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ORDINANCE NO- 63
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING EXISTING CHAPTER 24
AND SUBSTITUTING THEREFORE A NEW CHAPTER 24
ENTITLED "SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM" SETTING
FORTH THE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE
COLLECTION TREATMENT AND DISCHARGEOF SANI-
TARY SEWAGE AND OTHER WASTE WATER WITHIN
THE SEWER AREA INCLUDING FEES AND RATES TO
BE CHARGED ALL USERS BY THE CITY AS FROM !
TIME TO TIME ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY COMM-
ISSION; AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN
CONFLICT HEREWITH, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE,
{ WHEREAS, after due consideration of the rules and pro
'I cedures and expenses and revenues arising from the sanitary sew-
age and other waste water systems within the City service area,
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF DANIA, FLORIDA:
Section 1. That the existing Chapter 24 of the Code
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] of Ordinances of the City of Dania is hereby repealed in its
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entirety and said Chapter 24 is amended by adding Sections 24-1
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,, through Section 24-48, inclusive, as follows :
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(.?) fi`, I : 1112.p tc^-r at, IOr%li` rules and regulations for the col iacti7n,
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.d , o dill tart' uwjge a oth"r W,IL_' onLi. .I1 i.i
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the C' tf service area , lnclICn r^'s and rates %0 charged all u>?rs
by the cityv o h 2it?��IIs^`vl by thy City
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-is intended that this chipter b'_' in strict_ accO'rddnce 4rl ;h
I ndentur:^ Of Bonded indebAnss as seL forth 111 WARM A tl Oil R613� Of th:?
l , I OF a I -r stf;d II ' r '
01613, Wd resolution shall prevail to th2 �� ? l�_ of such :A(1filCt.
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(c) Inotic Tanis Unla`, & - Peouire Sawar Conneccicn
It shall be unlawful -for any person, firm or corporation owning pro-
party or leasing property capable or being connected to the sanitary
serer sy_:tem of the City of Dania to use septic tanks on such pro-
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o^rty for the purpose of disposing of sewerage and wastes. If i_
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parcel of property is capable of being connected to the sanitary
sewer system, the disposal from every type of plumbing fixture lo-
cated within improvements on the parcel shall drain into the sanitary
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sewer sy5 teal and n0 separate drdlnflelds Or septic tams shall Lw allowed -
The penalty for any violation of this section shall be as set forth in
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paragraph (h) below.
(d) Ccnn?coon in 90 Days
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Every o,rner of a lot or parcel of property in the city which abuts aeon F
y containing a sewer line upon which lot or par-
any street or public tra
cal of property a building shah have been constructed for residential ,
commercial or industrial use, must cause such building to be connected
with the sanitary sever system within ninety days of the date that such
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service is available. Such owner shall pay a sewer connection charge
in accordance with section 21-3, paragraph (h) below.
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(e) Di _position of Septic Tanks
_ —The permit allowing connections to the sanitary sewer shall specifically
provid E7 that all septic tanks an properties Connected t0 the sanitary
sewer systeM shall be drained , shall have a hole Munch ad in the MY-!
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and shall be filled `,rift sand after the lateral lines are connected to I ,t
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the saqiiiry sewer system and the building lnspawar of the city s'h"I i
il]V2 sir.; r' IiJ'1t t0 withhold the a)7rJ`d'.1 OF LL culnertion until ... ..
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are ca it tho sYirg ,awtiry Pr y I
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petty ...... to w; ke lr ; 2pand2nt afr"Il nq=':,,OnL; .+hL s
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.. tars C7r O,;r!^f da t'10Y1 " bus 111e5Se.i for the I S OMMAS in
r;(J "^meits Oi610. B:D•n.' L t '^ u/ r"' lth o•
accordance with all
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covers connecting into the I i niclp_ I ia'l l'ta Y'j' sewer sY>c`-!'1 The 'i';i
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persons a%lo shall be authorized to op2n such manhole covers shall be
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employees of the city.
(h) PeniItZ
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t efs011 l•Ih0 shall violate any of the provisions of paragraph (d),
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ll , upon conviction thereof,P be punished by a fine of not less than �.
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one hundred dollars nor more than two hundred dollars for each such of- Y
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(a) 1) 411g_rN made. Fl11 appl ications for initial rani my sewer services
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shall be made at the office of the Building Inspector of the city on
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blanks or forms which are prepared by the city for such purpose- The
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said application shall be one askingfor a permit to connect to rile said
sanitary sewer system, and completion Of contract for se�rlice/GUar'antee I
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of payment. application as in section 24-4 below.
o is e premises nrOpOse'd t0 be j
2) ,� l,itn;n glade. The owner or owners of the
i connected for sanitary sewer services, Or his or their agent, thereunto l
duly authorized in ,,writing, must sign the application for said sanitdry
sewer services, except as may be hereinafter provided.
permit to connect to the
The application for a p I
3) Eirdinci_ contract. 4
sanitary sa war sys Hm of the city shall be deem.=d to be and shall beco:-e
owner and the when th_ installation
a binding contract upon both the
permitting such connection to the sanitary sewer system has bean installed
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d . By such contract, the owner shall o,: de
emed m__=d to have agreed
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�, property or Premises
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for hl ,^IP, his successors and <.s57s15, that his prop Y p'��
Jshrill always be sllilj^C`, t0 the IIi'.n provided In $ect1011 24'9•
4) T r initinn of liability of ntt.rY_c._2r 50iviee eo!`tract. All
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_"i:'Il Uzi. 0ll,; j'.." 1 '.�JS MAY �... 'i;' _:.'l and t,'. .: '�1`,'1 I, :.: :. , .C-'
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j to SJ h pc,- iisni riy F_ ; d i icont.nund. 110'; 'r, ti - Ci; -°'d- , K� I - r as '
l L 0 1! j An I_r_s t.IP_ Cy..ter t0 llay the n D.I Ully ,t.r'411;r c h n Il'i l , h 2 WIN
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k(ir 1. . v .Ii li all of til_ i Pprny:-_ 2 nn Cn:r pr:` > r2 h S 000 _,Cn1 -
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Chad Ur razed.
0_. �_Cll�;_1C`/. in Cfy evo.l i. at i,;:'/ ch2rja in C Cr..
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I %I1;. Ci-ty shall be immediatelyof n.t.li In wriying Ji such change. giving
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in such notice the name and address Of the new owner or occupant. in the
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absence or such application by such new owner or Occupant, the use or the
sanitary SB:•!e}' SerV1C2 may, at the option of the city, b2 taken and con-
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l strued tJ be an acceptance by such new -owner Or Occupant of all Or t:,..
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contract. Obligations Of the preceding owner with and to the city. In the '
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6'Veni: any O';in'ar fails to notify th? city, In writing, Oi a Chcny2 OP 0';ffl;'r-
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ship or Occupancy of any premises for water supply service, such owner {
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shall COn?`.inUe t0 be liable t0 the city for all rates and charges accrued k
and accruing for sanitary se',ier services but this clause shall no.. pre-
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elude M city from also demanding fr0m the new owner or Occupant: the pay- (.
rant or all and any Charges and rates which shall , at the time of such
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demand , be unpaid or unsecured, without regard to whether the same accrued
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prior Or subsequent to such Change Of 0wnership or occupancy, M upon P
failure of such new owner to comply with such demand within Mnty-four r
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hours after smitten notice thereof, the city shall have both the right to
disconnect the premises from the sanitary sewer system and to discontinue
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supplying water to such premises from the municipal water system. t
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j 6) Iri^c(_tha g^s Commence. When application is mode to connect to the i
sanitary sewer system of the city, the monthly sanitary sawsr service !
jy charges doll be made On the date in the -following month that a staMment
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is custonarily sent to the premises for water services aria shall tPn Q
made f."i rl,°.illy thereafter at the sail' tli"_• as water bills are ,!I:;N tM if
the pr si ses are also served by water. However. if water service is dis- \
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I Contifuad to the premises at the request of the owner, a monthly bill sh311 i
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still to Sailt f0r the amount of the monthly sanitary sewer service charge.
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Any t )ar'tJ c � er ilesirr.l I t .;at -
ysewnr nysU'!,:' �y is capthle 11 Vil ' '''. by qW I
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. � may cause sewer or pli oing iinns to he con 1. .. ".l LY V..� CL - , .�� � t- inj
or Whar improvomant on 3aid prod,' l'r to to i;l i t
permit from t'^ Cltr fu CU_t oF r. l" i . t t - tl ' 5 "W IC3
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and ` %':YI1 include one lllip'C tiOn. It t-n'. said r0"I,, Li " ` 7 ] .rl
at vK first in;p_ction Lila city m1y charge flya dal lars For Pack vddWozal
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inspection rec.Yird .
(c) In Ilation of Lateral line across Prop tv.
{ pe'rty Fr'cm the house, building or other improvement being s2rsed to thn
nearest sanitary sewer line adjacent to the property being served. The
lateral lines shall be either cast-iron pipe or vitrified clay pipe. The
installation of said cast-iron pipe or vitrified clay pipe shall conform
lwith the minimum requirements of the South Florida Puilding Code.
Sec. 24-3 Contracts for Sanitary Sewer Services_ Cancellation
All contracts for sanitary sewer services shall be subject to cancellation
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by the city because of any of the following reasons:
(a) For misrepresentations or concealment in the application as to the r
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premises or fixtures to be furnished with sanitary sewer services.
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(b) For excessive loading of the sewer facilities of the city through
improper or imperfect pipes, fixtures or appliances, or in any other man-
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(c ) For refusal or neglect to comply with any requirements of the city
as to service, connection, maintenance or alterations or other requirements
relating to the sanitary sewer facilities or the crater supply facilities
of the city.
(d) For the use of the sewer services of the city for the benefit of any
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other premises or purposes than that stated in the application for sewer j
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(e) For any interference or tampering with the m^ter measuring the water
supply or with seals of any meter or frith any meter box or vault or w!th
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service pipes, or valves , or any seals thereon, or with any appliance of
the Water Vpnrtment of the city which was or is required by tha city for
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controlling, or regulating the ':rater supply services.
( i ) ;hare th:'re has been a change in the ownership of the premises but
e and di?JfG:ad i7y
❑o (.t•;• i ication from the nnw owner or o r?r: his h4nn mad
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or consu "2r rar`uses or n2gl . �s
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bill , a%COnnt or C^aT�2, by L• homsaever incurred , for or on account of
the premises llhere eli:her sanitary se�ier services or tlatCr services are 1
� furnisn-d.
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n..rc, the city has been or is being defrauded in any gray in con-
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section with the furnishing of sanitary serer services or crater services
to the premises.
Schedule for Sewer Connection Charges
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1 A seder connection charge will be made for each connection to city sew r,
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such charge payable at time of making application for permits based on
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following schedule:
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I Seder connection charges will be composed of a one-time tapping charge
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of $50 per tap plus 20 cents per average daily gallonage used according
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to the following table:
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Type of Use
Gallons per day
1) Single family residences, duplex and triplex units
a) per each bathroom unit -
125
2) Multiple family - condominium or rental
a) per bathroom or kitchen unit 125
J 3) Rooming houses = per bedroom 80
4) Boarding houses - per badroom 100 I
5) Hotels with connecting baths - per bedroom 75
6) Hotels with all private baths - per bedroom 100 '
7) Restaurants - per person design seating capacity 15
8) Trailer Parks with central bath house - per trailer 100
9) Trailer Parks with individual bath units - per trailer 125
10) Work or construction camps - per person 50
11) Day schools - no cafeteria, gymnasium or showers - per person 8
1 12) Day schools - cafeteria, but no gymnasium or showers - per person 12 f
13) Day schools - with cafeteria, gymnasium and showers - per person 20
14) Boarding schools - per person design capacity 100
15) Day workers at schools & offices - per person 15
16) Hospital , per bed
200
17) Rest homes, per person design capacity 150
18) Public instruction other than Hospitals & Rest home;
-per person 100 �
19) Factories - gallons per person per shift, exclusive of industrial
wastes
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20) Public Picnic Parks - per person
10
21) Swirtming Pools, per person
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22) Country Clubs - per member
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23) Sol F vice I undry - p,r wjnhin•. 0
24) Baal ucl alleys _ p4r nn2 10
25) Spry ica station - no c,:r ;rash 7 : ;
„� 2<_�) Car ita_;ii - 350 ry' lIon ; hale citnrg,: plus 10 rnll .,n; i
per estimated nq.nbe;r of daily washw
27) 13HANess - per. 1000 square Feet 15
28) Bars & cocktail lowu,es - per parson 10
29) DC 1 ye-- i n thea tra - per spacra 5
30) Thrr .res , audi tar 1ums, churches - par seat. 3
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Sec. 20' De osics ror Sevier Service
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(a) Security deposits shall be made to the !later Department for seder services.
In case of new accounts, such deposit shall be included in water deposit require- j
ments as in Chapter 31-25 (b).
(b) In the case of addition or extension of Sevier service to those users (I
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j already supplied by water, and who have a security deposit as of Chapter 31-25
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" (a), such deposit shall be increased by the amount necessary to meet require-
ments of Chapter 31-25 (b) , as sho4n as seater connection is accepted by city.
Sec. 2=:-5 Rates and charges for Sewer Service
There is hereby established and levied a schedule of rates for sanitary i
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sewage disposal service against each and every person, firm or corporation
N'T owning or using any building in the city or outside the city, inhabited or
used by human beings as a place of residence, business or otherwise, that
shall be connected to, or available for connection to any line of the sani-
tary sewer system. Such rates and charges are as follows :
j (a) For each dwelling unit including residential homes , duplexes, tri-
plexes & trailer parks - $2.50 per month, per toilet.
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(b) For each dwelling unit in condominium or cooperative apartments -
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$2.50 per month per toilet.
(c) For commercial , industrial and institutional uses , including hotels,
motels , commercial apartments, restaurants, retail and wholesale business
establi h ants, industrial users, etc. - minimum charge of 52.50 per month
per toilet; MOM per urinal ; $1 .50/ mo per sink connection; .75C/mo
per washer In Coln laundry; or 100 per cent of water bill ; whichever is greater.
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(d) Except by special act in each case, crater other than that furnish;a,i
by the city is prohibited to be discharges from air conditioning units
to city SYNorS. In case of conditions wh'reln 02 City riivn:,
p2r W unit. or air condition ng .
Otf:)r P ' OOse Ir COM tWnimy �if �' (�iSCh __d �i. 1 rr.' �i i ( I .� �
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.i s __. n such Su i1::iY b',U g b.! w: i. r'.rl /M IT ad bJ I:I:J (. 1 i'i . A obirge !;:-
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! 65 Ci.'. Wr th I. W vd g � f i r ..� i,allu;i o� � lf '.r• ;o d)s_ni '• t shall
( ir il ,l 21 S ln'd t^ Wyer w9her H II nf. llrd forf/I ' JIJ r Liu:
0f irrOtiOn Of lawns or gird ens , 00 no senor l '1nn-cpin, :',"
s !ar chOMP sh_ Y be imposed Fur Such use
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(g) Nocas charged to users outside corporate ci ;y limits shill he125
Sec. 21-5 ResyonsibiTity of Owner or Tenant
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(a) I__sponsibility of owners for damages. Each and Every owner will be
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held fully responsible and liable by and to the city for all that is
done or omitted on, or about any premises by any agent or tenant or
other persons not in the employ of the city, who do acts on said premises (((�
jwhich cause damage to the sanitary sewer system of the city.
q (b) Teidnt considered owner. the tenant in or upon any premises Of any i
owner, shall at all times and for all purposes connected with or arising '
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from M city' s furnishing sanitary serer services to and for such pram-VC i
ises, except the making of the original application for a permit to con- k
nett the premiss to the sanitary sewer system of the city, be taken and
construed to be the properly constituted agent of the owner.
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(c ) `�'r'`{_,ce of notice. Any notices, as prescribed herein, shall be
deemed to have been properly served if left upon the premises of the own-
er or if mailed to the owner, directly to, or left at his address as
shown on the records of the city. All notices of a general character, 4
affecting or likely to affect more than one owner if required by this j
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chapter or any other ordinance to be given, shall he deemed to have bean
properly given or served if advertised at least once in any newspaper of
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lawv of the State of Florida .
(d) Initial rates and amendments to rates . Each and every addition or• �
modification, alteration or amendment to and of any of the rates of the
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city for sanitary sewer services shall become binding upon, and form a
Part of the contract with each and every owner, upon the expiration a,-
thirty (30) dds notice thereof, unless, and except that by the ordinance
Or i t ,01 t Wn providing for such ad di t 1jr, d i f ica tion, 01 to ration. or
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I Ir ,._ o(_contract. All o! I „-, c',r. ;
of .. �ry suw '. on Binh nr' Of YLI eK t - Cl' I�
side,, , .:11d t .r,o;' tJ bya part of L& contr&L whink �
' be to .'I tG E`;: i . ,, „i tn ENCry Ga,h2r or C0.'1 II" 'r IGIJ S'Ftl I P14 001 . ... I
t1Gflfor ['r... iUf nl :;f I(itr of sAN Lary nav2r sera
pre ._ 11_ Fu nl �l = �. !1 % I 0 il.' CO1 ' Ci.i:i- t0 C 5 - Of th.. , �f
for s ::h sarvic£', and eVCry SHCh OWnr shall be consi 12rcd an havrf'_!
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and construed e- „ern � e to h;•. t3.,j
and h ....en �.,�.. ons ..ru �I Lo h:. . exp, :ss .,l his consent. ,..,.,
� thcrety 7;ileneVer afi7llCd tl Cln For such 5�,111i tart' Se1'18 r +..1'ViCd r6 ,_c.Se, .
connected to the system of the city for such service.
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1 Sec. 25_7 Billinn of Accounts; Payments; Right to Discontinue Water & Sewer Service
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(a) O ter accounts. With respect to the monthly rates or charges which
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the city is authorized to make by Resolution P1724, or any amendments
- thereof, the city shall have the right to add the monthly charges for
sanitary sewer services to the monthly water bills which are rendered by f
the city to the users of water service at the same premises. More partic-
ularly, the city is authorized to add the monthly charge for sanitary
sewer services to any premises to the monthly Crater bill submitted to the
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user o` aster service at such premises , and this right shall exist even
though the applicant for the initial sanitary sealer services or for the �.
initial permit to connect to the sanitary sewer system may be different
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from the person who is billed monthly for water services extended to said i
premises.
(b) Separate bills. The aforesaid provisions in subsection (a) concerning
the inclusion of sanitary sever service charges in the monthly rater bill
submitted for neater service to any premises shall be optional on the part
of the city and the city shall allays have the right to render separate
bills to separate persons if any conditions exist which warrant separate
bill•; .
(c) Irc'.i, For pis'=nt• Payment of all bills and accounts concerning
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monthly sanitary starer service charges, whether or not 'included on the l
monthly water bill for services to any premises, shall be made at the of-
fice of the City Clerk-Auditor at the City Nall , Dania, Florida . f
(d ) r l 'nquent account. If the amount charged by the city for sanitary E
sewer , °rvices shall not be paid within thirty clays from tho r;ntition
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0'!' any Iait'1I r_ant OF sUeCI '.l t.:.sCs '?n B 1 eyi rtcl on iccoun•`. a th._' Cr.^-
iS tt'lln ,:I(rl Of said ° rl tary S °n'}' system Sli!11 not l ; p,a d t9i l;h In Lhir%}' '
daYS a FtIr t ' Sin 1 ;hOl I by duo and p iy0 9, thn lame 1p 11 =j C.::f ai;
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i e eKD I?-s1tlUn Of such Cfllt'ty day period dls:Onn"Ci; the }>r'_'Ii15B5 il'OPI I
Of any such delinquent rates, fees Or charges Or installL!:'Y:i;s Of Special
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i dSseSSI'ents, with interest, in the dCti0n OT dssUimpsl t. '
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(f) Service charges continuous. The monthly sanitary sewer system ser-
vice charges or any amendments thereto, shall be charged continuously to
the owners of any premises even though ,the owners or occupants of said
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A premises may have discontinued the use of municipal water services.
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l Nore particularly, the monthly sanitary sewer service charges shall cen- {
j tinue to accrue even though the owner or occupant of the premises may tI
request the discontinuance of water service, I
Sec. 24-3 Delinquent Accounts ¢
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All bill: and accounts rendered and charges made for sanitary sewer ser-
vice shall be deemed delinquent for the purposes of this section if same
are in arrears for more, than thirty days.
All delinquent sanitary sewer service accounts may cause the service of
?rater to the premises served by the sanitary sewers to be discontinued c
and the crater supply to be shut off, After such shutoff, service for
sanitary sewer service lines will not be resumed and the water turned on
to such premises until the amount of the delinquent account and the sum
of three dollars for turning on the supply of stater to each such premises
so shut off has been paid .
When an 0wner Or user vacates Or sells property leaving a delinquent
sanitary sewer service charge bill against the said property which is va-
cated Or sold , the City may, at its option. refute service of water or I 1
sewer foci llties to the said property or to any other property the same
owner or user may be using or intend to use in the future until the date
the original delinquent account is paid . regardless Of whether the other
a;counn. or the O„CCr Or us"c are in gu d ::, rdirj or not,
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Junk day the ci Ey tar synitaij s2wer servic ' ch !ryjs. w0uho ror?
to ail �.' li i'� days �J , ' ` G �'1:]lI Ri l;tl � e�' I 'I rl� c .�: l , t, fir''' H � ii''C
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which care sewed by the municipal sever s'ystw - Psi which qove rise to
said nanl Lary sewer service. Charges. The lien against sgch Cra lies in
each i:::5: shall ''•:OF.:e Ci fi:CtlVe and binijlC , ir5 sCCh 1 Vil fi'o7 'C^".' date
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upon 'rr'ri !Ch the account b.'.CC:'e in arrears, The City Clerk-Auditor 1S i
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heresy authorized and directed to record a "notice of lien" , in the pub-
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J lic racords of Bro'4ard County, Florida, showing the amount of each such
lien, the legal description of the premises against 'which the lien is
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%!" a=ii `i',ra data anal i'.i'.`/ other n?TeY'i:_1 lnfnYmPti9n COnCc'"n1ng
I the lien. Said "notice of Lein" may also show that the city claims, or
will claim, a continuing lien for any future unpaid sanitary sewer ser-
vice charges which may not have accrued and which may not be due as of
the date the lien is filed. Such lien shall be of the same nature and j
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exist to the same extent as the lien for server assessments which is pro-
vided in section 184.05(11) Florida Statutes. The remedy provided in f
said statute shall be cumulative and shall not be construed to waive
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the right of the city to require payment of any bill in arrears before
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renewing sanitary sewer service or water service to the premises in e
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Sec . 2e-10 Authority of CiL ?Tanager to Notify Delinquent Owners
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a.. " In the case of every delinquent sanitary sewer service charge account,
the City Manager shall have the authority, on his own initiative, to
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notify immediately the owner or occupant to whom such account was ren-
dered of the various rights of the city under preceding sections to
discontinue sanitary serer service or water service and shall have the
further right to grant extensions of time, not to exceed ninety days
from the date of the arrearage, before discontinuing sewer service or r
crater service, where unusual conditions exist which cause the City
ilanager to feel that such extension is proper.
Sec, 2 -11 Determination of Sealer Assessment Charges by Resolution of City Coymission �
From time to time, by resolution, the City Co.rmission may determine the
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amount to be paid as a charge by any owners or occupants who apply to the i
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city for permission to connect properties to the sanitary sewer system of
the city when said properties have not been previously assessed for the
purpose of paying for any part of the cost of the sanitary sewer system.
Said resolution may authorize the city to enter into agreement with such
o ..'n:yr; or occupants corcerninj the -2074 . _,"ent. oF the amounts SO assessed .
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Sec. ?,;-i? Irrpection !�
(a ) All connections to city sewer system shall not be tied in to the
City system until such connection shall have been ins
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in writing by a qualified inspector authorized- to perform such ins e i
p ctions
by city se.ier department,
(b) Such inspection shall be for material and workmanship with particu-
lar emphasis to be given to the elimination of infiltration or exfiltra- if
tion. Complete connection, in open ditch, must be insp
ected and approved
at one time, and no portion of the connection may be covered or filled
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If until st:ch inspection is Complete.
(c) Scope of connections shall be from three feet from building outer-
wall to seier main or sub-main.
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(d) It shall be unlawful , and an offense against the ordinances of the
If City, for any person, firm or entity to cut into, damage, deface or destroy `
{ any sewer pipe connected to the City sewage system, or to connect into
any said sewer pipe without first complying with•all rules for such
connection as set forth in this Chapter, or to conceal any such connection
made without obtaining City approval as outlined in this Chapter, and
all such offenses shall be subject to penalties established in this Chapter.
.(e) A presumption shall exist that any offense committed under subsection (d)
above shall have been connected by the owner or agents .of the property i
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Sec. 24-13 Correction of Unsat_isfactory, or Deficient Sanitary Sewage Facilities
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(a) The city, upon evidence of any improper operation or condition of
sanitary sewage facilities, shall immediately notify the owner in writing
OF such conditions and to perform necessary corrective action within i
fifteen days of notice. Failure to perform required corrections as in-
eriod shall be in violation of this
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(b) In case unsatisfactory conditions or deficiencies constitute, in
the opinion of the city, an immediate peril to health and well-being of
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the people of the city, the city may require corrections within a
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shorter period than fifteen days, which corrections shall be performed
within the required time, or, in case of serious conditions, may order
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discontinuance of sewer service forthwith and seal or plug such service
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ARTICLE II
Connection and Use Regulations
Sec. 24-20 Plans - Submittal
(a) All plans E specifications for sewer connections shall be submitted
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for examination and approval before issuance of a permit.
(b) Sewer connections shall mean from a point three feet outside of build.-
ing outer wall to the city sewer main or sub-main.
Sec. 24-21 Plans - Approval
(a) Plans submitted will normally be accepted or rejected within three
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working days.
(b) A stamp of approval will be placed by the city on all satisfactory
plans, and permit issued upon payment of all fees and charges.
I (c) No work of any kind or nature shall be commenced prior to submission j
of plans and specifications and issuance of permit.
Sec. 24-22 Permits
(a) No building or premises shall be connected with any sewer without a
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permit being first obtained. Permits so obtained shall be kept on hand
during the progress of the work to which they relate and shall be exhib-
ited whenever required.
(b) The fee for the issuance of the permit shall be 15 dollars for each
separate connection to the sewer and shall be paid to ,the issuing authority
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Sec. 24-23 Performance of Work; Penalties for Plon-performance I
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(a) The work of connecting all building drains to city sanitary sewers in
conformity with approved plans filed in accordance with this chapter must
be performed by a duly licensed plumber.
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' (b) This provision shall apply to any and all districts or sections of the j
city as such times as they are provided with sanitary sewers.
(c) Any person who shall fail to correct defects in his work within ten
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days after having been duly notified by the city of such defects may be
denied further permits until defects are remedied.
(d) Any person who shall continually or persistently violate provisions
by this chapter may have his license suspended or forfeited.
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Sec . %4-2J InsurIt auired
(a) It shall be required of every person obtaining a license to perform i
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such work as required in sewer installation to file with the city clerk
a certificate indicating that a policy or policies has been issued to the
said person providing public liability insurance and public property dam-
age insurance. Such certificate shall indicate the name of the insuring
company, the effective date of such policy, the minimum limit thereof,
the expiration date of such policy, and a statement and a copy of an en-
dorsement requiring five days written notice by registered mail to the
city clerk, if it becomes necessary to cancel such policy for any reason.
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Sec. 24-24 Indeoendent Connections
(a) The entire drainage system of each building shall be separate and
independent of that of any other building and shall be separately and
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independently connected with the public sewer in the street,
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(b) In the case of large hotels, office .buildings, industrial buildings
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etc. , or unusual situations, multiple connections may be desirable and
permissible upon approval of the city engineering department.
Sec. 24-25 Location of Service Connection
1 (a) Accompanying the permit, the applicant shall receive from the en-
gineering department the distance and dimension locating the service con-
a nection or "Y" branch in the sewer nearest to the desired point of con-
nection.
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Sec. 24-26 Making Connections
(a) House drains from buildings shall be connected to the public sewers
only at such service connection or "Y" branch as may be designated in the
permit. No person other than designated city employees shall tap, cut ('
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into, or break open any public sewer mains or lines other than the branch
or service connection provided therefor. Should an additional service
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connection or "Y" branch be. required and should such requirements necessi-
tate a tap, cut in or insertion into the main sewer, such tap, cut-in or
insertion shall be made only by such city employees or authorized city
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(b) The size of the main drain from any building shall not be less than
four inches and shall be constructed of heavy cast iron bituminous or tar
coated soil pipe with leaded joints, vitrified clay pipe with approved
gasketed joints, or plastic pipe of
the various polyethylenes or polyacetates ,kith adhesive friction joints.
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The usi'14�;hese various kinds of pipe will be governed t� ! carrosila-
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ness of the soil in which they are installed. A pipe of greater corrosive
j resiste.n e may bl, used in a soil of lesser corrosiveness but not vice
{ versa. The type of pipe to be used in every instance shall first be ap-
proved by the building department.
jSec. 24-27 Connections to Existing House Drains ,
i Where connections are to be made to existing house drains, the latter shall
be carefully examined by the building inspector. If found. in good condi-
tion and free from infiltration it may be connected to and used as a part
of the main drain from the house. If, however, in the judgment of the in-
spector, the existing house drain is not in good condition or free from
infiltration it shall be relaid and approved before connection is made.
Sec. 24-28 Grades and Alignments
j (a) The minimum grade to which a house drain may be laid shall be one- f
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eighth inch per foot. A grade of one-fourth inch per foot or greater
shall be maintained wherever possible.
(b) The horizontal main house drain shall be laid in a straight line
from its point of exit from the building to the service connection in
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the sewer wherever possible. Changes in direction shall be accomplished
with the use of bends not greater in angularity than forty-five degrees.
Between bends the drain shall be laid in a straight line. Clean outs
points
,.. shall be provided at/no greater than seventy-five feet apart. Where s
additional drains from a building are connected to a main drain, the
connection shall be made into a "Y" branch in the main drain. Connec-
tions using a "T" will not be permitted .
(c) Within limits of any parcel of land , the house drain shall be covered
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at all points by not less than twelve inches of earth.
(d) No building sewer or house drain shall be laid parallel to or within
three feet of any bearing wall or foundation unless such drain be struc-
turally supported and protected, subject to the approval of the inspector.
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Sec. 24-29 Jointing_ y
(a) Joints in cast iron soil pipe shall be made by first inserting in
the annular space between a pip-, and bell , oakum or hemp and caulking
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the same in place to provide a joint space not less than one inch deep. {�
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This space shall be filled with lead poured in one pour and then well
caulked to insure tightness. Approved molded gaskets are also permitted.
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'inyl chloride seal or its equivalent, cu aPP,.(!
engineer. ene os or p ofY acetates
(c) Joints in pipes made from the various polyethyl
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the manufacturer' s directions. The
shall t,e made uP joint, and care should be exar-
joints are normally a solvent-cement slip j Both pipe end
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cised to prevent distortion of the pipe P1 a application of solvent-
{ and slip coupling shall be clean and smooch before
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Sec. 24-30 Gre�Traps restaurants, boardinghouses,
Kitchen or other greasy v)astes from hotels,
public institutions, or any other establishment in which much cooking is
shall be int
ercepted by a grease trap.
I done or greasy wastes obtained, user, and
I Grease traps shall be per inspected and cleaned by
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instructions.
maintained in accordance with city
Sec. 24-31 Exclude
a Hi h Tea erature 4lastes. The temperature of liquid wastes discharging
(a) degrees Fahrenheit.
sewers shall not exceed one hundred-forty 9
Fahrenheit-
into sanitary
(b) Acid and Base Wastes. Acidic and basic wastes from
neutralized
hospitals, mortuaries, industry and similar processing 9
discharged into any sewer. In the case of specialized
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industrial wastes, an a nd quality shall be made
nalysis o f the quantity
prior to the issuance of any permit for its discharge into any
city sewer
specialize
cna said permit will be issued only if the inclusion of such r
unification process
industrial castes will not interfere with the normal p
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at the sewer treatment p waste shall not be
1 into Sewer Prohibited. The follo.uing be per-
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(c) Disch�_ 1 sanitary sewer, but may P
permitted to be discharged into any city
underground drain or storm sewer if available:
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milted to drain into any steam boiler.
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1) Exhaust, blowoff or drain from any trucks,
2) Drains from any
washrack or wash pave whereon automobiles,
rovided, however, that this Para- t
boats or other articles are washed; p
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graph shall not apply installed and approved
to such businesses that have
a proper filter.
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3) Drains or overflows from any water supply tan . hydraulic machin-
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5) Circulating
water from any air conditioner, refrigeration unit, i
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denser coil or similar mechanism. yards or other paved
and store `.ra e"
from roofs, patios , courts,
or unp.: seas.
7) Overflows and drains from swimming pools and surrounding areas.
&) Drains from sho;iers used specifically for beach and swimming pool
rinse.
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(d) The following wastes shall not be permitted to discharge into any
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city sanitary sevier nor into any city storm sewer:
1) Fuel oil , kerosene, gasoline, benzine, or other similar explosive
or inflammable liquids.
2) Lubricating oils, spent crank case oil or other oil and grease pro-
ducts from the automotive industry.
j 3) Quenching oil , etching oil or other similar products used in the
heat treatment of metals, tool making and metal finishing.
P 4) Mineral or vegetable distillates, synthetic compounds, vehicles and
pigments from paint manufacture or uses.
5) Liquid or semi-solid asphalt, asphalt cutback and asphalt emulsions,
or other petroleum products used in road construction, roofing and water
� proofing.
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ARTICLE III
Subdivision Regulations
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Sec. 2�-30 Conformity with City Requirements
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(a) All persons desiring to design, construct or install a sanitary
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isewer in a subdivision within the corporate limits of the city, to be
{ included in the sanitary sewer system of the city must conform in every
and all respects with the provisions of this article, hereinafter set
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(b) All developers desiring to design, construct or install a sanitary
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not be allowed to connect the same with the sanitary sewer system of
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city be made available to said sanitary sewer installation.
Sec. 24-31 Preliminary Subdivision Plat - Submission for Approval
(a) All developers desiring to design, construct and install a sanitary
s sewer system in any subdivision within the city shall first submit to {
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the city for approval a preliminary subdivision layout plat showing all j
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1 (b) Upon submission to the city engineer of a preliminary subdivision
{ topographical layout plat as called for,the Developer shall execute a
- document to be prepared by the legal department of the city which shall
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clearly indicate the knowledge of the developer of all of the terms and
conditions of this article and shall further express the developer's
desire to abide in every respect thereby.
(c) Disposition
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1) Upon receipt of said preliminary subdivision topographical layout
plat, the same will be submitted by the city to the city consulting en- i
gineers who, after reasonable time for study thereof, will advise the
city as to the availability of a receiving trunk sewer, and the approxi-
mate estimated cost of the entire subdivision installation as well as
l the connection from the subdivision to the trunk seiner, if one is needed. [
2) The consulting engineers will also, after their said study, recom-
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mend to the city what portion of the trunk line necessary to be installed Ef
should, in the interest of fairness, be charged to the developer and I
what portions thereof should be installed at the expense of the city.
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The rec,�...aendation of the consulting engineers in this rL shall he
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for tha purpose of enabling a proper, fair and equitable determination
of the allocation of the cost of installation of the trunk lines betweer,
the city and the developer.
3) The consulting engineers shall recommend the size of trunk lines
and the necessary distance which the same extend and in the event the
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said size be greater than necessary for the subdivision purposes, or
the distance be of some length, a proper apportionment of costs shall be
determined between the city and developer. The consulting engineers
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decision thereon as well as the apportionment- of expenses thereof is to
be made by the City Commission.
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Sec. 24-32 Preliminary Submission Plat - Deposits Required
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(a) Upon receipt of said information from the city engineer, if the f
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estimated cost of said installation of the proposed sanitary sewer
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system within said subdivision. Thereafter the consulting engineer
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of the city will be authorized by the city engineer to prepare plans
and specifications as well as contract documents for said sanitary
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sewer installation within the said subdivision.
(b) In the event the contract for installation of said sanitary sewer
system be not awarded pursuant to the plans and specifications designed
by the consulting engineers of the city, as provided in the preceding
section, within six months of date of posting by the developer of five
per cent of the estimated cost as aforesaid, and if failure to so award
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shall be due to the fault of the developer the deposit shall be for-
feited to the city, as agreed liquidated damages and the developer
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shall have no further right thereto.
� (c) Payment of engineering cost by city; engineer to obtain health
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department approval of plan.
1) The city will be responsible for the payment in full of the total ,
a fees to be charged by the consulting engineers of the city for prepa-
ration of plans, specifications, designs, and contract documents afore-
said .
2) The consulting engineers of the city will procure the approval of 1
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the board of health of the State of/said plans and specifications so
designed.
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Sec. 1'--3; Cons tr.; n Deoosi is Re! u i red
j 'then the plans and specifications have been approved by the Florid; State board
of heal-,h, the developer shall deposit in cash with the finance director
of the city a sum equal to the entire detailed estimate of the construc-
Lion cost of the laterals within the Subdivision as prepared by the city
consulting engineers; plus so much of the cost of the trunk Tines as
estimated by the consulting engineers as may be allocated to the develo-
per upon recommendation of the city consulting engineers and confirmation
thereof by the City Commission; the five per cent theretofore deposited
by the developer shall be included in arriving at the total amount of
cash to he deposited as herein provided.
Sec. 2;-34 Construction Bids -
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total amount of the estimated cost of construction as provided by sec-
tion 2 -33 the city shall advertise, take public bids
E for said work and in due course award the contract therefor to the
j successful bidder; the procedure relative to the taking of bids and the
1 awarding of contract shall be strictly in compliance with the terms, con-
ditions and provisions of the chapter of the city, in such case made and
provided.
Sec. 24-35 Motice to Developer of Total Cost ;
(a) '.!hen the successful contractor has completed the work and subsequent
to the approval by the City Commission of the final construction and en-
gineering costs, the developer will be informed by the finance director !
1 of the city as to the exact amount of said final construction and engineer-
ing costs. The developer will also be informed, at said time by the
1 finance director, the exact amount of the costs which he must bear for
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1 the installation of the sanitary sewer laterals in the subdivision and
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that portion of the trunk lines as may have theretofore been allotted to
the developer.
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(b) In the event the said final costs to be borne by the developer be
more than the developer's costs as estimated the amount of which has here-
tofore been on deposit with the finance director, as aforesaid, the devel-
oper ,rill forthwith pay in cash to the finance director of the city the
amount so in excess of the estimated costs; in the event the final con- C
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costs on deposit with the city, as aforesaid , the city will forthwith
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refund developer the said difference in cash,
Sec. 7.4-35 Acceptance by City; Title to System
(a) Upon completion of the said sanitary sewer installation the city
will cause the same to be inspected by the city as well as the consul -
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jting engineers of the city and if found satisfactory in every respect,
and providing the provisions of section 24-35, paragraph (b) have been
j fully complied with in respect to the payment of any amount due in ex-
cess of the estimated costs theretofore paid, the same will be accepted
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by the city for connection to the sanitary sewer system of the city as
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upon connection to the city system, to be and become the property of
the city, and the developer despite the fact that he has paid therefor
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shall have no further right, title or interest therein of any kind or
nature.
(b) There shall at no time be levied assessments of any kind or na-
ture against the property owners in the subdivision for the costs of !
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the sanitary sewer installation to be installed in the subdivisions
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(a) The developer may elect, at time of completion of preliminary
plans and their acceptance by state board of health and city consulting
engineer, to construct contemplated service to subdivision by a duly
:.. licensed contractor, at his sole cost and expense, in strict accordance P
with approved plans and specifications, and at completion of construc-
tion, and after acceptance by city of entire project, donate same to ?'
the city, together with all street, alleys and easements.
(b) If such election and donation is made, city shall have title to and
responsibility to maintain such system, and the developer shall have no
jfurther right or title to said system.
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Main Extension and Betternents Policy
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Upon written application from a prospective developer or owner for se;ier
service beyond existing city system, but within city coporate limits (such
service requiring extensions of city mains, submains and force mains), the
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Sec. 2=r-40 Application for Extension of Service
(a) The applicant shall present to the city Building Department and
j Public !forks Department detailed engineering plans for the proposed use
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1) Show location of proposed use and distance from nearest suitable
point of connection to the sewer system;
2) Engineering design estimate of project, with particular reference to
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discharge.
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Sec. 24-41 City to Determine Scope of Improvement tiith right to Construct i
(a) The city will review submitted material , and produce a tentative f
design and cost estimate for extending the city system to include appli-
cant's use. Such design will be in the best interest of the sytem, and
will not necessarily confine its scope to the sole needs of the requester,
but may include areas of potential service both up stream and dawn stream
from the requested use or development.
(b) Developer shall bear cost and expense of producing said preliminary
design and cost estimate.
Sec. 24-42 Deposits
(a) If, upon presentation of preliminary cost estimate by the city, the
requester decides to proceed:
1) The requester will deposit a sum equal to the estimate rendered with
city finance director; such estimate to include all costs of engineering,
administration, construction, and inspection.
2) City will proceed with project, with sole rights of construction.
3) In case of justified expenditures over estimated deposit posted, the
requester will deposit such additional amount with the city finance direc-
tor as soon as notified of said cost overrun.
4) In case of total expenditures being less tha^ estimated amount de-
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completion of the extension and acceptance of the total project by the
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Sec. 2=:-43 Title and Responsibility to iMaintain Extension
jTitle to, and responsibility to. maintain said extension shall be vested
in the city.
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Sec. 24-44 Deternination of Cost Refunds to Original Requester in Case of Subsequent
Users io Extension In case that future users connect to the extension paid for by the origi-
nal applicant, the city shall refund to the original applicant during the
first five years after date of acceptance of the extension by the city,
pro rata shares of expense of such extension; as paid by subsequent users,
according to the following formula:
1) The city will estimate total capability of extension in gallons;
{ 2) The volumetric load of the original user will be determined by the
city as a percentage of total capacity;
3) Subsequent users load will also be determined as a percentage of
jtotal capacity;
4) Such percentage will be applied to total cost of extension to de-
termine each users ' share of costs;
5) Subsequent users share of costs will be collected by city and j
remitted to original applicant within thirty days after collection.
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6) No refund shall exceed the applicants actual cost for any extension.
Sec. 24-45 Deposits "lade for Purposes of Extension
All deposits made for purposes of extension shall be in addition to all
rates, charges or fees normally imposed for connection and use of server
service furnished to new developments.
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Sec. 24-46 Providing of all Necessary Easements and Right-of-ways
Applicants shall provide all necessary easements and right-of-ways
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Sec. 24-47 Alternate to Making Deposit
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above, may elect, at time of making application, to have constructed, If
I!) at his sole cost and expense, by a licensed contractor, the proposed
j extension as approved by the city, subject to city inspection and accep-
tance .•then complete, and at such acceptance donate by proper instrument
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tenances.
(b) ReinUa rsement will be made to original requester as in Sec. 24-44
above bawd on accepted construction costs.
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provisions shall be the city's.
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flict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed to the extent
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Section 3 . That this ordinance shall be in force and
take effect immediately upon its passage and adoption on second
and final readings ,
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PASSED and ADOPTED on First Reading this 5th day of
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PASSED and ADOPTED on Second and Final Reading this
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