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AN ORDINANCE <br />• TO AMEND AND REORDAIN THE <br />CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, 1976 <br />BY ADDING A SECTION 24-1.1 TO IMPOSE A <br />MORATORIUM ON SANITARY SEWER CONNECTIONS <br />IN THE MOORE'S CREEK DRAINAGE BASIN <br />1. Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Charlottesville <br />that the Code of the City of Charlottesville, 1976 be amended by <br />adding Section 24-1.1 as follows: <br />SECTION 24-1.1. MORATORIUM ON CERTAIN NEW SEWER CONNECTIONS <br />Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the <br />Director of Public Works shall not permit any connection to be <br />made to any sanitary sewer line flowing into the Moore's Creek <br />Sewage Treatment Plant, nor shall the Director of Finance accept <br />any application for such a connection, after 5:00 p.m. on July 2, <br />1976. Provided, however that such moratorium on new connections <br />shall not be deemed to prohibit the connection to the sanitary <br />sewer system of any building: <br />(1) Which is a replacement for a building which had an <br />active city sewer connection in the Moore s Creek drainage <br />area in service as of July 2, 1976, and for which the <br />Director of Public Works certifies that the sewage flow <br />• from the new building will be comparable to that of the <br />old building; or <br />(2) for which an application for a building permit, <br />conditioned upon a connection to the sanitary sewer, had <br />been granted or was pending as of 5:00 p.m. on July <br />2, 1976; or <br />(3) which are certified by the Charlottesville -Albemarle <br />Health Department to be necessary to eliminate an existing <br />public health hazard. <br />Provided that the Director of Finance may accept payment for <br />sanitary sewer connections to be installed but not actually <br />connected on properties where a septic system approved by the <br />Charlottesville -Albemarle Health Department is installed as an <br />interim measure to permit construction,pending repeal of this <br />ordinance, if such property owner agrees to discontinue use of <br />such septic system as soon as this ordinance is repealed and <br />connection to the sanitary sewer system is permitted by the City. <br />2. This ordinance shall be effective immediately. <br />0 <br />