§ 14-33. Conditions to be fulfilled.

No person shall make or cause to be made a connection of any improved property with the sewer system until such person shall have fulfilled each of the following conditions:

(a)

Such person shall have notified the department of inspections of the desire and intention to connect to the sewer system, and shall have otherwise satisfied any county requirements respecting such connections;

(b)

Such person shall have applied for, and obtained, a permit;

(c)

Such person shall have given the county and the department of inspections of the county at least twenty-four hours' prior notice of the time when such connection will be made so that the county may supervise and inspect the work of connection and necessary testing;

(d)

Such person shall have furnished satisfactory evidence to the county that any connection fee, tap fee or special fee, charged and imposed by the county and other against the owner of each improved property who connects such improved property who connects such improved property to a sewer, has been paid;

(e)

Prior to issuance of a final certificate of occupancy, an inspection and approval from the department of utility services is required;

(f)

The person desiring sewer service shall sign a contract prepared for that purpose prior to receiving sewer service. A separate contract shall be required for each premises;

(g)

When a sewer customer executes a contract for initial sewer service, or moves a sewer service account from one location to another, a fee as shall be set forth in the Isle of Wight County Uniform Fee Schedule, as adopted by the board of supervisors, as it may be amended, shall be charged for establishing the new account and turning on the sewer at the new location, except as exempted herein;

(h)

All sewer service customers shall pay a deposit prior to the initiation of sewer service, except those exempted herein. The person desiring sewer service shall deposit with the county an amount equal to the average bill for that category of sewer customer for which sewer service, and any other additional fees charged on the sewer bill, is being requested for four months. The amount of said deposit shall be determined administratively, and adjusted from time to time as necessary;

(i)

The contract and deposit may be transferred by the county from the location for which it was initially requested to any other location to which the applicant may move, if within the utility service area of the county;

(j)

A customer may be exempted from the payment of deposit or new account fee if:

(1)

The customer was on private sewer system acquired by the county, and the acquisition included a deposit previously paid by the customer, which is transferred to the county with the acquisition of the sewer system;

(2)

The customer was on a private sewer system acquired by the county, and the former owner of said system certifies to the satisfaction of the county as to the customer's satisfactory payment record; or

(3)

A customer has established a satisfactory credit rating with the county via an existing or previous sewer account. (5-21-09; Ord. No. 2010-4-C, 3-24-10; Ord. No. 2013-11-C, 6-20-13; 5-1-14; 9-19-19.)