Ordinance 74-28 BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of County Commissioners of
Collier County, Florida, and the Ex Officio Board for Water-
Sewer District "A" of the County of Collier, Florida:
AN ORDINANCE PROM/3LGATING THE RATES TO
BE CHARGED FOR USE OF SEWER SERVICES
WITIIIN WATER-SEWER DISTRICT "A"; PROVIDING
M~ANS OF ENFORCING PA~ENT FOR SUCH SERVICE;
PROMULGATING REQUIRE[lENTS; PROHIBITING FREE
SERVICE; PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION; AND PRO-
VIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ~
SECTION 1. CONNECTIONS WITH SE%~R REQUIRED. The owner of
each lot or parcel of land within Water-Sewer District "A", upon
which lot or parcel of land any building, or trailer used as a
dwelling, is now situated or shall hereafter be situated, for
either residential, commercial or industrial use, shall connect
or cause such building or buildings or trailer or trailers to be
connected with the public sewer facilities of the sewer system of
the District and use such facilities within three (3) months fol-
lowing notification so to do by the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
Ail such connections shall be made in accordance with rules and
regulations which shall be adopted from time to time by Governin~
Board of said District, which rules and regulations shall provide
for a charge for making any such connections in such reasonable
amount as such Board may fix and determine. No connection or
connections shall be required where said sewer system or line is
more than two hundred (200) feet from such lot or parcel of land.
SECTION 2. EXCEPTIONS TO CONNECTIONS. This Ordinance
shall not be construed to require or entitl~ any person to cross
the private property of another to make any such sewer connection.
SECTION 3. CONNECTIONS MAY BE MADE BY DISTRICT. If any
such o~er of any lot or parcel of land within the District shall
fail and refuse to connect with and use the facilities of the sewer
system of the District after notification by the Clerk of the
Circuit Court, as provided herein, then the District shall be
authorized to make such connections, entering on or upon any such
lot or parcel of land for the purpose of making such connection.
The District shall thereupon be entitled to recover the cost of
making such connection, together with reasonable penalties and
interest and attorney's fees, by suit in any court of competent
Jurisdiction. In addition, and as an alternative means of collect-
ing such costs of making such connections, the District shall have
a lien on such lot or parcel of land for such cost, which lien
shall be of equal dignity with the lien of State and County taxes.
Such lien may be foreclosed by the District in the same manner pro-
vided by the laws of Florida for the foreclosure of mortgages upon
real estate, and such lien may be foreclosed and collected as a
tax lien.
SECTION 4. RATES.
A. A rate schedule will be adopted by the District
providing for the following residential user rates:
A)
B)
Residential
Single family residences, duplexes, multi-
family residences, apartments, mobile
homes and condominiums:
Each one-bathroom unit $ 9.~~
Each additional bath 1.
Non-Residential
a) Hotels, motels and travel trailer parks:
Each unit 2.8~
b) Commercial, office and industrial
buildings (not to include industrial
waste):
Each toilet 14.00
c) Coin laundry units:
Each washer 5.60
d) Restaurants:
Each seating unit
0,40
B. The District reserves the right to enter into contracts
with large users of sewer service for the purpose of setting and
determintmg a monthly charge or rate for the use of such services,
which monthly rate or charge may be computed updn a different
basis than set forth in the paragraph immediately preceding. Such
contracts shall be entered into by means of resolution duly adopted
by the Governing Board of the District.
SECTION 5. UNLAWFUL CONNECTION. No person shall be allowed
to connect into any sewer line owned ~y the District without the
written consent of the District, and then the connection with such
line shall be made only under the direction and supervision of the
District. Any property owner or plumber who shall make any con-
nection without such consent of the District shall, upon conviction,
be subject to the penalties hereinafter provided.
SECTION 6. UNLAWFUL CONSTRUCTION. No person, group of
persons, firm or corporation sh~ll build or remodel or cause to be
built or remodeled any structure used for human habitation or occu-
pancy within the District which is within two hundred (200) feet of
a public sanitary sewer line without connecting to the District
sewerage system.
SECTION 7. CONNECTING OLD PLUMBING. Whenever it is desir-
able to connect old plumbing w£th the Disfrict sewer main, the
owner or plumber contemplating doing such work shall notify the
Distric~ Plumbing Inspectnr who will inspect said old plumbing and
notify the owner or plumber what alterations will be necessary to
place said old plumbing in an acceptable condition for such con-
nection. Any owner or plumber who shall make any connection without
the approval of the plumbing inspector shall, upon conviction, be
subject to the penalties hereinafter provided.
SECTION 8. SANITARY REQUIREMENTS. Every residence and
building in which human beings reside, are employed or congregated,
shall be required to have a sanitary method of disposing of human
excrement, namely either a sanitary water closet that is connected
with the District sewer, or an approved type of septic tank. A
septic tank will be used only if the property is more than 200
feet from the sewer line.
SECTION 9. DISPOSAL .REQUIREMENTS. It shall be unlawful
for any person, persons, firm or corporation owning or leasing any
premises in the District to permit the disposal of any human excre-
ment on any property, leased or rented by any such person, firm or
corporation or the agent of any such person, firm or corporation,
except in a sanitary water closet where sewage lines are available
as defined above.
SECTION 10. SEPTIC TANK. No septic tank other than those
approved by the State Department of Pollution Control shall be
constructed within the District. No septic tank shall be con-
structed within 200 feet of the sewer line.
SECTION 11. MAINTENANCE OF PLUMBING SYSTEM. The owner of
the property shall be responsible for maintaining and keeping
clean the sewer pipes leading and connecting from the plumbing
system to the District's main sewers.
SECTION 12. PAYMENT OF FEES AND BILLS REQUIRED. Bills
for the monthly charges and fees hereinbefore mentioned shall be
payable twenty (20) days after billing. If such monthly bill shall
be and remains unpaid on and after thirty (30) days after billing,
a penalty of $10.00 shall be imposed and be added to said bill.
Said penalty shall be compounded monthly until.sewage disposal fees
are fully paid, together with said penalty.
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SECTION 13. FAILURE TO MAINTAIN PLUMBING SYSTEM. Failure
to keep the sewer pipe, i.e' th~' pipe leading from the'plumbing
system to the sewer main, clean and maintained in a proper manner
shall be subject to the penalties hereinafter provided.
SECTION 14. NO FREE SERVICE. No sewage disposal service
shall be furnished or rendered free of charge tO any person; firm
or corporation whatsoever, and the County, School Board and State
Agencies, departments and instrumentalities which use such service
shall pay therefore at the rates fixed by this Ordinance.
SECTION 15. SEPARATE CONNECTIONS FOR EACH SEPARATE UNIT.
Each residential unit, whet~er occupying one or more lots and
whether it shall occupy any lot or parcel Jointly with any other
residential unit, shall be considered a separate unit for the
payment of sewage disposal fees, and separate connections will be
required for each of such units.
SECTION 16. PENALTIES. Any person, firm or corporation
violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall, upon
conviction thereof, for each such offense, be subject to a fine
not to exceed FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500.00). Any failure or re-
fusal to pay the charges or rates hereinabove provided, or any
failure or refusal to maintain plumbing system as hereinabove
provided, shall be construed to be a violation of this Ordinance.
SECTION 17. Ail Ordinances or parts of Ordinances and
all sections or parts of sections of the Code of Ordinances of
the County of Collier in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 18. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall become
effective immediately upon bec'o~i~g a law.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners
of Collier County, Florida, and the'Ex Officio Governing Board
of Water-Sewer District "A", Collier County, Florida, at its
regular meeting held the 16th day of Ju.ly, 1974.
ATTEST: MARGARET T. SCOTT, CLERK
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Ciiffq~d/Wenzel, Ch~rman
Approved as to form and legality
Collier County Attorney
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