A. When the city wastewater system is not yet available to serve a new subdivision, the subdivider shall install sewage disposal facilities to serve each lot in conformance with the requirements of the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) and shall be subject to the approval of the appropriate health authorities. In addition, the subdivider may be required to install “dry” main sewers with laterals to the property line of each parcel if extension of the sewer collection system is anticipated in the then current capital improvement plan. The “dry” main sewers with laterals will be specified and installed so as to be capable of accepting raw sewage. At such time there is sewer availability within the city wastewater system, the city will accept “raw sewage” only.

B. When the city wastewater system becomes available, the subdivision must be connected thereto and the owner shall, within six months of connection to the city wastewater system, disable and abandon septic tanks, effluent lines and any common leach field or wastewater treatment facility in accordance with the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) regulations existing at the time. Any salvage value shall accrue to the owner, and all costs associated with the removal of wastewater treatment facilities, or the reclamation of the land, shall be borne by the owner. Reuse of land previously occupied by such wastewater disposal system shall be subject to all applicable federal, state and local regulations. Abandonment of on-site disposal systems shall conform to ADEQ regulations. [Code 2006 § 13-5-10. Ord. 2014-06 § 1, 5-27-2014; Res. 2014-10 Exh. A, 5-27-2014; Ord. 2021-07 § 1, 9-28-2021; Res. 2021-23 Exh. A, 9-28-2021].