§ 62-36. Service availability; mandatory connection to wastewater system.

(a)

Mandatory connection. Pursuant to F.S. § 381.0065(2)(a) (as amended), Laws of Florida Chapter 99-395(4), the village's home rule powers, and as set forth in subsection 62-1(d) of the village's Code of Ordinances, mandatory connection to the wastewater system is required.

(b)

Duty to connect.

(1)

Service availability; connection notice. The village will provide service availability to all owners within the village service area, unless an owner "opted out" pursuant to the village's assessment programs. Upon service availability to certain service areas or property, the village will issue a mandatory connection notice to each owner stating the wastewater system is ready and service is available to such property for connection ("service availability and connection notice").

(2)

Service connection; customer of wastewater system. Pursuant to section 62-1 of the village's Code of Ordinances, within 180 days of the date of the village's service availability and connection notice, such owner shall, at its sole cost and expense, connect the property's building sewer to the wastewater system. Each owner so notified shall be automatically deemed a customer of the village's wastewater system on the thirty-first day after the service availability and connection notice, whether or not the owner has complied with the requirement to connect to the wastewater system.

(3)

Connection from OSTDS. Where the wastewater system is available to a property with an existing OSTDS, the owner shall decommission, abandon, or otherwise disconnect from the existing OSTDS in accordance with the requirements of the Florida Department of Health and FDEP and the minimum design and construction standards and specifications for wastewater, and shall connect the buildings on the property to the wastewater system.

(c)

Application for service; types of service connections. All costs and expenses in connection with the installation and connection of property to the wastewater system shall be borne by the owner. Service connections shall be furnished only upon signed application on village-approved forms submitted and accepted by the village. The connection or permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information required by the minimum design and construction standards and specifications for wastewater or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the village. Complete applications shall be accepted by the village with the understanding that there is no obligation on the part of the village to render service other than that which is available from its existing wastewater system and KLWTD capacity. Connection of a single family residential property and single building commercial property to the collection system shall be permitted through the village's building department and in accordance with all building and plumbing codes of the village, the Florida Building Code and the minimum design and construction standards and specifications for wastewater. The connection of other property types or properties that will be directly connected to the conveyance force main shall require permitting through the village's building department and the FDEP, and shall be in accordance with the minimum design and construction standards and specifications for wastewater. FDEP permits are generally required of properties with existing package treatment plants and/or properties with multiple buildings. Service connections are provided for the following two types of properties within the village:

(1)

Single family residential, single building commercial connections and properties not permitted by FDEP. The design of service connections for single family residential properties, single building commercial properties and all other properties not requiring FDEP permitting must meet the requirements of the village's building and plumbing codes, the Florida Building Code in effect at the date of application and the minimum design and construction standards and specifications for wastewater. Permitting for these types of properties will be through the village's building department. The type of service connection for these properties will depend on the type of collection system installed in the designated service area. Types of service connections are described in more detail in the village's minimum design and construction standards and specifications for wastewater.

(2)

FDEP permitted connections. In addition to any required village permit, properties that are currently subject to an FDEP permit and/or properties that contain multiple buildings, including single building residential condominiums, hotels and resorts, shall be required to obtain an FDEP permit for their internal collection system. The design of connections for properties that require permitting through the FDEP must comply with the requirements of Rule 62-604, F.A.C., as may be amended. The village (through the KLWTD) will certify if treatment plant capacity is available for these FDEP permitted connections. Detailed descriptions of the various types of connections associated with these property types when connected into the wastewater collection system are described in the village's minimum design and construction standards and specifications for wastewater. These include requirements for permitting, decommissioning or abandoning the existing on-site sewage treatment and disposal system (OSTDS) or septic tanks located on the property, as well as the testing of any existing collection systems to be used with the new collection system to ensure adequacy and compliance with infiltration and inflow requirements.

(d)

Service connection installation and construction. The permitting, installation, construction and testing of service connections shall be in accordance with the village's building and plumbing codes, the Florida Building Code, the minimum design and construction standards and specifications for wastewater, the KLWTD agreement and applicable laws. Connection permits shall be expressly subject to all such requirements and any conditions imposed thereby.

(Ord. No. 14-14, § 3 (Exh. A), 11-6-2014)