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SECTION 15. COLLECTION OF SEWER FEES WHERE OWNER HAS COUNTY WATER SUPPLY.• Where sewage ds.sposal fees are not paid In accordance with the provisions outlined above, the County, shall have a right to cut off the water supply to the plumbing system and the owner shall.have no right to reconnect the water supply until the sewage disposal fees have been paid in full. Any violation of this provision by reconnecting the water. supply, until such sewage disposal fees are paid in full, shall be considered a violation of this Ordinance and subject to the penalties hereinafter provided. SECTION 16. FAILURE TO MAINTAIN PLUMBING SYSTEM. Failure to keep the sewer pipe, i.e., the pipe leading from the plumbing system to the sewer main, clean and maintained in a proper manner will give the County the right to cut off the water connection, which shall not be reconnected until the sewer pipe is cleaned and maintained properly. Any violation of this.provision by reconnecting the connection from the County water line, until such sewer pipes are cleaned and maintained properly, shall be considered a violation of this Ordinance, and subject to the penalties hereinafter provided. SECTION 17. NO SERVICE FEE. No water nor sewage disposal service shall be furnished or rendered free of charge to any person, firm, or corporation whatsoever, and the County and each and every agency, department or instrumentality which uses either or both such services shall pay therefor at the rate fixed by this Ordinance. SECTION 18. SEPARATE CONNECTIONS FOR EACH SEPARATE UNIT. Each building whether occupying one or more lots and whether it shall occupy any lot or parcel jointly with any other residential building shall be billed separately for the payment of the water fees and the sewage disposal fees, and separate connections and meters will be required for each building. SECTION 19. 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 or imprisonment or by both such fine and imprisonment as provided by law. Any failure or refusal by an owner to connect to the County sewer system after notification to do so, as hereinabove provided, or any failure or refusal to pay the charges or rates hereinabove provided, shall be construed to be a violation of this Ordinance. SECTION 20. All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances and all Sections or parts of Sections of the Code of Ordinances of Indian River County, Florida, in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. SECTION 21. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall become effective upon its passage. THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 6, 1978. NOV 1 197193