§ 96-34. Water and sewer.

(a)

General. Water and sewer facilities shall be designed in compliance with all applicable regulations by a Florida registered engineer. All water and sewer facilities shall be approved by the city engineer, the Volusia County Health Department, the Florida Department of Environmental Regulation, and the St. John's River Water Management District as appropriate. The cost of designing and installing water and sewer systems shall be borne by the developer.

(b)

Water facilities.

(1)

All proposed urban developments shall provide potable water production, treatment and distribution facilities, in accordance with the infrastructure element of the comprehensive plan and other applicable regulations.

(2)

Developments with lot sizes equal to or greater than one acre may utilize individual wells provided that provisions are made to meet fire flow requirements in accordance with section 96-45 of this article.

(3)

Development of water facilities shall be consistent with the comprehensive plan.

(4)

All proposed urban development located within one-quarter mile of an existing potable water facility with available capacity, as provided in chapter 86, to serve the proposed development shall connect to said existing facility or alternate facility approved by the city's utilities division. The proposed development shall be designed to provide adequate areas and easements necessary for the installation and maintenance of a potable water distribution system which meets the requirements of the potable water subelement of the comprehensive plan, of this chapter, chapter 17-6 and chapter 10D-6, Florida Administrative Code, and the most current ANSI/ASTM standards.

(5)

All proposed urban development within one-quarter mile of an existing potable water facility which lacks capacity to serve the proposed development shall be approved subject to the existing or approved alternate potable water facility being made available as provided in chapter 86.

(6)

Where joint participation agreements have not been approved, the city may operate and maintain potable water production, treatment and distribution systems in the city. Developments that construct or guarantee construction of their own potable water facilities shall convey such potable water facilities to the city.

(c)

Sewer facilities.

(1)

All proposed urban development shall provide for central sewer collection, treatment and disposal facilities in accordance with the city's comprehensive plan, chapter 86 of this Code, and other applicable regulations.

(2)

Where approved for use, all septic tanks shall be located in yards abutting sewer facility easements. Where connection to a central wastewater system is not required, individual wastewater disposal treatment and discharge systems which include septic tanks shall be provided.

(3)

Where joint participation agreements have not been approved, the city may operate and maintain wastewater collection, treatment and disposal systems in the city. Developments that construct or guarantee construction of their own sewer collection, treatment and disposal facilities shall convey the sewer facilities to the city at no expense to the city.

(4)

Development of sewer facilities shall be consistent with the comprehensive plan. A finding that wastewater collection, treatment and disposal services is available must be based upon a demonstration that the existing facilities have sufficient capacity to provide for the needs of the proposed development and for all other developments in the service area which are occupied, available for occupancy, for which building permits are in effect, or for which wastewater treatment or disposal capacity has been reserved. If existing wastewater services are unavailable, but will be made available, any development order shall be conditioned upon such availability. A finding that wastewater services will be made available must be based upon a demonstration that there is a feasible plan to construct or expand a wastewater system which will have sufficient capacity to provide for the collection, treatment and disposal needs of the proposed development and for all other developments in the service area which are occupied, available for occupancy, for which building permits are in effect, or for which wastewater collection, treatment or disposal capacity has been reserved. The granting of a development order shall not be constructed to effect a reservation of wastewater capacity.

(5)

Whenever any pressure or force mains are located underneath pavement or curbs with cover of less than 36 inches, the mains shall be encased or shall be constructed of ductile iron for pipe diameter of four inches or more, and galvanized iron for pipe diameter under four inches or shall be made of appropriate material.

(6)

Where central sanitary sewer facilities are provided, all new development approved pursuant to chapter 106 and chapter 74, article II, shall install facilities for connection and use of recovered wastewater for irrigation and other nonpotable water uses. Upon being made available, such development shall connect to and use recovered wastewater.

(7)

Connection to the city sanitary sewer system, if available, shall be voluntary and not required for all existing residential customers with associated septic systems. The city's practice is to support septic system repair, when it is necessary or required, rather than a residential retrofit for sewer connection.

a.

All existing land uses other than existing residential uses shall be required to connect to the city's sanitary sewer system, if available.

b.

If grants through the Federal Government, State of Florida, or a combination thereto, would become available for the extension of the city's sanitary sewer system and would assist residents in defraying the costs of a residential retrofit for a sanitary sewer connection then such opportunities would be made known and available to city residents. The existence of such would not change the basic policy that connection to the city's sewer system for existing residential customers is voluntary.

(Ord. No. 96-25, § 1(408), 3-4-1996; Ord. No. 19-2011, § 1(Exh. A), 11-7-2011; Ord. No. 04-2016, § 1(Exh. A), 4-4-2016; Ord. No. 11-2018, § 1, 5-21-2018)