0476 Water and SewerORDINANCE NO. 476.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ORDINANCE CODE OF THE CITY OF
OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA; AMENDING CHAPTER 18, ARTICLE III,
SECTION 18-41 TO PROVIDE MANDATORY CONNECTION TO THE CITY'S
PUBLIC SEWER SYSTEM; PROVIDING A GRACE PERIOD; PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I: Chapter 18, Article III, Section 18-41 is hereby amended to read as follows:
WATER, SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL
ARTICLE III, SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL
Section 18-41. Connection required; grace period for connection when sewer
becomes available.
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At such time as a line of the city's sanitary sewer collection system shall be
installed or extended to within one hundred (100) feet of the property line of any
improved property, the owners and/or occupants of said improved property shall forth-
with connect to the city's public sewer system after having received permission
therefore and after paying all required fees and charges. Said connection to the
public system shall be made within ninety (90) days after receiving official notice
from the city. A grace period of up to one (1) year from the date of notification
be granted by the Director of Public Works upon a showing of real and substantial
hardship or other bona fide emergency in connection therewith.
SECTION II: This ordinance shall take effect upon its adoption.
Introduced on first reading and set for public hearing this 11th day of
Janua
1983.
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ATTEST: Mayor
City Clerk ~
Following public hearing this ordinance was passed on this 25th day of
January , 1983
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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