§ 110-66. Use of public sewer required.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit to be deposited in any manner as to constitute a sanitary nuisance on public or private property in any area under the jurisdiction of the county, any human or animal excrement, garbage or other putrescible or toxic material.

(b)

It shall be unlawful to discharge into any natural outlet within the sewer district any sewage or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with the provisions of this article.

(c)

Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspools, or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage within the sewer district.

(d)

The owner of all houses, buildings, structures or properties used for human occupancy, employment or recreation and located on property within the sewer district is hereby required at his expense to install suitable toilet and drain facilities therein in accordance with the provisions of this article and all applicable local, state and federal statutes, rules and regulations. Subject to the extension provisions set forth below, the owner shall connect such facilities directly with the proper public sewer or onsite sewage treatment and disposal system in accordance with the provisions, procedures and time frames provided in F.S. § 381.00655. As an incentive for the installation of public sewers in areas, neighborhoods and existing subdivisions served by septic tanks, the board of county commissioners, by resolution, may extend the time frame for connection to the county owned sewage system, as described in F.S. ch. 381, for a period up to five years from the date of written notice of sewer availability under the following conditions:

(1)

The board has determined that the county owned sewage treatment facility has available capacity in excess of the projected needs over the next ten years.

(2)

The area or neighborhood does not currently have sewer service availability as defined in F.S. ch. 381.

(3)

The state department of health has approved the extension, as provided in F.S. § 381.00655(2)(b).

(4)

Voluntary connections are permitted at any time after the sewer system is available.

(5)

All new construction must connect as provided in F.S. ch. 381.

(6)

All renovations to existing buildings which cause an increase in the amount of sewage generated must connect as provided in F.S. ch. 381.

(7)

The extension shall not apply to owners of property with a failing OSTDS. No OSTDS repair permits may be issued after sewer service becomes available.

(e)

The director shall notify the owner of the affected lands by certified mail when such public sewer facilities are available, and the time period hereinabove set forth shall commence on the date of receipt of such notice.

(f)

The owner and occupant, if a person other than the owner, having received notice and the time period having expired as provided herein, shall thereafter be responsible for the payment of the charges and rates provided for herein.

(g)

From and after the date that such owner and occupant shall be required to connect to said public sewer system, the owner or occupant shall cease using any other method for the disposal of sewage and liquid waste matter.

(h)

If the owner and occupant of any such affected lands shall fail or refuse to connect to said public sewer system within the specified time period, the owner or occupant shall not utilize any house, building or structure located thereon for human occupancy, employment or recreation.

(i)

The environmental services group of the county will endeavor to furnish continuous sewer and water service throughout the sewage district but does not guarantee such continuous service. The sewer or water flow may be shut down temporarily without notice, if necessary, in connection with the operation, maintenance, repair and extension of the public sewer system or the public water system.

(Code 1979, § 23-36; Ord. No. 99-15, § 1, 3-9-99; Ord. No. 2018-24, § 24, 10-9-18)