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598ORDINANCE N0. 598 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 538, THE SEWER ORDINANCE, AND TERMINATING THE OBLIGATION OF THE CITY OF EDGEWATER TO PROVIDE AND INSTALL THE FIRST ONE HUNDRED FEET OF SEWER LINE IN ANY EXTENSION PROGRAM AND FURTHER RE -DEFINING THE TERM AVAILABILITY OF SEWAGE SYSTEM AND CHANGING THE REQUIRE- MENTS OF CONNECTION WITH THE SAID SEWER SYSTEM BY AMENDING SEC. 1 OF ORDINANCE NO. 538, AMENDING SEC. 3 C 8 OF ORDINANCE NO. 538, AMENDING SEC. 5 A. OF ORDINANCE NO. 538, AMENDING SEC. 7 OF ORDINANCE NO. 538.;, AMENDING SEC. 11 OF ORDINANCE NO. 538; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE THEREFOR. BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF EDGEWATER, FLORIDA: SECTION 1. That Section 1 of Ordinance No. 538 of the Code of Edgewater, Florida is hereby amended to read as follows: SECTION 1. CONNECTIONS WITH SEWER REQUIRED. The owner of each lot or parcel of land within the City of Edgewater, Florida, hereinafter called "City", upon which lot or parcel of land any building, or trailer used as a dwelling, or occupied or to be occupied by human beings, is now situated or hereafter to be situated, for either residential or commercial use, or any combination thereof, shall connect or cause such building or buildings or trailer or trailers to be connected with the public sewer facilities of the combined water works and sewer system of the City and to use such facilities within three (3) months after notification to do so by the Clerk of the City. All such connections shall be made in accordance with the rules and regulations which shall be adopted from time to time by the City Council of said City, which rules and regulations shall provide for a charge for making any such connections in such reasonable amounts as said Council may fix and determine, Pro- vided, however, that no connection or connections shall be re- quired where said sewer system or line does not abut the lot or parcel of the owner; provided further, however, that where the sewer line parallels the lot or parcel of land or any portion of it, by being situated across a street or roadway, then the City, at its option, may require the said owner to hook up to the said sewer system, but in this event the City shall be responsible for running the said sewer line under the street or roadway to the property line of the owner. No person shall be required to cross the private property of another to make such sewer connection or connections. SECTION 2. That Section 3 C. 8. of Ordinance No. 538 Code of Edgewater, Florida is hereby amended to read as follows: SECTION "3. C. S. The City sewer system or lines shall be considered as being available to any owner of property where said sewer line or easement therefor abuts any portion of the owner's property, and it is not necessary to cross the private property of another to make connection thereto. Sewer service shall be considered as being available to a plot or lot or pad at a trailer park when sewer service is capable of being used by any trailer occupying said lot, plot or pad. SECTION 3. That Section 5. A. of Ordinance No. 538 Code of Edgewater, Florida is hereby amended to read as follows: SECTION 5. EXTENSION OF SEWER SERVICE. A. When an extension to the sewer service system is requested inside the city limits on existing dedicated streets, then the following extension policy applies: When sewer service is requested beyond the limits of the present sewage system, the water and sewer depart- ment will install an adequate main or pipe, the size and diameter to be determined by the City engineer, to the property upon payment to the City of the cost of said installation by the owner. The City shall not be required under any circumstances to extend such sewer line or system unless and until the City has been paid the estimated costs therefor by the owner or other arrangements for payment to the City or for the City have been agreed upon by the City Council and the said owner. This extension policy shall not apply to property located outside the City limits. Whenever such extension is made, as contemplated herein, the costs of such extension shall be calculated upon the basis of 8" in pipe or main being used, whether 8" pipe or -2- C:, main is used or not. The City agrees to reimburse the person requesting such service an amount equal to 20% of the amount of the annual sewage bill, and in addition, 20% of the annual sewage bill of such person as may from time to time connect to the City sewage system between the point of connection to the main and the point of his service, provided that these payments shall be made only until the cost therefor has been reimbursed in full or for a period not exceeding ten (10) years, which ever occurs first, and provided further that the sewer service and appurtenances shall become and remain the property of the water and sewer department at the date of original construction. SECTION 4. That Section 7 of Ordinance No. 538 Code of Edge- water, Florida is hereby amended to read as follows: SECTION 7. FURTHER REQUIREMENNTS ON CONNECTION No person, group of persons, firm or corporation shall build or remodel or cause to be built or remodeled any structure used or to be used for human habitation or occupancy within the City if the said property upon which the contemplated structure is to be located abuts at any point a City sewage line or an easement con- taining a City sewer line, unless and until the said structure or structures are provided with water -carriage sewer facilities. SECTION 5. That Section 11 of Ordinance No. 538 Code of Edge- water, Florida is amended to read as follows: SECTION 11. SEPTIC TANK. No septic tank shall be constructed within the corporate limits of Edgewater, Florida other than those approved by the State Board of Health, and in no case shall any septic tank be constructed within the corporate limits of Edgewater, Florida where the property abuts at any point a City sewer line or main or an easement containing a City sewer line or maiq. SECTION 6. That all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. SECTION 7. That this Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its passage by the City Council and approval by the Mayor. -3- O ;� The above and foregoing Ordinance was read in full and passed by vote of City Council of the City of Edgewater, Florida at a regular meeting held on the 15th day of April A.D., 1968 and approved as provided by law. Upon motion duly made, seconded and carried the requirement of reading said Ordinance upon second reading was waived and the Ordinance was ordered put upon final passage. Passed by vote of the City Council of the City of Edgewater, Florida at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 15th day of April A.D., 1968 and approved as provided by law; the vote of said Council upon roll call being as follows: 07, Approved this 15th day of April A.D., 1968.