Mendocino County Municipal Code Ch. 16.20 County Water Works District No. 2

All connections required hereby shall be made in accordance with the rules and regulations of the District.

(Ord. No. 3349, adopted 1981, readopted by Ord. No. 3356, 1981.)

Commencing with the effective date of this Chapter (June 25, 1981), all buildings situated within County Water Works District No. 2, requiring sewage disposal shall be connected to the proper public sewer within six months from the date when such connection can be made, provided that said public sewer is within 200 feet of the lot line.

(Ord. No. 3349, adopted 1981, readopted by Ord. No. 3356, 1981.)

Should any building situated within the County Water Works District No. 2 which is required to be connected to the public sewer pursuant to Section 16.20.020 above not be connected to a public sewer within the time period specified in Section 16.20.020, the owner of said property shall post a bond satisfactory to the Mendocino County Public Health Department in the sum of at least fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500).

(Ord. No. 3349, adopted 1981, readopted by Ord. No. 3356, 1981.)

The following are hereby declared to be a public nuisance and such uses are hereby prohibited:

(a) The use of cesspools, septic tanks or any other local means of sewage disposal within County Water Works District No. 2 commencing six months from the date when connection to the proper public sewer can be made.

(Ord. No. 3349, adopted 1981, readopted by Ord. No. 3356, 1981.)

(b) The continued habitation or use of any building which is not connected in compliance with this chapter, or which is exempted from connections under the provisions of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 3349, adopted 1981, readopted by Ord. No. 3356, 1981.)

(c) The violation of any of the provisions of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 3349, adopted 1981, readopted by Ord. No. 3356, 1981.)

Any person violating this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a term not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. A separate offense shall be deemed to have been committed for each and every week during any portion of which any violation is continued and shall be punishable as provided herein.

(Ord. No. 3349, adopted 1981, readopted by Ord. No. 3356, 1981.)

Commencing the effective date of this chapter (June 25, 1981), no septic tank permits shall be issued in the County Water Works District No. 2 for any building which will be required to connect to the approved public sewer system pursuant to Section 16.20.020 unless the owner of said property posts a cash bond in the amount of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500) with the County of Mendocino.

(Ord. No. 3349, adopted 1981, readopted by Ord. No. 3356, 1981.)