Sec. 18.1-52. Application, certificate to construct, inspection and payment of fees required.

(a) Certificates to construct. Construction of or extensions to public sewer systems shall not begin until a certificate to construct has been issued by the county administrator. The construction of building sewers which serve multiple dwellings or structures or which extend off-site shall also require a certificate to construct.

(b) Applications. Applications for a certificate to construct shall be submitted to the County and accompanied by a minimum of four (4) copies of plans and specifications prepared by a qualified licensed engineer or land surveyor practicing within the areas of competence prescribed by section 54.1-408 et seq of the Code of Virginia together with any other relevant contract documents and a plan review fee of one-hundred and twenty-five dollars ($125.00).

(c) Issuance. Upon approval of the plans, specifications, and contract documents and upon payment of required inspection fees, the county administrator shall issue a certificate to construct.

(d) Fees. A certificate to construct shall not be issued until inspection fees in the amount of three hundred  dollars ($300.00) plus one dollar and seventy-five cents ($1.75) per foot for every foot of eight-inch or larger gravity sewer installed and one dollar and seventy-five cents ($1.75) per foot for every foot of two-inch or larger force main installed and one dollar and seventy-five cents ($1.75) per foot for every foot of vacuum sewer installed have been paid. In the case of building sewers required to be inspected pursuant to the provisions of section 18.1-24 of this chapter, an inspection fee shall be charged in the amount of one hundred and seventy-five dollars ($175.00) plus one dollar and seventy-five cents ($1.75) per foot for every foot of building sewer installed. The fees set forth in this subsection may not be reduced and are not refundable.

(e) Inspection. The installation of public sewer systems and building sewers required to have a certificate to construct shall be inspected by the county and no part of such facilities shall be covered or obscured prior to inspection and approval by the county.

(f) Service laterals. Service laterals, as approved, shall be provided by the applicant and installed at the time of construction.

(g) Connection to system regulated. No connection between the existing public sewer system and new sewer construction shall be made until all required connection fees have been paid and all such construction has been approved by the county.