                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

MAINTENANCE OF CERTAIN SEWER LINES (§ 15.2-816)

Upon petition of a majority of the affected property owners or members of an
affected owners&#8217; association, (i) the county may take over the maintenance
of undersized sewer lines installed as a result of the county&#8217;s waiver of
its adopted requirements developed under this title or Title 62.1; and (ii) the
county shall be granted the right to convert the undersized sewer lines to
county standards at its expense, if the county deems the conversion to be in its
best interests for health or economic reasons; or (iii) if the property owners
or their associations elect to convert the undersized sewer lines to county
standards, the county may take over and maintain at county expense the converted
sewer lines.
		The cost for the maintenance of such lines shall be borne by the county
general fund; or the county, at its discretion, may incorporate the sewer lines
into an existing sanitary district for uniformity of maintenance and cost/budget
allocations.
		If the county determines that the builder/developer installed the undersized
lines without the express permission of the appropriate county agency, then the
county may collect the cost of conversion from the builder/developer; however,
the county shall bear the ongoing cost of maintenance.
		This section applies only to sewer lines installed on or before January 1,
1987.

HISTORY: 1987, c. 253, § 15.1-730.2; 1997, c. 587.