HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-80-18 ORDINANCE NO, O~O-t~l~
AN ORDINANCE CREATING ARTICLE III OF CHAPTER
27 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES PROHIBITING THE
USE OF INDIVIDUAL WATER OR SEWAGE DISPOSAL
SYSTEMS AND/OR SEPTIC TANKS IF A CENTRAL WATER
TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM OR SEWAGE
TRANSMISSION AND COLLECTION SYSTEM IS AVAILABLE
WITHIN THE CITY; PROVIDING FOR NOTIFICATION
PROCEDURE; PROVIDING FOR MANDATORY WATER
CONNECTIONS AND SEWER CONNECTIONS; PROVIDING
FOR PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF SUCH
PROVISIONS; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Counci. 1 of the City of
Sebastian, Flor:ida, as follows:
SECTION I.
That the Code of Ordinances, City of Sebastian,
Florida, is hereby amended by adding an Article to
Chapter 27 to be numbered Article III, Sections 27-40
through 27-44 which Article reads as follows:
ARTICLE III. WATER AND SEWER HOOK-UPS
Sec. 27-40. Prohibition - sewage. The use of indi-
vidual sewage disposal systems and/or septic tanks,
grease traps and dry wells by any person in the area
where central sewage collection service is available is
hereby prohibited.
Sec. 27-41. Prohibition - water. The use of
individual water systems, other than for irrigation
purposes, by any person in the area where water dis-
tribution service is available is hereby prohibited.
Sec. 27-42. Connection required. Ail persons owning
improved property fronting on a street wherein either
sewer collection service or water distribution service
is available shall connect the improvements upon such
premises to the central system within 60 days of noti-
fication by the city that such a system is available.
Sec. 27-43. Notice; time for compliance. Ail
entities providing central water and/or sewer service to
residents within the city, shall notify both the city and
the individual residents in writing when such a system
becomes available. Upon receipt of said notification the
city shall notify all residents fronting on streets
wherein such water distribution and sewer collection
service shall become available and shall give said
persons 60 days from said notification to connect to
the system.
Sec. 27-44. Penalties. Any person convicted of
violating this section, by failure to connect to the
system after having received proper notification thereof,
shall be punished by a fine of up to Five Hundred Dollars
($500.00). Each day suah a condition exists s~all be
considered a separate violation.
SECTION II.
This Ordinance shall become effective immediately
upon its passage.
SECTION III.
If any section, sub-section, sentence, clause,
phrase, or portion of this ordinance is for any reason
held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent
jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate,
distinct and independent provision and such holding
shall not affect t~e validity of the remaining portions
hereof.
Pa~~or
ATTEST:
A c~ ing/O~ t'y Clerk
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was
finally approved and passed by the City Council of the
City' of Sebastian, Florida, this ~ day of~
~980.
(SEAL)
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that Notice of Public Hearing of
the foregoing Ordinance was given in accordance with
Section 166. 041 of the Florida Statutes, that said
public hearing was held in the City Hall of the City
day of_.,~ , 1980, and that the foregoing
Ordinance was duly passed and adopted by the City
Council of the City of Sebastian, Florida, on the
~day of ~ , 11980~
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