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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 />(A) All structures or properties used for human occupancy; employment, recreation, or ether <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) The property is in a designated public sewer service area. <br />(2) A public gravity sewer line or gravity sewer manhole is adjacent to or crosses the <br />property. In this case, adjacent is defined as one or more of the following: <br />(a) the easement for the sewer line is on the property or butted against the <br />property line and within 500 feet of the structure to be connected; <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 itself or the opposite side, such that no private <br />easement would be required to allow the property owner to connect and <br />within 500 feet of the structure to be connected; <br />(3) The structure or property to be connected is within the Water and Sewer <br />Management Planning and Boundary Agreement Primary Service Area for <br />Orange County; <br />(4) 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 />(13) 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 />Design and installation of the pumping station shall adhere to all State and local plumbing <br />and other building codes, in addition to adhering to all the connection requirements and <br />standard specifications of the governing sewer use ordinance. <br />(C) If an existing septic facility is determined by the Orange County Environmental Health <br />Department to have failed (or be inadequate for the current or proposed use) and the <br />property is accessible to a public sewer system as provided in (A), the owner shall be <br />required to connect to the public sewer system unless a viable repair area can be <br />identified on the property. If a viable repair area is identified on the property, the owner <br />shall not be required to connect to the public sewer system, but may choose to connect if <br />so desired. <br />(D) There shall be no such 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 />