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Mathews County, VA
 
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A. 
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the Administrator shall accept, review, and render a decision on the applications for sanitary sewer service to the premises described on the application from any person who is an owner of land within the Sanitary District or the legal representative thereof.
B. 
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the Administrator is authorized to approve, revise, request additional data, design or information on, or to disapprove any such application or plans pertinent thereto, taking into consideration all those criteria in §§ 125-8B and 125-12B.
C. 
The Administrator may forward any application for sewer service to the Board for its review, evaluation, comment or rendering of a decision on the same if the Administrator deems it is in the best interests of the Sanitary District and its users.
The governing body of the Sanitary District is authorized to render a decision on certain applications for new, modified, expanded or additional sewage service per § 125-8.
Application for sewer service for existing or proposed new residential, institutional, commercial or industrial uses and developments to which the Sanitary District service facility is immediately adjacent and available shall be made in duplicate and accompanied by measurements, maps, drawings, and such other data that will clearly establish and indicate the physical location within the Sanitary District of the premises for which the application is submitted and the location on the premises of the service or services applied for.
A. 
Where service is desired for sewer facilities for an individual building or group of buildings, whether intended for use as residential, institutional, commercial or industrial purposes, and which is not classified as being the development of a new subdivision or site or section thereof, and which will require the design and construction by the owner of new trunk, lateral, or principal lines and any necessary appurtenances thereto in order to reach and connect onto applicable existing facilities of the Sanitary District, application shall be made in writing to the Administrator.
B. 
Such application, stipulated in Subsection A, shall be accompanied by six sets of detailed plans showing accurate plan and profile design drawings of the lines and location, design, and identification of all appurtenances and accessories pertinent thereto. It is preferable that such plans show on the same sheet the plan and profile design of the contiguous sections of street or easement and proposed sewer line as is indicated by the application.
C. 
The design and detailed plans stipulated in Subsection B, and all subsequent revisions thereof, shall be prepared and properly signed by a professional engineer registered in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
D. 
The Board or Administrator may waive the requirements of Subsections B and C if it is determined that such detailed plans are not necessary to ensure proper location, installation, operation and maintenance of the subject facilities.
A. 
Where construction of sanitary sewer facilities is proposed by a developer or owner of any new or expanded residential subdivision, development, property or site, institutional development, area or site or commercial development, area or site or any combinations thereof, and which facilities shall ultimately be accepted into the public utilities system or the Sanitary District, application for review of the design and plans for all such proposed construction shall be made in writing to the Administrator.
B. 
Such application stipulated in Subsection A shall be accompanied by:
(1) 
Six prints of the record plat of the subdivision bearing the approval of the Board of Supervisors or its agent or a proposed plat meeting the provisions of the Mathews County Subdivision Ordinance or applicable section thereof.
(2) 
Six sets of detailed plans showing accurate plan and profile design drawings, the proposed lines and the location, design, and indication of all their appurtenances and accessories. It is preferable that such plans show on the same sheet the plan and profile design of the proposed sewer facilities. The design and detailed plans stipulated immediately above and all subsequent revisions thereof shall be prepared and properly signed by a professional engineer registered in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
(3) 
If any facilities other than pipelines and their appurtenances are proposed by the application or required by the Board or Administrator for the complete and satisfactory operation of the proposed utilities, such as, but not limited to, sewage treatment plants, sewage pumping stations, or other like equipment, the application shall be accompanied by six sets of detailed plans and specifications on design, equipment, materials, and construction of such facilities. The plans and specifications stipulated immediately above and all subsequent revisions shall be prepared and properly signed by a Professional Engineer registered in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
(4) 
The Board or Administrator may require submittal of information regarding projected wastewater volumes, peak and other flow characteristics, flow composition, proposed pretreatment of commercial or industrial wastes, and any other information or data deemed necessary to properly evaluate and render a decision on the application.
(5) 
The Board or Administrator may waive the requirements of Subsection B(1), (2) and (3) if it is determined that such detailed plans are not necessary to ensure proper location, installation, operation and maintenance of the subject facilities.
A. 
Application for proposed sewer facilities to serve any type of industrial establishment within the Sanitary District shall be made in writing to the Administrator.
B. 
The applicant shall submit, in addition to the plans and information denoted in § 125-18B(1), (2) and (3), complete information regarding plant location, type of industry, raw and finished products, approximate volume of utility requirements, wastewater flow characteristics, types and composition of industrial wastes to be discharged, proposed facilities for pretreatment of industrial wastes, facilities or processes to prevent the Sanitary District's facilities' upset or bypass or violations of the District's VPDES permit's final effluent standards and other data pertinent to the industry and its generated wastewater.
C. 
The applicant for sewer service to serve industrial establishments shall conform to the requirements hereinbefore or as may be governed by the location of the proposed industrial site.
D. 
Any design, plans and specifications required, as stipulated in Subsection B above, and all subsequent revisions thereof shall be prepared and properly signed by a professional engineer registered in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
E. 
The Board or Administrator may waive the requirements of Subsections B, C and D if it is determined that such detailed plans are not necessary to ensure proper location, installation, operation and maintenance of the subject facilities.
In addition to the other provisions of this article and chapter, engineering services pertaining to applications for new, expanded, extended or changed service shall be provided and fees for same paid in accordance with Article VII.
New or modified local and remote facilities needed to service residential, institutional, commercial and industrial areas, sites, developments or premises described in this Article III shall be provided per § 125-40.