HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 6549 ARC CODE SEC 5-2-6
Augusta Richmond GA
DOCUMENT NAME: D - 0 ~ - fpsL/ q
DOCUMENT TYPE: D (<.1) \ l\J ANC ~
YEAR: ;20C>~
BOX NUMBER: J l.p
FILE NUMBER: /l..p 3 Lf -5
NUMBER OF PAGES:
~
~,
<'") .
:,'A
~ ; 't /
"
"
ORDINANCE NO. 6549
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE
BY AMENDING SECTION 5-2-6; TO PROVIDE MANDA TORY SEWER
CONNECTION; TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO
COMPLY; TO PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE DATE; TO REPEAL
CONFLICTING ORI?INANCES; AND FOR OTHER LA WFUL
PURPOSES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY
COMMISSION, AND IT IS HEREBY ORDAINDED BY THE AUTHORITY
OF THE SAME AS FOLLOWS:
.....v
Section 1. The Augusta-Richmond County Code, Section 5-2-6, is hereby amended
to require mandatory sewer connection, and to provide penalties for failure to comply:
"~5-2-6. WHEN SEWER CONNECTIONS REQUIRED.
a) Where property is located within 200 feet of Augusta's
sanitary sewer system and may be served by a sanitary sewer, every
building shall be connected thereto. If there should be more than one
building on the property, each building shall be connected separately to
the sewer if the number of fixtures in all buildings exceeds ten (10). The
word fixture as used herein shall mean any water appliance emptying into
the sewer.
b) Upon connection to Augusta's sanitary sewer system, the
property owner shall fill in any previous septic tank system.
c) The Augusta Utilities Department is authorized to
disconnect the water supply to any customer whose property is required to
be connect to Augusta's sewer system, but who fails to COlmect same, as
provided in subparagraph (a). The water shall then remain disconnected
until the customer has complied with the connection requirements, and
paid a discoilllection fee and/or a reconnection fee in the same amount as
provided by Augusta's policy for the discOlmection and reconnection of
water service for a delinquent account, as provided in Article 2 of this
Chapter. This is in addition to any other penalties provided under this
Article.
:1
t
,.
. .t
Section 2.
This ordinance shall become effective upon adoption.
Section 3. . All Ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance are
hereby repealed.
Section 4. If any section, prOVISIOn, or clause of any part of this Ordinance be
declared invalid or unconstitutional, or if the provisions of any part of this Ordinance as
applied to any particular situation, or set of circumstances be declared invalid or
unconstitutional, such invalidity shall not be construed to affect the portions of this
Ordinance not so held to be invalid, or the application of this Ordinance to other
circumstances not so held to be invalid. It is hereby declared as the intent that this
Ordinance would have been adopted had such invalid portion not be included herein.
Duly adopted this 3rd
day of
September
,2002, and this
17
day of
Scptcmbcr
,2002.
qJ . Mayor B ~un
~
Lea o~
First Reading: September 3, 2002
Second Reading: September 17, 2002
Published in the Augusta Chronicle September 26, 2002