ottawa county sewer district wastewater rules and regulations for ...

In situations where a property owner is already connected to a gravity
sanitary sewer and requests that sewer billing be permanently discontinued,
the property owner shall obtain a permit to permanently cap the building
sewer at the right-of-way. A Project Observer must witness the installation
of the building sewer cap. The property owner shall obtain a repair permit
from the County prior to reconnection to the sanitary sewer. Upon
completion, the Project Observer shall submit a report to the office
confirming compliance with this regulation and the date completed. The
billing specialist shall terminate sewer billing as of the date specified.
In the event of a catastrophic event (i.e. fire, flood, tornado...) that severely
damages or destroys a wastewater generating structure, the County will,
upon written request from the property owner, will issue a repair permit at no
cost, shut off the public water service (if applicable) and discontinue sanitary
sewer billing until such time that a new structure is built. The
discontinuation of sanitary sewer service and billing shall be handled in one
of the following methods:
a. If the property owner indicates that they do not intend to rebuild the
structure, the property owner will be required to dig up and cap the
building sewer at the road right-of-way line (property line).
b. If the property owner indicates that they will be rebuilding the
structure, the property owner shall cap the building sewer or drain at
a location that is convenient on the property. If the property is
served by Regional Water, shut off and turn on of the water meter
will determine the amount of time that sanitary sewer billing is
discontinued.
If at any time the County determines that the sanitary sewer is being used
on the property after billing has been discontinued, billing shall resume and
the property owner will be back-billed from the date the billing was
discontinued.
TO RE-ESTABLISH SERVICE:
To re-establish sanitary sewer service to a property that was connected to
the sanitary sewer at a previous point in time and then disconnected
(monthly user charge terminated) under the above referenced policy, the
property owner shall:
1. Secure a repair permit to re-establish service from the Sanitary
Engineering Dept. The standard repair permit fee shall be waived for
catastrophic events that severely damage or destroy a structure to the
point of being uninhabitable.