§ 6517 — Order to connect to sanitary sewer; enforcement

(a) The county government may, where it deems it necessary to the preservation of public health, order the owner of any lot or parcel of land within a sanitary or water district which abuts upon a street or other public way containing a sanitary sewer or water main, which is part of or which is served, or may be served, by the county sewerage or water system, and upon which lot or parcel of land a building shall have been constructed for residential, commercial or industrial use, to connect such building with such sanitary sewer or water main.

(b) If any owner shall fail to comply within 60 days with the order to connect with a sanitary sewer or water main, the county government shall forthwith institute action in a Justice of the Peace Court in Sussex County or in the Court of Chancery to compel compliance with the order.

Legislative History

9 Del. C. 1953, § 6517; 55 Del. Laws, c. 262 ; 57 Del. Laws, c. 762, § 8A ; 77 Del. Laws, c. 303, § 1