3288 ORDINANCE NO. 3288
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA,
AMENDING CHAPTER 28, WATER, SEWER AND SEWAGE
DISPOSAL AND RECLAIMED WATER REUSE, BY
AMENDING SECTION 28'7(A) AND (C) REGARDING
MANDATORY SEWER CONNECTIONS, SECTION 28'9
REGARDING CONNECTION TO SEWER SYSTEM TO BE
MADE BY CITY OR A LICENSED CONTRACTOR, SECTION
28'26 OF THE SANFORD CITY CODE, REGARDING
APPLICABILITY OF SEWER CHARGES IF SEWER IS
AVAILABLE WHETHER OR NOT CONNECTION IS MADE;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, CONFLICTS AND
EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF
SANFORD, FLORIDA:
SECTION h That Section 28-7(a) of the Sanford City Code shall be deleted in its
entirety and replaced as follows:
Secdon 28-7. Mandatory sewer connecdons.
(a) Every residence and building located within the ciW and
in which human beings reside, congregate or are employed shall
be connected to a city sanjiffy sewer where such sewer is
available for use. For the purpose of this section, a sanitary
sewer shall be "available for use," if it is within seventy-five (75)
feet of the property line of the property on which the residence
or building is Iotarod, which seventy-five (75) feet shall traverse
only city property (road right-of-way, easement, etc.) and be
measured in a sa'ai~ht line from any point on such property line.
SECTION 2: That Section 28-7(c), of the Sanford City Code be deleted in its
entirety and replaced as follows:
Section 28-7. Mandatory sewer connections.
(c) Sewer connections required by this section shall be
installed in accordance with section 28-9. The user shall pay the
prescribed sewer ~ap fee and all appropriate fees including but
not limited to sewer impact fees. The service line required on
the user's property shall be installed by him or his agents at his
own expense.
SECTION 3: That Section 28~9 of the Sanford City Code be deleted in its entirety
and replaced as follows:
Section 28-9. Connection to sewerage system to be made by city.
Connections to any main or lateral line of the sewerage system
of the city, which shall include the laying of the pipeline from
the sewer to the property line, shall be made by the city or by
a licensed contractor whose work shall meet city standards and
appropriate codes. Taps performed by a contractor shall be
inspected by the city after appropriate notification.
SECTION 4.: Article II. Water and Sewer Service Charges, Section 28-26 be
deleted in its entirety and replaced as follows:
Section 28-1t, Sewer charge applicable if sewer available,
whether or not connection made.
The sewer service availability charges established in section 28-
25 shall apply to all users, whether owner or tenant (this being
determined, in the case of users of the city water system, by the
applicant for water service, and otherwise by ownership of the
property served), of the city water and sanitary sewer systems,
or either of them, where a city sewer is available for use, as
determined in accord with section 28-7, whether or not
connection has been made to such sewer.
SECTION 5: SEVERABILITY If any section or portion of a section of this
ordinance proves to be invalid, unlawful or unconstitutional, it shall not be held to impair the
validity, force or effect of any other section or part of this ordinance.
SECTION 6: CONFLICTS That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith be and the same are hereby revoked.
SECTION 7: EFFECTIVE DATE That this ordinance shall become effective
immediately upon its passage and adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED ~is t/~~ day of ~i~t~/~,A.D. 1996.
ATTEST:
As the City Commission of the
City of Sanford, Florida
CERTIFICATE
I, 3anet R. Dougherty, City Clerk of the City of Sanford, Florida, do hereby certify
~ 199 , was Dos e at the front door of the City Hall in the City of Sanford,
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of Sanford, Florida
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Ordinance No. 3288