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 Norman
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 19. SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS
 Article V. IMPROVEMENTS

  § 19-508. Sanitary sewers.  

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  • A.

    In urban areas the subdivider shall install sanitary sewer lines in accordance with this Code and the City's "Standard Specifications and Construction Drawings" and "Engineering Design Criteria".

    B.

    Individual sewage systems, when allowed, shall be approved by the Public Works Department and Department of Environmental Quality. In the instance where individual sewage disposal is proposed by means of septic tank and filter fields, each lot, block or tract shall contain at least two (2) acres, unless contained in an approved planned unit development (PUD) or conveyed by a single deed prior to June 29, 1973 and have a suitable location for such treatment system evidenced by one (1) or more soil profile tests, the number of such tests for each lot to be determined by the Public Works Department and the Department of Environmental Quality. Said soil profile tests shall be performed by a registered professional engineer or a registered professional sanitarian and shall not be approved by the Public Works Department unless the results of said soil profile test meet the minimum requirements of the Department of Environmental Quality regulations currently in effect.

    C.

    "Standard Specifications and Construction Drawings" as adopted by the City shall be followed for sewer lines connected to the City collection facilities. If City facilities are not available, a treatment system where allowed under this Code, shall be installed and approved by the Public Works Department and the Department of Environmental Quality.

    D.

    The provisions herein set forth shall apply regardless of the zoning district or area of the tract of land involved, provided however, that at such time as City sewer service becomes available and is installed within five hundred (500) feet of the tract of land involved, the owner of said tract shall discontinue the private system and connect to the City sewer line as required by chapter 21 of this Code.

    E.

    Whenever ninety-five (95) percent of the design capacity of a wastewater collection system is allocated through the approval of final plats, as determined by the City Engineer, no additional final plats shall be approved for that collection system until such time as the capacity of said waste water collection system is increased or until an increase in the capacity of the collection system has been approved, as a part of the program of improvements for a final plat. It is the intention of this section to prohibit new plats until such time as the capacity is increased or until said increase has been approved as a condition for the filing of the plat.

(Ord. No. O-7273-87; Ord. No. O-8384-11; Ord. No. 0-0001-15; Ord. No. 0-0405-45)