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Town of Smithfield, RI
Providence County
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[Adopted as indicated in section histories (Ch. 18, Art. I, of the 1985 Code of Ordinances)]
[Adopted 8-7-1978]
A. 
The Town Council shall annually assess at a uniform rate the costs of sewer construction and service connections, based upon the following factors:
(1) 
A value to be charged for each linear foot of frontage along the highway of each parcel of land abutting on the common sewer; and
(2) 
A value to be charged for the value of such land and buildings and improvements thereon.
B. 
For the purpose of determining the value of such land, buildings and improvements, as described in Subsection A(2) above, the value placed on such shall be according to the value determined by the Tax Assessor and shall not be limited to land within the Town limits.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: State law reference - Authority for above section, Rhode Island Public Laws 1973, Ch. 96, § 10, as amended.
[Adopted 9-11-1978; amended 4-7-1992]
A. 
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, fees for connection charges to the Town sewer system shall be as follows:
(1) 
$35 per unit for the first unit for inspection, with every unit thereafter $20 per unit for inspection.
(2) 
$5 permit fee per building.
B. 
The Town Council, by its duly appointed agent, may collect such sums.
C. 
For the purpose of determining or defining a unit, that definition contained in Article III, User Charges, § 294-16, shall be controlling as if restated in this section.
[Adopted 4-10-1973]
A. 
Sewage treatment plants may be constructed and operated in those zones in which they are permitted by the zoning laws or which may be permitted by variance or exception of the Zoning Board of Review.
B. 
Sewage treatment plants may be publicly or privately owned.
C. 
In the event a private sewage treatment plant is to be constructed to service a limited number of homes, the owner shall post a good and sufficient performance bond with the Town Planning Board.
[Adopted 4-10-1973]
The Planning Board shall adopt rules and regulations governing the construction and operation of private sewage treatment plants, which rules shall not contravene state statutes or State Department of Health rules.
[Adopted 3-4-1963; amended 5-18-1970]
No person shall permit or allow or cause any other person to permit or allow the drainage, seepage or depositing of night soil or the contents of any cesspool or septic tank into the open within the geographical limits of the Town.
[Adopted 4-13-1913]
No person shall remove or in any way carry the contents of any cesspool, privy, vault or sink-drain, in or through any street or public highway of this Town between the first day of May and the first day of November of each year, or at any time remove or in any way carry in or through any street or public highway the contents of any cesspool, privy, vault or sink-drain in any vessel (unless said vessel shall be so constructed as not to scatter the contents thereof and not to leak, and be fitted with a cover which shall prevent any of the contents from being spilled).