38 M.R.S. § 1160 Connection of Private Sewers

• Library: Maine Revised Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through 131st (2023-2024) Legislature Chapter 486
• Year: 2023
• Citation: 38 M.R.S. § 1160

Every building in a sanitary district formed under this chapter intended for human habitation or occupancy or with facilities for discharge or disposal of wastewater or commercial or industrial waste, that is accessible to a sewer or drain of such district must have a sanitary sewer or drainage system that is caused to be connected with such sewer or drain of the district by the owner or person against whom taxes on the premises are assessed, in the most direct manner possible, within 90 days after receiving request therefor from the district, or within such further time as the trustees of the district may grant, and, if feasible, with a separate connection for each such building. Existing buildings that are already served by a private sewer or drainage system are not required to connect with any sewer or drain of the district so long as the private sewer or drainage system functions in a satisfactory and sanitary manner, and does not violate any law or ordinance applicable thereto or any applicable requirement of the state plu...