087 vORDINANCE NO. 7
AN ORRDINANCE Providing for the Connecting of Sewage
Disposal Facilities in Private Premises with the
han Hole and Facilities of the Town of Atlantic
Beach Connecting with the Sewage System of the
Town of Neptune Beach, Florida; Authorizing the
Laying of Pipe Lines and Equipment in and across
the Streets of said Town for Such Purpose;
Providing the Conditions under which said Connections
and said Use of said Streets shall be made ; and fixing
and establishing Fees and Charges to be paid for the
rivilege of Connecting with and using said Facilities
of said Town.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND THE TOWN COUIICIL
OF THE TOWN OF ATLANTIC BEACH, DUVAL COUNTY, $I,ORIDA:
Section 1: Any person or corporation desiring to
connect sewage disposal facilities or plumbing in premises
owned by such person or corporation with the man hole and
disposal facilities of the Town of Atlantic Beach, connecting
with the sewage disposal system of the Town of Neptune Beach,
Florida, by agreement between said Towns, shall make applica-
tion to the Town Supervisor for a permit so to do, stating
therein the proposed location of all pipes, pipe lines and
equipment to be laid or installed for such purpose, the character
and style of the materials and equipment to be used and the
proposed manner of doing the work. All such connecting lines
shall be constructed of such mater:als and equipment and in
such manner as to comply with and conform to the specifica-
tions and requirements of the state Board of Health of Florida.
All pipe lines, e,uipment and facilities constructed between
the owner' s premises and the facilities of said Town in order
to make such connections, shall in all cases be the property
of the owner of such premises and shall be constructed, main-
tained and kept in repair by and at the expense of such owner.
All work, whether original construction, maintenance or repair,
shall at all times be done under and subject to the supervision
and direction of the Town Supervisor.
Section 2: The right ani. authority is hereby given to
everyone having first secured a permit to make such connection
with said facilities of said Town to lay such pipes and equipment
as may be necessary or proper and to ma_:e such excavations and to
remove such pavements, temporarily, as may be necessary in
and across any streets of said Town; provided, however, that
the same shall be laid or placed only at such loc- tions in or
across such streets, at such depth below grade, and otherwise
as may be designated and directed by the Town Supervisor; and
provided further that anyone so laying the same in or across
any street shall place every such street in as good condition
as it was prior to any excavations therein or the removal of
any pavement thereon with as much speed as is practicable
under the circumstances.
Section 3: The following fees and service charges
are hereby fixed and established and shall be paid for the
privilege of connecting with and using the said facilities of
said Town:
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a) A connection or tap fee of 4 30 for each
separate business or housing accommodation unit so connected
with such facilities, to be paid upon the granting of the
permit for the making of such connection;
b) An annual service charge for each said unit of N-o-i n
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o o eact amount to be set from time to time by Resolution of
payable lia—clwarterly Lia04,911 in advance on ( Counc
the first day of—J=.. - . : r--= r in each year;
4kb provided, that where any unit is connected with such facilities
for less than a full g „- 4 rd' period, the • for such
period shall be reduced proportionately. Should any service
charge not be paid within ten (10 ) days after same becomes due
and payable, the same shall bear interest at the rate of ten
per cent (10/0) per annum until paid; and the Town Council may
by resolution direct the Town Supervisor to disconnect or cause
to be disconnected from the said facilities of said Town any
line or connection thereto for which the charge aforesaid shall
not have been paid within the time as herein required. The
of the premises involved
disconnecting of any such line shall nct relieve the owner/ or
any occupant thereof from the duty to comply with the require-
ment of any Ordinance of the Town, including Ordinance Lo. 71
requiring that premises be provided with approved excreta
disposal facilities and that the same be maintained.
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Section 4 : Every application to connect sewage
disposal facilities and ulumbing in private premises with
the said facilities of said Town meeting all of the require-
ments of this Ordinance shall be granted by the Town Supervisor
unless he finds and determines that to grant the same would
over-burden said facilities of said Town.
Passed by The Town Council on first reading on
kJ S , 1946; passed by The Town Council on second
reading on i 4>v. S 1946; passed by The Town
Council on third and final reading on 1946 ;
and certified to the Mayor 4111. f , 1946.
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APPROVED 65/, 1946
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