§ 20-58. Connection after sewer becomes available.

(a)

Any owner, tenant or occupant (OTO) of any lot or parcel of land within the city upon which a building has been erected and which has city sanitary sewer available to it within one hundred (100) feet of any part of the property, if nonresidential, or within one hundred (100) feet of the residence, if residential, shall be required to either hook up to the city's sanitary sewer system or pay a monthly sewer availability charge if the OTO continues to use the private sewage disposal system.

(b)

Hookup to the sanitary sewer system of the city is required upon failure of the OTO's private sewage disposal system and within one hundred eighty (180) days after written notice by the city. A monthly sewer availability charge shall be paid by any OTO continuing to use a private sewage system as noted above, and such charge shall be calculated at the minimum billing less the wholesale cost to the city of the one thousand (1,000) treated gallons included in the minimum bill.

(c)

Failure of the OTO to hook up after the aforementioned due notice shall constitute a misdemeanor and be punishable as provided by the provisions of this Code.

(Ord. No. 86-22, § 1, 9-16-86; Ord. No. 87-8, § 1, 4-28-87; Ord. No. 96-04, § 1, 3-26-96)