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ORDINANCE NO. 2399-99 AN ORDINANCE establishing requirements for connection to available public sewers, and repealing Ordinance No. 1660-89. THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: Ordinance 1660-89 which reads: Section 1: Connection to Available Public Sewer--Extension--Forced Connection. A. Within thirty (30) days from the date a public sewer abuts the property line of premises on which any residential, industrial, commercial or public building is placed, the residence, buildings and structures located thereon in which plumbing facilities and/or sanitary sewers are installed shall be connected to the public sewer system by means of a side sewer of a kind and size as required by current City standards. B. All property owners within 150 feet of a public sanitary sewer and all property owners adjacent to a street or public right-of-way in which a public sanitary sewer system is installed and available who fail to connect their private sewers to the public sewer system after notice to do so from the Public Works Department shall pay to the City an amount equal to the sewer service charges established for other users of like kind under the City's rates and charges; provided that all rates and charges so paid shall be credited toward the sewer connection charges applicable to said property at such time as the property is connected. Payments of sewer service and/or construction charges on unconnected properties received prior to said notice shall also be retained by the City and credited to applicable sewer connection charges. C. The City Engineer may, on written request from the property owner, extend the time of the required connection to the public sewer for a maximum period of five (5) years; provided, that the existing on-site sewage system shall be inspected by the Snohomish Health District at the property owner's expense and a written report shall be submitted to the Public Works Department that the on-site sewage system is acceptable to the Snohomish Health District and suitable and reasonable grounds are shown for such extension; provided further that in no event shall such time extension constitute a waiver of the sewer availability charges established under Section B above. In the event that the Snohomish Health District determines that the on- site sewage system is no longer acceptable within said five (5) year extension, the property shall be immediately connected. This time extension shall apply to single family residential property only; all commercial/industrial and special property use buildings shall be connected. D. The Mayor and City Engineer or such other person as the Mayor shall appoint are hereby empowered, and it is hereby made their duty, to compel the owners or the occupant of any lot or parcel of real property, the property line of which is abutting a public sewer, to cause to be connected to such public sewer a sufficient sewer or drain pipe from all buildings and structures located thereon used for human occupancy or for use for any other purpose. Provided, S:\#Common\derical\CSTAGORD\ORD1660-89B.doc(PC 7/13/99)