of the Public Sewers
Sec. 1. No person(s) shall discharge or cause to be discharged
any unpolluted water such as storm groundwater, roof
runoff, subsurface drainage, or cooling water to any
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sewer, except stormwater runoff from limited areas,
which stormwater may be polluted at times, may be
discharged to the sanitary sewer by permission of the
superintendent.
Sec. 2. Stormwater other than that exempted under Section 1,
Article III, and all other unpolluted drainage shall be
discharged to such sewers as are specifically
designated as combined sewers or storm sewers or to a
natural outlet approved by the superintendent and other
regulatory agencies. Unpolluted industrial cooling
water or process waters may be discharged, on approval
of the superintendent, to a storm sewer, combined
sewer, or natural outlet.
Sec. 3. No person(s) shall discharge or cause to be discharged
any of the following described waters or wastes to any
public sewers:
(a) Any gasoline, benzene, naptha, fuel oil, or other
flammable or explosive liquid, solid, or gas.
(b) Any waters containing toxic or poisonous solids,
liquids, or gases in sufficient quantity, either
singly or by interaction with other wastes, to
injure or interfere with any waste treatment
process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals,
create a public nuisance, or create any hazard in
the receiving waters of the wastewater treatment
plant.
(c) Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5,
or having any other corrosive property capable of
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causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment
and personnel of the wastewater works.
(d) Solid or viscous substances in quantities or of
such size capable of causing obstruction to the
flow in sewers, or other interf3rence with the
proper operation of the wastewater facilities such
as, but not limited to, ashes, bones, cinders,
sand, mud, straw shavings, metal, glass, rags,
feathers, tar, plastics, woods, unground garbage,
whole blood, paunch manure, hair and fleshings,
entrails and paper dishes, cups, milk containers,
etc., either whole or ground by garbage grinders.
Sec. 4. The following described substances, materials,
waters, or waste shall be limited in discharges to
municipal systems to concentrations or quantities
which will not harm either the sewers, wastewater
treatment process or equipment, will not have an
adverse effect on the receiving stream, or will
not otherwise endanger lives, limb, public
property, or constitute a nuisance. The
superintendent may set limitations lower than the
limitations established int he regulations below
if in his opinion such more severe limitations are
necessary to meet the above objectives. in
forming his opinion as to the acceptability, the
superintendent will give consideration to such
factors as the quantity of subject waste in
relation to flows and velocities in the sewers,
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materials of construction of the sewers, the
wastewater treatment process employed, capacity of
the wastewater treatment plant, degree of
treatability of the waste in the wastewater
treatment plant and other pertinent factors. The
limitations or restrictions on materials or
characteristics of waste or wastewaters discharged
to the sanitary sewer which shall not be violated
without approval of the superintendent are as
follows:
(a) Wastewater having a temperature higher than
150% Fahrenheit (65° Celsius).
(b) Wastewater containing more than 25
miligrams per liter of petroleum oil,
nonbiodegradable cutting oils, or product or
mineral oil origin.
(c) Wastewater from industrial plants containing
floatable oils, fat or grease.
(d) Any garbage that has not been properly
shredded (See Article I, Section 13.)
Garbage grinders may be connected to sanitary
sewers from homes, hotels, institutions,
restaurants, hospitals, catering
establishments, or similar places where
garbage originates from the preparation of
food in kitchens for the purpose of
consumption on the premises or when served by
caterers.
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(e) Any waters or wastes containing iron,
chromium, copper, zinc, and similar
objectionable or toxic substances to such
degree that any such material received in the
composite wastewater at the wastewater
treatment works exceeds the limits
established by the superintendent for such
materials.
(f) Any waters or wastes containing
odor - producing substances exceeding limits
which may be established by the
superintendent.
(g) Any radioactive waste or isotopes of such
half -life or concentration as may exceed
limits established by the superintendent
in compliance with applicable state or
federal regulations.
(h) Quantities of flow, concentrations, or both
which constitute a "slug" as defined herein.
(i) Waters or Wastes containing substances which
are not amenable to treatment or reduction by
the wastewater treatment processes employed,
or are amenable to treatment plant effluent
cannot meet the requirements of other
agencies having jurisdiction over discharge
to the receiving waters.
(j) Any water or wastes which, by interaction
with other water or wastes in the public
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sewer system, release obnoxious gases, form
suspended solids which interfere with the
collection system, or create a condition
deleterious to structures and treatment
processes.
If any waters or wastes are discharged or are
proposed to be discharged to the public sewers,
which waters contain the substances or possess the
characteristics enumerated in Section 4 of this
Article, and which in the judgment of the of the
superintendent, may have a deleterious effect upon
the wastewater facilities, processes, equipment,
or receiving waters, or which otherwise create a
hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance,
the superintendent may:
(a) Reject the wastes,
(b) Require pretreatment to an acceptable
condition for discharge to the public sewers,
(c) Require control over the quantities and rates
of discharge, and /or
(d) Require payment to cover added cost of
handling and treating the wastes not covered by
existing taxes of sewer changes under the
provisions of Section 10 of this article.
If the superintendent permits the pretreatment or
equalization of waste flows, the design and
installation of the plants and equipment shall be
subject to the review and approval of the
superintendent.
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6. Grease, oil and sand intercepters shall be
provided, when, in the opinion of the
superintendent, they are necessary for the proper
handling of liquid wastes containing floatable
grease in eAcessive amounts, as specified in
Section 9(c) of this Article, or any flammable
wastes, sand, or other harmful ingredients; except
that such intercepters shall not be required for
private living quarters or dwelling units. All
intercepters shall be of a type and capacity
approved by the superintendent, and shall be
located as to be readily and easily accessible for
cleaning and inspection. In the maintaining of
thes intercepters the owner(s) shall be
responsible for the proper removal and disposal by
appropriate means of the captured material and
shall maintain records of the dates, and means of
disposal which are subject to review by the
superintendent. Any removal and hauling of the
collected materials not performed by owner (s)
personnel must be performed by currently licensed
waste disposal firms.
7. Where pretreatment or flow - equalizing facilities
are provided or required for any waters or wastes,
they shall be maintained continuously in
satisfactory and effective operation by the
owner(s) at his expense.
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Sec. 8. When required by the superintendent, the owner of
any property serviced by a building sewer carrying
industrial wastes shall install a suitable
structure together with such necessary meters and
other appurtenances in the building sewer to
facilitate observation, sampling and measurements
of the wastes. Such structure, when required,
shall be accessibly and safely located and shall
be constructed in accordance with plans approved
by the superintendent. The structure shall be
installed by the owner at his expense and shall be
maintained by him so as to be safe and accessible
at all times.
Sec. 9. All measurements, tests and analyses of the
characteristics of waters and wastes to which
reference is made in this ordinance shall be
determined in accordance with the latest edition
of "Standard Methods for Examination of Water and
Wastewater," published by the American Public
Health Association. Sampling methods, location,
times, durations and frequencies are to be
determined on an individual basis subject to
approval by the superintendent.
Sec. 10. No statement contained in this article shall be
construed as preventing any special agreement or
arrangement between the District and any
industrial concern whereby an industrial waste of
unusual strength or character may be accepted by
the District for treatment.
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ARTICLE IV
Sec. 1. No person(s) shall maliciously, willfully, or
negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover,
deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance
or equipment which is a part of the wastewater
facilities. Any person(s) violating this
provision shall be subject to immediate arrest
under charge of disorderly conduct.
ARTICLE V
Powers and Authority of Inspectors
Sec. 1. The superintendent and other duly authorized
employees and agents of the District bearing
proper credentials and identification shall be
permitted to enter all properties for the purposes
of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling,
and testing pertinent to discharge to the
community system in accordance with the provisions
of this ordinance.
Sec. 2. The superintendent or other duly authorized
employees are authorized to obtain information
concerning industrial processes which have a
direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge
to the wastewater collection system. The industry
may withhold information considered confidential.
The industry must establish that the revelation to
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the public of the information in question might
result in an advantage to competitors.
Sec. 3. While performing the necessary work on private
properties referred to above, the superintendent
or duly authorized employees of the District shall
observe all safety rules applicable to the
premises established by the owner of the premises,
and the owner thereof shall be held harmless for
injury or death to the District employees,.and the
District shall indemnify the owner thereof against
loss or damage to its property by District
employees and against liability claims and demands
for personal injury or property damage asserted
against the owner thereof and growing out of the
gauging and sampling operation, except as such may
be caused by negligence or failure of the owner of
the premises to maintain safe conditions as
required in Article III, Section 8.
Sec. 4. The superintendent and other duly authorized
employees of the District bearing proper
credentials and identification shall be permitted
to enter all private properties through which the
District holds a duly negotiated easement for the
purposes of, but not limited to, inspection,
observation, measurement, sampling, repair and
maintenance of any portion of the wastewater
facilities lying within said easement. All entry
and subsequent work, if any, on said easement,
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shall be done in full accordance with the terms of
the duly negotiated easement pertaining to the
private property involved.
B. THE FOLLOWING SEWER RATES, FEES AND CHARGES ARE ADOPTED AND
SHALL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL AMENDED.
1. Classification of Service:
All services are classified under one of the following
categories, to wit:
a. Residential users
b. Commercial users
C. Industrial users
d. Bulk users
2. Schedule of sewer charges:
a. Residential user monthly charges -
(1) Public metered water source - monthly flat
rate of $11.10 plus $1.50 per 1,000 gallons of
water consumption.
(2) Unmetered water source - monthly flat rate of
$18.00 for multi - member family,; $14.00 for
single - member family.
(3) Improved properties remaining on individual septic
system: monthly flat rate of $ plus
actual cost of upkeep and maintenance to be
charted by the District at such time as such
costs are incurred (upon agreement between
user and District, charges may be scheduled on
a monthly basis.)
b. Commercial user monthly charges -
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(1) Public metered water source - monthly flat
rate of $26.63 plus $2.00 per 1,000 gallons of
water consumption.
(2) Unmetered water source - monthly flat rate of
$26.63 plus $2.00 per 1,000 gallons of
estimated water use.
(3) Improved properties remaining on individual
septic system: Monthly flat rate of $
plus actual cost of upkeep and maintenance to be
charged by the District at such time as such costs
are incurred. (Upon agreement between user and
District, charges may be shceduled on a monthly
basis.)
C. Industrial users - monthly rates shall be
established by the District's governing board based
upon water usage and the type of wastewater and other
discharge to be deposited in the sanitary sewer.
d. Bulk users - monthly rates shall be established by
the District's governing board based upon water usage
and the service to be extended by the bulk user to
others.
3. Tap on fees:
a. During construction of sewer collection system:
(1) Upon the payment of anticipated construction
assessments prior to December 1, 1982, there
shall be no tap on fee chargeable.
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(2) Upon payment of anticipated construction
assessment prior to January 2, 1983:
residential users - $25.00
commercial users - $50.00
(3) Upon payment of anticipated construction
assessment prior to February 2, 1983:
residential users - $ 50.00
commercial users - $100.00
(4) Upon payment of anticipated construction
assessment prior to March 2, 1983:
residential users - $ 75.00
commercial users - $150.00
(5) Upon payment of anticipated construction
assessment prior to April 2, 1983:
residential users - $100.00
commercial users - $200.00
(6) Upon payment of anticipated construction
assessment prior to May 2, 1983:
residential users - $125.00
commercial users - $250.00
(7) Upon payment of anticipated construction
assessment prior to June 2, 1983:
residential users - $150.00
commercial users - $300.00
(8) Upon payment of anticipated construction
assessment prior to July 2, 1983:
residential users - $175.00
commercial users - $350.00
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(9) Upon payment of anticipated construction
assessment prior to August 2, 1983:
residential users - $200.00
commercial users - $400.00
(10) Upon payment of anticipated construction
assessment prior to September 2, 1983:
residential users - $225.00
commercial users - $450.00
(11) After September 1, 1983, but prior to
December 1, 1984:
residential users - $250.00
commercial users - $500.00
(anticipated users who begin construction of
improvements needing sewer services during 1985,
may pay the above tap -on charges not later than
November 30, 1984; said payment shall not be
refundable, but shall apply on future tap -on
charges.)
(12) Industrial and bulk users or lateral size
connections of 6" and above - tap -on charges shall
be the cost of all materials and installation plus
258 and in all events not less than $1,000.00.
b. After construction completion of sewer system, but
not before November 30, 1984:
(1) residential users - $ 500.00
(2) commercial users - $1,000.00
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(3) Industrial and bulk users or lateral size
connections of 6" and above - tap -on charges shall
be the cost of all materials and installation plus
25% and in all events not less than $1,000.00.
4. Construction assessments based on area of land served:
a. residential user unit - $250.00
b. commercial user unit - $500.00
5. Adjustment of overcharges:
Upon the making of adjustment in water charges pursuant to
the pertinent sections of the District water system
ordinance, proportionate and appropriate adjustment
shall be made in the sewer charges for the
corresponding period.
6. Water not discharged into County's Sewer:
Any consumer who uses water from a public metered water
system for an industrial or commercial purpose so that the
water used is not discharged into the sewerage system of the
District shall not be charged for the sewer service on said
quantity; provided that the water used for such industrial
or commercial purposes and not discharged into the
District's sewer system shall be accurately measured at the
expense of the consumer.
Any residential consumer using water from a public metered
water system for purposes other than commercial or
industrial so that the water used is not discharged into the
sewerage system of the District, may have the public metered
water authority to measure the quantity of water used and
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not discharged into the District's sewerage system, and
shall not be charged for sewer service on said quantity.
7. Meters and Measuring Devices:
All meters or other measuring devices installed or required
to be used under the provision of paragraph 7 shall be under
the supervision and control of the District and shall be
installed and maintained at the cost of the person
responsible for the account.
Meters or other devices installed for the purpose of
determining the quantity of water not discharged into the
District's sewers shall be kept in repair, whether caused by
ordinary wear and tear or other cause, and the cost thereof
paid by the user and bills for repairs made by the District
rather than the public water authority shall be added to and
become a part of the user's sewer bill.
B. Amendment to Sewer Rates, Fees, and Charges:
Amendments to sewer rate, fees and charges as established in
Section B. herein may be made by the governing board of the
District in its fiscal year budget ordinance.
C. Services to be Rendered by District; Special Circumstance Rules:
1. Service by District:
The district shall serve and furnish all sewer and
wastewater needs of persons and properties within the
District. In the event, the District shall not be able
economically to construct and install its central collection
lines to all improved properties (to property owners
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boundary) withing the District, the District shall keep -up
and maintain the individual septic system serving such
property.
2. Property owner's responsibility when individual septic
system must be discontinued.
In the event that the individual septic system shall not be
subject to continued use as the same shall be determined by
the appropriate agency (agencies) of local, state and /or
federal governments, the property owner shall cause a new
individual septic system to be constructed to serve his
property or in the alternative shall cause a wastewater
(sewer) collection line to be built from his property to the
District's collection line, including the cost of sufficient
pump to cause sewerage and wastewater from his property to
be deposited in the District's line. In such case the
District's governing board shall determine a connection fee
commensurate with the expenses of the District.
3. Improved properties not served by District's gravity
collection lines:
a. In the event improved properties are not able to
be served by District's gravity collection lines,
District shall install grinder pump and maintain
same; property owner shall be required to cause
electrical service to be furnished to operate said
pump.
b. In the event District proposes to construct
gravity line to serve improved properties, but property
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owners of the improved properties refuse to grant
easement rights of way within which the District shall
be able to install gravity lines, then the District
shall initially provide and install grinder pump;
property owners shall be responsible to maintain and
replace same and be required to cause electrical
service to be furnished to operate said pump.
C. In the event property owner of lands within the
District shall build and construct an improvement
needing sewer services and the District's collection
line traverses (passes) property owner's land, but that
the improvement can not be served by gravity, then the
property owner shall be required to furnish and install
a grinder pump, to maintain and replace the same and to
furnish electrical service to operate said pump.
d. Extensions of Collection System:
(1) Undeveloped or new subdivisions within the
District:
(a) Developer shall submit plans and
specifications of extension collection lines
to be approved by the District, its engineer
and such agency (agencies) of local, state
and /or federal as may by law be required.
(b) Upon approval of plan and specifications as
above provided, the developer shall construct
and install said extension collection lines,
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including pump stations and all necessary
appurtenances and equipment; said
construction shall be inspected by the
District, its agent(s) and /or such other
agency (agencies) of government as by law
required.
(c) Prior to connection of said extensions
collection lines and system to the District's
collection system, the property
owner /developer shall convey the system so
constructed and installed, including lines,
mains, pump stations, appurtenances and
equipment and land sites of pump stations and
easement rights of way as are deemed required
by District's legal adviser to effectively
give title to such extension collection lines
and system to the District.
(d) Thereafter, such extensions shall be deemed a
part of the District's system.
2. Undeveloped or new subdivisions outside the
District:
(a) Upon application of a developer or landowner
for extension of collection lines outside the
District and a proposal to connect such
extension to the District's collection
system, the District's governing board shall
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consider whether to accept the proposal of
such extension; the District's governing
board shall, in its consideration examine the
capacity of the treatment plant serving the
District, the projected growth and needs of
the citizens of the District an others to be
served by said treatment plant. Nothing
herein shall require the District's governing
board to accept the proposal of extension.
(b) In the event the District's governing board
accepts the proposal, all provisions of
paragraph 1 above shall apply and be followed
concerning said extension.
(c) After said extension system has been
connected to the District's collection
system, such extension system shall be
and become a part of the District's
collection system.
e. Deposits, Commencement of services, billings,
suspension of service; complaint; rules:
(1) Deposits:
(a) Deposits shall not be required for initial
service to resident landowners.
(b) Deposits of $25.00 shall be required for
initial service to all residential users
not qualifying as resident landowners;
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deposits of $50.00 shall be required for
initial service to all commercial users
not qualifying as resident landowners.
(c)
In the event that user shall default in
payment of services rendered and services are
terminated, the user shall, prior to
reconnection of services, be required to make
a deposit of $$25.00.
(d)
When services are discontinued and all bills
paid, the deposit shall be refunded.
(2) Commencement of Services:
(a)
District's users shall connect their improved
properties to the District's collection
system not later than sixty (60) days after
the construction and installation of that
portion of the District's system which will
serve said users has been completed and made
ready for public use and such users are
notified by the District in writing through
the U.S. Postal Service.
(b)
Charges for services shall commence
immediately upon connection by the user; in
the event the user fails or refuses to
connect to the District's system within sixty
(60) days after serving line is ready for
public use and notice as above provided has
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been mailed to the user, immediately
thereafter, the user shall be liable for the
monthly flat rate as set forth in this
ordinance and any amendment hereto.
(3) Billings:
(a) Upon determination of charges due, the
District shall cause bills for service to be
mailed to user; said bills are due when
rendered and shall become delinquent ten (10)
days after due date shown on billing notice,
whereupon a penalty of $25.00 will be added.
(b) Failure of the user to receive bill fore
services or notices shall not prevent the
bill(s) from becoming delinquent or relieve
the user from payment. Such failure shall
not be a defense to the user.
(c) The District may enter agreements with other
persons, or other public bodies furnishing
water services to the District's users,
concerning billings and collections. Sewer
bills may be billed jointly with water
service bills charged by other public
suppliers of water to District's users.
(4) Suspension of Service:
(a) In the event that charges for services are
not paid in ten (10) days after they are
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due, services may be discontinued by the
District in such manner as the governing
board shall determine. The governing board
may enter into agreement with the public body
delivering water services for a termination
of services for sewer by the failure of user
to pay for delinquent charges for water
services.
(b) Upon discontinuance of service for nonpayment
of bills, any deposit will be applied by the
District toward settlement of the account.
Any balance will be refunded to the user; but
if the deposit is not sufficient to cover the
bill, the District may proceed to collect the
balance in the usual way provided by law for
the collection of debts.
(c) Service discontinued for nonpayment of bills
will be restored only after bills are paid in
full, a deposit made, and a service charge of
$25.00 paid.
(d) The District reserves the right to
discontinue its service without notice for
the following additional reasons:
1) To prevent fraud or abuse.
2) Users willful disregard of the
District's rules.
3) Emergency repairs.
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4) Insufficiency
of
supply
due
to
circumstances
beyond
the
District's
control.
5) Legal procedures.
6) Direction oL public authorities.
7) Strike, riot, fire, flood, accident or
any unavoidable cause.
(e) The District may, in addition to prosecution
by law, permanently refuse service to any
user who tampers with a water meter or other
measuring device, whether owned by the
District or other public body furnishing
water services to the user; provided that
said meter or other measuring device was
being used to determine sewer charges.
Complaints - Adjustments
(a) If the user believes his bill to be in error,
he shall present his claim, in person, at the
District's office before the bill becomes
delinquent. Such claim if made after the
bill has become delinquent shall not be
effective in preventing discontinuance of
service as heretofore provided. The user may
pay such bill under protest and said payment
shall not prejudice his claim.
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(b) The District will cause special meter
readings to be made at the request of the
user for a fee of $10.00 provided, however,
that if such special reading discloses that
the meter was overread, no charge will be
made.
(c) Meters will be tested at the request of the
user upon payment to the District of the
actual cost to the District or such public
body furnishing water to the user of making
the test provided; however, that if the meter
is found to overregister beyond 2.5 per
centrum of the correct volume, no charge will
be made.
(d) If the seal of a meter is broken by other
than the District's (or such other public
body furnishing water to the user)
representative or if the meter fails to
register correctly or is stopped for any
cause, the user shall pay an amount estimated
from the record of his previous bills and /or
from other proper data.
(6) Abridgment or modification of rules:
(a) No promise, agreement or representation of
any employee of the District shall be binding
upon the District except as it shall have
been agreed upon in writing, signed and
approved by the District's governing body.
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(b) No modification of rates or any of the rules
and regulations shall be made by any agent of
the District.
f. Enforcement /penalties /other provisions:
(1) Any person found to be violating any provision of
this Ordinance shall be served by the District
with written notice stating the nature of the
violation and providing a reasonable time limit
for the satisfactory correction thereof. The
offender shall, within the period of time stated
in such notice, cease all violations.
(2) Any person who shall continue any violation beyond
the time limit provided for in the aforementioned
notice of violation shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and on correction thereof shall be
fined in the amount not exceeding $500 for each
violation. Each day in which any such violation
shall continue shall be deemed a separate offense.
(3) No unauthorized person shall maliciously,
willfully or negligently break, damage, destroy,
uncover, deface, or tamper with any structure,
appurtenances, or equipment which is a part of the
wastewater disposal system. Any person violating
this provision shall be subject to immediate
arrest. In addition such person shall be liable
to reimburse the District for any damages
resulting from such violations.
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(4) If a public sewer becomes obstructed or damaged
because of any substances improperly discharged
into it, the person(s) responsible for such
discharge shall be billed and shall pay for the
expenses incurred by the District in cleaning out,
repairing, or rebuilding the sewer as well as
damages incurred by the District arising from
claims of private property owners which are caused
by such obstruction or damage.
(5) Authority:
This ordinance is adopted under the authority
granted by NC General Statutes 162A -87, etc.
(6) Severability:
If any provision, paragraph, word, section or
article of this ordinance is invalidated by any
court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining
provisions, paragraphs, words, and sections, shall
not be affected and shall continue in full force
and effect.
(7) Conflict:
All other Ordinances and part of other Ordinances
inconsistent or conflicting with any part of this
Ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of
such inconsistency or conflict
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This ordinance
T" and rate schedule shall take effect upon final
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__ion hereof.
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adopted upon first reading on the 23rd day of July, 1984.
my adopted upon second and final reading this 6th day of
1984.
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=s Young, ClOrk i.
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sse Alphin, Chairman o
rnett County Board of
nmissioners