2021 Kentucky Revised Statutes Chapter 220 - Sanitation districts 220.322 Disconnections, reconnections, and relocations of water inflows -- Powers of board -- Use of funds -- Fees -- Responsibility of property owner.
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220.322 Disconnections, reconnections, and relocations of water inflows -- Powers
of board -- Use of funds -- Fees -- Responsibility of property owner.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the board of directors of the
district may adopt rules requiring owners of property within the district whose
property is served by a connection of sewers maintained and operated by the district
or whose sewers are connected to interceptor sewers maintained and operated by the
district to:
(a) Disconnect storm water inflows to sanitary sewers maintained and operated by
the district and not operated as a combined sewer, or to connections with these
sewers;
(b) Disconnect nonstorm water inflows to storm water sewers to the extent the
sewers are maintained and operated by the district and not operated as a
combined sewer, or to connections with these sewers;
(c) Reconnect or relocate any disconnected inflows in compliance with rules and
regulations of the district and applicable building codes, health codes, or other
relevant law or administrative regulation.
Any inflow required to be disconnected under a rule adopted pursuant to this
chapter shall constitute a nuisance subject to injunctive relief and abatement
pursuant to this chapter, or as otherwise permitted by law.
The board of directors of a district may expend district funds, and other moneys
from state or federal sources to the extent permitted by their terms, loans, or grants,
for either of the following:
(a) The cost of disconnections, reconnections, or relocations required by rules
adopted pursuant to this chapter, performed by district personnel or persons
under contract with the district;
(b) Payments to the property owner or a contractor hired by the property owner
pursuant to a competitive process for the cost of disconnections,
reconnections, or relocations required by rules adopted pursuant to this
chapter after the board of directors has approved the work to be performed and
after the district has received from the property owner a statement releasing
the district from all liability in connection with the disconnections,
reconnections, or relocations.
Except as provided in subsection (6) of this section, the board of directors of the
district shall require in its rules regarding disconnections, reconnections, or
relocations of sewers the reimbursement of moneys expended pursuant to
subsection (3) of this section. This shall be done by the district assessing a charge to
the property owner in the amount of the payment made pursuant to subsection (3) of
this section for immediate payment or payments in installment with interest as
determined by the board of directors not to exceed ten percent (10%). The payments
may be billed as a separate item and in addition to any other fees charged to that
owner for the usage of the sewers as may be required by the district. The board of
directors may approve installment payments for a period of not more than fifteen
(15) years. Charges not paid when due may cause the board of directors to compel
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payment in the manner authorized in this chapter and the rules and regulations of
the district.
The district may specify the maximum amount of the cost of any disconnection,
reconnection, or relocation required pursuant to subsection (1) of this section that
may be paid by the district for each affected parcel of property without requiring
reimbursement. The board of directors shall determine the maximum amount for
each qualifying parcel that does not need to be reimbursed.
Disconnections, reconnections, or relocations required under this section performed
by a contractor under contract with the property owner shall not be subject to
competitive bidding laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Property owners shall be responsible for maintaining any improvements made to
private property to reconnect or relocate disconnected inflows pursuant to this
section unless a recorded public easement, dated prior to January 1, 1994, exists
requiring maintenance by a city, county or sanitation district.
No provisions of this section shall apply to any municipal customer of the district
which as of January 1, 1998, owns, operates, and maintains a separate storm sewer
utility, provided the utility is adequately funded and performs at a level that is equal
to or greater than the storm water facilities of the district capitalized. All these
municipal customers shall only be responsible for the cost of that municipal facility.
Effective: July 15, 1998
History: Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 234, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1998.
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