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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1980-13INDIAN RIVER COUNTY ORDINANCE NO. 80-13 AN ORDINANCE PROMULGATING THE RATES TO BE CHARGED FOR USE OF COUNTY WATER AND SEWER SERVICES; OUT- LINING MEANS OF ENFORCING PAYMENT FOR SUCH SERVICE; PROMULGATING REQUIREMENTS FOR CONNECTION; SETTING UP MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS; PROHIBITING FREE SERVICE; AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, That: SECTION 1. CONNECTIONS WITH WATERWORKS SYSTEM. Where the same shall be available, the owner of every lot or parcel of land within the unincorporated portion of Indian River County, hereinafter referred to as "County", shall (except as limited by Section 3) connect, or cause the plumbing of any building, or buildings thereon to be connected, with the County waterworks system of Indian River County, Florida, and use the facilities of such systems. All such connections shall be made in accordance with the rules and regulations which shall be adopted from time to time by the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida, which rules and regulations shall provide for a charge for making such connections in such reasonable amount as such Board may fix and determine by Resolution. SECTION 2. CONNECTIONS WITH SEWER REQUIRED. The owner of each lot or parcel of land within the County 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 County sewer system of Indian River County, Florida, and use such facilities within two (2) months following notification to do so by the Utilities Department of Indian River County, Florida. All such connections shall be made in accordance with the rules and regulations which shall be adopted from time to time by the Board of County Com- missioners of Indian River County, Florida, 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 by Resolution. 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 3. SEWER CONNECTIONS REQUIRE COUNTY WATER. All connections to the County sewer system shall be simultaneously connected to the County water system. No County sewer service shall be provided without County water except as provided by County Resolution, that Tripartite between the City of Vero Beach, Vero Mall and Indian River County and the lands addressed thereon, or where such service previously existed. SECTION 4. EXCEPTIONS TO CONNECTIONS. This Ordinance shall not be construed to require or entitle any person to cross the private property of another to make any such sewer or water connection. SECTION 5. CONNECTIONS MAY BE MADE BY COUNTY. If any such owner of any lot or parcel of land within the County shall fail and refuse to connect with and use the facilities of the sewer system of the County after notification by the Utilities Department, as provided herein, then the Utilities Department shall be authorized to make such connections, entering on or upon any such lot or parcel of land for the purpose of making such connections. The County shall there- upon 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 collecting such costs or making such connections, the County 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 and municipal taxes. Such lien may be foreclosed by the County in the same manner provided by the laws of Florida for the foreclosure of mortgages upon real estate. SECTION 6. RATES. A. A rate schedule will be adopted by the County providing for the following user rates: WATER Residential and Commercial (whether individual meter or master meter) First 2000 gallons (Base Rate per Unit) All over 2000 gallons SEWER Residential First 2000 gallons (Base Rate per Unit) All over 2000 gallons Commercial Including schools, public buildings, churches, service stations, retail stores, and all non-residential services RATE $7.10 per month, minimum $1.50 per 1000 gallons RATE $7.10 per month, minimum 87% of $1.50 per 1000 gallons up to 10,000 additional gallons, maximum 100% of water bill B. DEPOSITS AND SERVICE CHARGES Security Deposit - A refundable deposit will be required of all new customers and reconnected units per the following table: Water Service: 5/8 X 3/4" Meter $ 20.00 1" Meter 30.00 1 1/2" Meter 40.00 2" Meter 70.00 3" Meter 120.00 Sewer Service - Equal to water deposit; a water and sewer customer will be 2 times the above table. Sewer only service to franchised water service areas will pay a deposit of 1 1/2 times the above figure. The deposits will ensure final payment of any bill. Accrued interest of the escrowed deposits will be applied to Operation and Maintenance Revenues, to hold down general service charges. -2- 0 Miscellaneous tion -Refundable Service Charges Reconnect during normal working hours - $10.00 This charge is made upon initial service connection, or for change from temporary to permanent service, a reconnect after delinquency Out vtr, or for transfer of servicB from one location to another, where there was an existing account. Reconnect during off duty hours - $20.00 Meter re -reads and Leak inspection - $5.00 This charge is for special inspection at request of customers when there is no interruption of service and the account remains in the same name. If the re -read is a result of an error of the initial meter reading, this charge will not be assessed to the customer. Delinquency Charge - $1.50 This assessment will be made if service payment is not received by deadline date at the utility office per Section 14. Meter Installations - This charge covers the actual cost of materials (meter, connector, box) and labor for each new meter installation where an existing available service had been previously installed. It does not cover impact fees, tapping charges, or curb -stop covered elsewhere. Meter Size Meter Installation Charge 5/8 x 3/4" $ 90.00 1" $130.00 1 1/2" $264.00 2" *$330.00 3" Turbine *$880.00 *These charges do not include meter vault which will be supplied by developer. Meter Calibration - $10.00 Upon request of a customer, the Utility Department shall test a water meter to determine if the meter is operating within established standards, (95 to 101.5% of TRUE). If the meter has been tested within the last twelve months, there shall be a Ten Dollar ($10.00) non-refundable service charge if the meter is found to be operating accurately. If the meter is in error, i.e., outside the range of 95 to 101.5% of TRUE, then a billing adjustment will be made for a period not to exceed the past six months of actual service. There shall be no charge for testing in the event the water meter has not been tested within the last twelve months preceding the request. The service charge may be applied against monies due in the event a meter, after testing, is found to be inaccurate within the range established above. Line Location - No Charge Damage Repair - $50.00 plus costs Any contractor or customer who damages any water or sewer facility by digging before asking for a line location or digging the located line will be assessed a fine plus material and labor costs for making the repair as required by the utility. If the line was improperly located, no charge will be made. Utility Inspection - New developments requiring repeated inspections during the utility installations will be assessed according to the following table for water and sewer: Residential or Commercial ....................$20.00 per Unit (water alone will be $10.00 per Unit) Hydrant Maintenance Annual Charge ............$40.00 per Hydrant Hydrant flow calibration .....................$35.00 per Hydrant -3- 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- Equivalent that allowed for Residential Connections. The standard of connection for multi family and commercial buildings not exceeding the above Residential Equivalent, shall be as provided by the Department of Environmental Regulation and Health Department Rules and Regulations existing at the time of application. SECTION 13. MAINTENANCE OF PLUMBING SYSTEM. The owner of the property shall be responsible for maintaining and keeping clean the water and sewer pipes leading and connecting from the plumbing system to the County distribution lines and main sewers. This includes the meter boxes and easements for access to them. SECTION 14. PAYMENT OF FEES AND BILLS REQUIRED. Bills for monthly charges and fees hereinbefore mentioned should be submitted and shall be payable on the 15th day from the date of said bill. If such monthly bill shall be and remain unpaid on and after the 16th day of such month for such service, a penalty of $1.50 shall be imposed and be added to said bill. If such monthly bill shall be and remain unpaid on and after the 25th calendar day of such service bill, the water service to said customer shall be subject to discontinuance until all past due water bills are fully paid, together with the $10.00 reconnection fee. All other parts of the Ordinance will apply as presently written. SECTION 15. COLLECTION OF SEWER FEES WHERE OWNER HAS COUNTY WATER SUPPLY. Where sewage disposal 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. Cleaning by forcing obstacles through service lines to the public system is forbidden. 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 whatsover, and the County and each and every agency, department or instrumentality which uses either or both 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 or anyone acting in behalf thereof who shall violate or fail to comply with any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). The Board of County Commissioners may enforce the provisions of this Ordinance by seeking injunctive relief or any other remedies provided by law. -5- SECTION 20. TAMPERING. Any violation of Florida Statute 812 (1979) shall be prosecuted as a violation of said Statute and punished, after conviction, as provided in said Statute. SECTION 21. Indian River County Ordinance No. 78-34 and Indian River County Ordinance No. 78-45 and all Ordinances or sections or parts of sections of the Code of Ordinances of Indian River County, Florida, in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. SECTION 22. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall become effective on June 1, 1980. STATE OF FLORIDA INDIAN RIVER CCW'" THIS 15 TO CERT -"Y THACO ISIS A TRUE AND C =CT THE ORIGINA: FILE IN THIS OFFICE. CLERK FREDA � � �!GHT, BY p �- D.C. DATE S -a �rro