§ 24-167. Sanitary sewer.

(a)

User charges. The charges fixed in Appendix A—User Charge Tables for Okaloosa County Water and Sewer User Charge Ordinance, are hereby designated and fixed as the basic charges for sanitary sewer services made available to customers within the county service area and which shall be paid by each customer for whom sewer service is available within the area served and these charges shall be included and become part of the combined water and sewer charges as fixed hereof in Appendix A—User Charge Tables for Okaloosa County Water and Sewer User Charge Ordinance.

(b)

Capacity expansion charges. The water and sewer department will perform all connections and disconnections to the sanitary sewer system. The fees fixed in Appendix A—User Charge Tables for Okaloosa County Water and Sewer User Charge Ordinance, are hereby designated and fixed as sewer capacity expansion charges (formerly referred to as "tapping fees") and shall be paid by each new connection to the sanitary sewer system.

These charges are for the purpose of defraying the cost of providing sanitary sewer treatment and disposal capacity to serve each new connection. The actual cost of construction of any line required to make the connection will be charged to the customer in addition to the charges specified herein. The cost of construction may include a 15 percent administrative charge, added to the subtotal of material, labor, and contracted services.

(c)

Maintenance responsibility. It is the responsibility of the property owner to install and maintain sewer lateral lines from the end of the county's lateral, including the connection point, to the property owner's building or facility. Maintenance of the county's laterals which lie within county rights-of-way or dedicated or public easements, to the trunk line will be the responsibility of the water and sewer department up to, but not including, the connection point. If there exists a leak on a privately owned main or service line (for a private subdivision, mobile home park, condominium townhouse, apartment or similar entity) where unauthorized inflow occurs (such as sand, stormwater, or potable water), it is the responsibility of the owner to report and repair the leak in a timely manner. Failure to do so shall result in the water and/or sewer service being terminated by the water and sewer department until the repairs are completed to the satisfaction of the water and sewer department.

( Ord. No. 16-16 , § 1, 9-6-16)