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Attachment 2 <br /> Article 6: Development Standards <br /> Section 6.20: Public Sewer connection <br /> whether a special exception should be granted as provided in Section 6.19.8(C) or for the <br /> hearing of an appeal of a School District denial of a CAPS as provided in Section 6.19.9. <br /> (C) A copy of a request for a CAPS special exception or of an appeal of a School District <br /> denial of a CAPS shall be served on the superintendent of the School District. Service <br /> may be made by personal delivery or certified mail, return receipt requested. <br /> 6.20.1 Use of Public Sewer Service Required <br /> (A) All structures or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, or other <br /> purposes are required, at the property owner's expense, to connect wastewater facilities <br /> directly to the public wastewater system in accordance with the provisions of the <br /> governing sewer use ordinance of the public sewer system provided that the following <br /> conditions apply: <br /> (1) A public gravity sewer line or gravity sewer manhole is immediately adjacent to or <br /> crosses the property. In this case, adjacent is defined as one or more of the <br /> following: <br /> (a) the easement for the sewer line is on the property or butted against the <br /> property line; <br /> (b) the gravity sewer line or gravity sewer manhole is located in a public <br /> right-of-way of a public road which borders the property, whether on the <br /> same side of the road or the opposite side, such that no private <br /> easement would be required to allow the property owner to connect; <br /> (c) the property is within a designated public sewer service area; <br /> (2) The structure or property to be connected is within the Water and Sewer <br /> Management, Planning, and Boundary Agreement's Primary Service Area for <br /> Orange County; <br /> (3) The North Carolina Department of Transportation is willing to grant an <br /> encroachment into public road right-of-way for the purpose of connecting to the <br /> public sewer system, if necessary. <br /> (B) If the structure or property is situated below the elevation necessary to obtain a one- <br /> percent grade in the sewer connection line, but is otherwise accessible to a public sewer <br /> as provided in (A)above, the owner shall provide a private sewage pumping station, <br /> except as provided in (C)(1) below. Design and installation of the pumping station shall <br /> adhere to all State and local plumbing and other building codes, in addition to adhering to <br /> all the connection requirements and standard specifications of the governing sewer use <br /> ordinance. <br /> (C) If an existing septic facility is determined by the Orange County Environmental Health <br /> Department to have failed and the property is accessible to a public sewer system as <br /> provided in (A), the only repair option will be connection to the public wastewater system, <br /> except as provided below. <br /> (1) If a septic system repair area exists for a failed septic system such that a <br /> conventional, gravity-fed, onsite wastewater disposal system could be permitted <br /> by the Orange County Environmental Health Department, and the connection to <br /> the public gravity sewer system would require the installation of a private sewage <br /> pumping station, as required in (B) above, the property owner shall be allowed to <br /> use either of these two options <br /> (D) There shall be no public sewer connection requirement for any structure or property if an <br /> adequate septic facility is currently in use and in good working order; <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 6-145 <br />