Section 134-1 CONNECTION REQUIRED
A. Connection
Requirements.
Every house used for human habitation and every place of
business or manufacture where one (1) or more persons are
employed shall be connected to the Town water system and to the
Town sewer system when they are accessible, unless such house or
place of business or manufacture is served by an adequate sewer
system approved by the State Health Department. All
methods of disposing of human excreta in these places of
habitation, business or manufacture other than by a properly
connected water closet are hereby declared to be unlawful.
When they become accessible, connection to
the sewer and water mains shall be made within one (1) year
after notification to the property owners by the Town Manager.
Any person violating the provisions of this sections shall
be punished as provided in Chapter 1, Article II, Penalties, of
this Code, and each week's failure to comply herewith shall
constitute a separate offense.
B. Sewer
Connection Requirement.
All premises which are connected to and using the Town sewer
system shall be required to be connected to and use the Town
water system if the Town water systems available to serve the
premises.
(Ord. No. 6-07 Added (B) 3-12-07-Effective Upon
Passage)
C. Extension
Policy Beyond Town Limits
To
better serve the social and economic needs and the common good
of Front Royal and Warren County, the Town Council of Front
Royal has formulated these policies and procedures for the
extension of water and sewer service to Warren County.
The Town
has evaluated our resources and anticipated growth within the
Town to determine the anticipated excess volume available for
extension into Warren County for residential, commercial, or
industrial use. This volume will be determined annually based
upon conditions within the Town and County. Excess volume
shall be defined as the current and projected volume required
by the Town subtracted from the current permitted plant
capacities.
1. The
contact person for the Town is the Town Manager. Any request
for water and/or sewer services must be made in writing to the
Town accompanied by a joint request from the property owner
and the County for the property to be boundary adjusted into
the Town's corporate limits or justification to simply provide
utility expansion. Such request must be made prior to a
rezoning or any other action by the County.
2. The
Town Council will decide on a case-by-case basis whether to
provide water and sewer to the proposed property(ies) as well
as whether a boundary adjustment is appropriate.
3.
Following a boundary adjustment, the Town will consider the
appropriate zoning classification deemed appropriate through
the standard zoning process. Boundary adjusted property(ies)
shall be considered as part of the water volume allocated by
the Town to the County.
4. In
any case of rezoning by the Town, the Town Council will
consider proffers deemed necessary to mitigate the impact of
the development on County services, as well as what proffers
are necessary for the Town. These decisions shall be made
before the Town's rezoning of the property(ies) is completed.
5. The
Town may elect to provide water and/or sewer services without
a boundary adjustment where the Town Council determines it
would not be feasible or appropriate to provide other Town
services to the property.
6.
Extension of utility service shall require development,
submittal, and review of site development plans demonstrating
the proposed utility locations, proposed usage, appropriate
modeling demonstrating no impact to existing users, and
construction standard complying with Town standards.
7. Design and construction standards for all utility extensions
shall comply with the current standards and specifications
adopted by the Town.
8. The Town presently has no intention of extending water and
sewer lines into the unincorporated portion of the County at the
Town's expense.
9. The
Town presently has no desire to sell water for resale through
a master meter to third parties.
10.
Given the Town's Inflow and Infiltration (I&I) issues
associated with the sanitary sewer system, the Town has no
desire to accept outside water sources into the Town's sewer
system. Future consideration to outside water sources will be
evaluated as the I&I issues are addressed.
11.
This Policy can be reviewed and updated by Town Council as
necessary, but at a minimum annually.
D. Extension Moratorium Areas
Recognizing demonstrated service issues in providing utility
service to certain areas within Warren County, a moratorium of
utility connections and extensions to all undeveloped properties
or lots not served by the Town utilities as of the date of
adoption of this Code Section is established that shall require
sufficient studies and modeling prior to the Town's
consideration of additional connections or extensions with the
exception of:
1. Property zoned commercial or industrial that is currently
located within the Route 522 Corridor as defined in that
"Amendment to an Agreement Between the County of Warren and the
Town of Front Royal Regarding the Provision of Water and Sewer
Service by the Town in the U.S. Route 522/340 North Corridor and
the Assumption of Full Funding and Responsibility by the County
of Fire/Rescue, Parks/Recreation Operations, and Animal Control
Services" dated August 9, 1999 entered into between the Town of
Front Royal, Virginia and County of Warren, Virginia as both
sides of U.S. Routes 522/340 North of the Town of Front Royal,
extending to Crooked Run on the West, the Norfolk Southern
Railroad tracks on the East, and Fairground Road (SR 661) to the
North;
(Amended 12-10-12-Effective Upon Passage)
2. Blue Ridge Shadows Subdivision;
3. McKay Property jointly owned by the Town and County;
4. Henselstone Subdivision;
5. Guard Hill Road (within existing water service area);
6.
Harmony Hollow Road
(Added (C & D) 6-25-12-Effective
Upon Passage)