[Adopted 9-11-2002; amended in its entirety 1-27-2020]
A.
Pursuant to the provisions of § 15.2-2111, Code of Virginia
1950, as amended, the entire area of Carroll County, Virginia, as
the same presently exists or may be hereafter modified, excluding
the corporate limits of the Town of Hillsville and any other incorporated
town within Carroll County, is hereby established as the exclusive
service area of the Public Service Authority for sewage services and
systems, and other entities are hereby prohibited from providing sewage
services and systems within Carroll County, Virginia, without the
express written permission of the Public Service Authority and in
accordance with the rules and regulations of the Public Service Authority.
B.
The owner of any house, building, or property used for human occupancy,
employment, recreation, or other purposes, situated within the service
area of the Carroll County Public Service Authority and abutting on
any street, alley, or right-of-way in which there currently exists
or is hereafter constructed or acquired a publicly owned sanitary
sewer, is hereafter required, at his expense, to install suitable
toilet facilities therein and to connect such facilities directly
with the proper public sanitary sewer in accordance with the provisions
of this article, within 90 days after the date of official notice
to do so, and thereafter shall cease to use any other polluting waters,
provided that the public sanitary sewer is within a distance of not
more than 150 feet from the house, building, or property to be served.
Pursuant to § 15.2-5137 of the Code of Virginia 1950, as
amended, the Board of Supervisors of Carroll County, Virginia, hereby
concurs, approves, and authorizes the Public Service Authority to,
in addition to any authority previously specifically granted by the
Board, require connections to any sewer system owned or operated by
the Public Service Authority as permitted and limited by such code
provision and under all applicable provisions of Chapter 51, Title
15.2, Code of Virginia, as amended.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, those persons
having a private septic or domestic sewage system meeting applicable
standards established by the State Department of Health shall not
be required under this article to discontinue the use of such system.
However, such persons may be required to pay a monthly nonuser service
charge, which charge shall not be more than a) 45% of the minimum
monthly user charge for users connected to the public sewer system,
imposed by the Carroll County Board of Supervisors or the Carroll
County Public Service Authority, or b) the percentage of such minimum
monthly user charge equal to the ratio of debt service compared with
the total operating and debt service costs of the public system, whichever
is less. All fees charged will be in accordance with the rules and
regulations as adopted from time to time by the Carroll County Board
of Supervisors or the Carroll County Public Service Authority. The
Public Service Authority shall evaluate the applicable ratio of debt
service to operating costs on an annual basis, and shall adjust the
nonuser service charge accordingly.
Those persons having a private septic or domestic sewage system meeting the requirements of the State Department of Health, and situated within 150 feet of a publicly owned sanitary sewer line described in § 190-11 must either connect with the publicly owned sanitary sewer line or must expand or replace such private system once that system ceases to function or ceases to serve its purpose, and may not continue to use such system not meeting health department standards. For the purpose of this section, "ceasing to function" and "ceasing to serve its purpose" shall mean that the private system is no longer in operation or no longer meets the applicable standards set by the State Department of Health and that complete replacement, addition, or expansion is required to repair the system to function properly or to meet the applicable State Department of Health standards.
Collection of applicable fees and charges under this article
will follow existing rules and procedures of the Carroll County Board
of Supervisors or the Carroll County Public Service Authority.
