§ 37-143. Utility facility permit—Required; term.

The board of county commissioners hereby establishes a utility facility permit. Except for:

(1)

Those subregional wastewater facilities which the board of county commissioners designs and constructs or which any person designs and constructs in accordance with a subregional wastewater treatment facilities agreement; and

(2)

Any wastewater collection and water distribution facilities internal to a preliminary approved subdivision or an approved commercial site plan,

no water treatment, wastewater treatment, collection, wastewater transmission, water distribution and transmission, or effluent disposal facilities shall be constructed, expanded, or modified by any person within the unincorporated parts of the county without an appropriate and currently valid utility facility permit issued by the county, unless exempted by county rule or special act. In no event shall a utility facility permit be valid for more than five (5) years. No utility facility permit will be issued to any person until that person executes a utilities agreement with the county in accordance with section 37-147 if required for those facilities pursuant to section 37-147. This utility facility permit will be required in addition to other applicable county permits, including but not limited to wastewater permits. No building permits or certificates of occupance required for an applicant's improvement shall be issued or, if mistakenly issued, valid until issuance of the utility facility permit.

(Code 1965, § 28-223; Ord. No. 83-40, § 3, 10-31-83; Ord. No. 85-19, § 2, 6-24-85)