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Article 6: Development Standards Section 6.20: Public Sewer connection whether a special exception should be granted as provided in Section 6.19.8(C) or for the hearing of an appeal of a School District denial of a CAPS as provided in Section 6.19.9. (C) A copy of a request for a CAPS special exception or of an appeal of a School District denial of a CAPS shall be served on the superintendent of the School District. Service may be made by personal delivery or certified mail, return receipt requested. 6.20.1 Required Use of Public Sewer Service (A) All structures or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purposes are required, at the property owner's expense, to connect wastewater facilities directly to the public wastewater system in accordance with the provisions of the governing sewer use ordinance of the public sewer system provided that the following conditions apply: (1) The property is in a designated public sewer service area. (2) A public gravity sewer line or gravity sewer manhole is adjacent to or crosses the property. In this case, adjacent is defined as one or more of the following: (a) the easement for the sewer line is on the property or butted against the property line and within 500 feet of the structure to be connected; (b) the gravity sewer line or gravity sewer manhole is located in a public right-of-way of a public road which borders the property, whether on the same side of the road itself or the opposite side, such that no private easement would be required to allow the property owner to connect and within 500 feet of the structure to be connected; (3) The structure or property to be connected is within the Water and Sewer Management Planning and Boundary Agreement Primary Service Area for Orange County; (4) The North Carolina Department of Transportation is willing to grant an encroachment into public road right-of-way for the purpose of connecting to the public sewer system, if necessary. (B) If the structure or property is situated below the elevation necessary to obtain a one- percent grade in the sewer connection line, but is otherwise accessible to a public sewer as provided in (A) above, the owner shall provide a private sewage pumping station. Design and installation of the pumping station shall adhere to all State and local plumbing and other building codes, in addition to adhering to all the connection requirements and standard specifications of the governing sewer use ordinance. (C) If an existing septic facility is determined by the Orange County Environmental Health Department to have failed (or be inadequate for the current or proposed use) and the property is accessible to a public sewer system as provided in (A), the owner shall be required to connect to the public sewer system unless a viable repair area can be identified on the property. If a viable repair area is identified on the property,the owner shall not be required to connect to the public sewer system, but may choose to connect if so desired. (D) There shall be no such connection requirement for any structure or property if an adequate septic facility is currently in use and in good working order. Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 6-145