Title
An Ordinance to Amend Section 2:22a of Chapter 27 (Water) and Section 2:42.2 of Chapter 28 (Sanitary Sewer) of Title II of the Code of the City of Ann Arbor (Connection Requirements) (Ordinance No. ORD-18-32)
Memo
The proposed ordinance amends the timing of connection requirements in Section 2:22a of Chapter 27 (water) and Section 2:42.2 of Chapter 28 (sanitary sewer) for two categories of properties. Both sections currently require connection within 90 days after notice from the City.
For a property that is annexed into the City (1) by petition of the City of Ann Arbor to the Michigan Boundary Commission, or (2) by mutual resolutions of the City and an adjacent township that adjust the City-Township boundary, the proposed amendment requires the City to wait until 18 months have elapsed after the date the annexation of the property is final before sending the 90-day notice to connect. The 18-month delay applies only if the water or sanitary sewer line is in place on the date the annexation of the property is final.
The 18-month delay before sending the 90-day notice is similar to the Michigan Public Health Code requirement that properties connect to a public sanitary sewer system within 18 months after a line is built, and requiring the government entity that owns and operates the sewer system to send a 90-day notice to connect if the property has not connected. For consistency, City Code applies the same requirements to both water and sanitary sewer. The proposed ordinance makes the same amendments to both provisions.
Other changes are for formatting and organization, and are not substantive.
Staff
Prepared by: Abigail Elias, Chief Assistant City Attorney
Reviewed by: Craig Hupy, Public Services Area Administrator
Derek Delacourt, Community Services Area Administrator
Approved by: Howard S. Lazarus, City Administrator
Body
ORDINANCE NO. ORD-18-32
First Reading: November 19, 2018 Approved: December 3, 2018
Public Hearing: December 3, 20...
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