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Tapping Fee - At Cost This charge is assessed at any time the main must be tapped and the service line is extended to the meter location on the customers' lot line. The cost of tapping depends on the complex- ity of the installation. It includes such things as the length of the service line; if across a paved road, it includes the cost of cutting, installing the pipe and paving the road; all pipe fittings; and labor. The work orders will list all time and materials for making the assessment at cost. SECTION 7. UNLAWFUL CONNECTION. No person shall be allowed to connect into any water line or sewer line owned by the County without the written consent of the County, and then the connection with such line shall be made only under the direction and supervision of the Utilities Department. Any property owner, plumber or other individual who shall make any connection without such consent of the County shall, upon conviction be subject to the penalties hereinafter provided. SECTION 8. UNLAWFUL CONSTRUCTION. No person, group of persons, firm or corporation shall build or remodel or cause to be built or remodeled any structure used for human habitation or occupancy on a property within the County which is within two hundred (200) feet of a public sanitary gravity sewer line or water main without connection to the gravity line or water main. All construction shall adhere to latest revision of "Construction Specifications for water distribution and sewage collection facilities by Vero Beach". SECTION 9. CONNECTING OLD PLUMBING. Whenever it is desirable or required to connect old plumbing with the County sewer main and/or water line, the owner or plumber contemplating doing such work shall notify the County Utilities Department 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 connection. Alterations shall be made within two (2) months of motification. Any owner or plumber who shall make any connection without the approval of the County Utilities Department shall, upon conviction, be subject to the penalties hereinafter provided. SECTION 10. SANITARY REQUIREMENTS. Every residence and building in which human beings reside, are employed or congrega- ted, shall be required to have a sanitary method of disposing human excrement, gray water discharge such as washing machines, dishwashers, etc., namely either a sanitary water closet that is connected with the County or Franchised sewer, or an approved type of septic tank. A septic tank will be used only if the property is more than two hundred (200) feet from the gravity sewer line. SECTION 11. DISPOSAL REQUIREMENT. It shall be unlawful for any person, persons, firm or corporation owning or leasing any premises in the County, to permit the disposal of any human excrement on any property, leased or rented by any such person, firm or corporation, except in a sanitary water closet where sewage lines are available as defined above. SECTION 12. SEPTIC TANK. No septic tank other than those approved by the appropriate agencies shall be constructed or installed within the County. No septic tank shall be con- structed on a property within two hundred (200) feet of a County gravity sewer line. Where elevation, soil conditions, and environmental requirements permit, Septic Tanks will be preferred for single family homes provided with public or franchised water. For lots with wells and septic tanks there shall be no more than four (4) units per acre with a limitation that the number of units per acre allowed shall be determined by current Department of Environmental Regulation and Health Department Rules and Regulations existing as of the date application is made. Multi family buildings and commercial buildings shall not be permitted to have septic tanks which have a higher -4-