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COMMISSION AGENDA
ITEM C
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INFORMATIONAL X
PUBLIC HEARING
REGULAR
September 14, 1998
Meeting
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REQUEST: Utility Department Updating the City Commission on the Status of the
Notification Sent to Residents At Moss and Bahama Roads of the
Requirement to Connect to the Sanitary Sewer System.
PURPOSE: The purpose of this Board item is to update the City Commission of the
Alternatives to Requiring the Residents to connect to the recently installed sanitary
sewer system on Moss and Bahama Roads.
CONSIDERA nONS:
A sanitary sewer main extension was installed prior to the paving of Moss Road at
the expense of the resident seeking the benefit of the extension. The City has no plans to
extend sanitary sewer lines in the Ranchlands as part of the road and drainage
improvements planned on the collector roads. Pursuant to Sec. 19-28 of the City Code
Ordinances, residents within 50 feet of the sanitary sewer were notified August 7 of the
requirements of the code. Seven residences are within 50 feet, one of which is already
connected.
Section 381.00655(2)(b) of the State Statutes provides relief from the mandatory
connection requirement with the approval of the Department of Health. It is our intent to
have the Health Department individually inspect the septic systems to determine whether
the connection to the public system is needed. The residents will be notified that the
mandatory connection requirement is on hold until a determination is made by the Health
Department.
Information Agenda C
September 14, 1998
Page 2
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Effected Area Map
2. Section 19-28 Code of Ordinances
3. Section 381.00655 Florida Statutes
COMMISSION ACTION:
None Required.
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in connection with the sewer system. For pmposes
of this article, this includes any sewers which
convey wastewater from persons outside the city
by agreement.
(Code 1974, S 16-21)
Cross reference-Definitions and rules of construction gen.
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Sec. 19-27. Use of wastewater system.
(a) Required. The owner of every improved lot
or parcel of land within the city shall have an
adequate and approved method of disposal of waste-
water. It shall be unlawful for any person to dis-
charge wastewater, other polluted waters, or waste
material of any kind, into any natural outlet,
wetlands, storm sewer, or any other area within
the city except where suitable treatment has been
provided in accordance with this article. It shall
be unlawful, without exception, for any person to
discharge any sanitary wastewater into the storm
sewer system.
(b) Connections. It shall be unlawful to connect
to, discharge to any point of entry into, or other-
wise disturb the wastewater treatment works and
its appurtenances without first obtaining city ap-
proval and paying appropriate charges. All later-
als and building sewers constructed by an owner
and connected to the wastewater treatment works
after the effective date of this article must be
properly designed and constructed in accordance
with the building and plumbing regulations con-
tained in this Code of Ordinances. Service avail-
ability and times for connection shall be as pro-
vided in this Code.
(c) Malicious damage No person shall maliciously
or willfully break, damage, destroy, uncover, de-
face, or tamper with any structure, appurtenance
or equipment which is part of the wastewater
treatment works.
(Code 1974, ~ 16-22)
Sec. 19-28. Required use of public sewers.
(a) Where required. Where a sanitary sewer is
available for use, every residence and building lo-
cated within the city and in which human beings
reside, congregate and/or are employed shall be
connected to the city sanitary sewer. A sanitary
sewer is available for use if it is within fifty (50)
A TT ACHMENT NO. 2
UTILITIES
~ 19.29
feet of the property on which the residence or
building is located, which fifty (50) feet shall tra-
verse only city property and be measured in a
straight line from any point on such property
line.
(b) Compliance time. It shall be the duty of the
owner of the property on which any residence or
building referred to in subsection (a) is located to
have such property connected to the sanitary sewer
within sixty (60) days after such sewer becomes
available for use under the terms of subsection
(a), and it shall be unlawful for such owner to fail
or refuse to do so.
(c) Sewer connection. Where a sewer connection
is required by this section, the service line from
the sanitary sewer to the user's property line shall
be installed by city forces at city expense and the
user shall pay the prescribed sewer fees. The ser-
vice line required on the user's property shall be
installed by him or his agents at hislher own
expense.
(Code 1974, S 16-23)
Sec. 19-29. Private septic tanks.
(a) Where required. Where connection to the
wastewater treatment works is not available, the
owner shall connect to a private septic tank or
other private sewage disposal and treatment unit
which, in its installation and maintenance, com-
plies with applicable city, county, state or federal
regulations and permits. The owner shall operate
and maintain the unit at no expense to the city.
Private sewage disposal and treatment units which
use subsurface soil absorption facilities are pro-
hibited where the area of the owner's lot is less
than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet. Un-
less otherwise permitted by the city and the ap-
propriate regulatory agencies and at such time as
the wastewater treatment works becomes avail-
able to the property, the owner shall abandon and
fill the previously installed septic tank or private
sewage disposal and treatment unit, and connect
to the wastewater system as provided in the Code
of Ordinances.
(b) Septic tank waste disposaL Septic tank waste
and other holding tank waste collected in the city
shall be delivered to a wastewater treatment fa-
cility authorized by the appropriate regulatory
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