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August 19, 2013 (Regular Meeting) Page 1714 not receive such service without written approval of the Executive Director or his designee. (b) WSACC shall approve such application under the following conditions: (1) such person is not delinquent in paying any water or sewer bill; (2) full payment has been made for all costs incurred by WSACC in removing, severing or otherwise discontinuing water or sewer service to such person; (3) full payment has been made for fees and costs associated with providing the requested service and installing the necessary facilities; (4) full payment has been made for all civil penalties assessed against such person pursuant to this ordinance and for all damages to the POTW which such person is required to pay by the provisions of this ordinance; (5) if such person is required to have a wastewater discharge permit before discharging wastewater into the POTW, such person must apply for and accept a wastewater discharge permit containing such provisions as WSACC determines to be reasonably necessary. The provisions of Section 10 4.3 (f) will not apply to the denial of a permit to such person or to granting a permit subject to conditions unacceptable to such person. (c) This section shall apply to every application for water or sewer service by any person subject to Section 16 (a) made within 2 years after water or sewer service has been terminated pursuant to this ordinance. (d) Any person applying for a connection to provide water or sewer service to all or any portion of the property served by a connection removed pursuant to any provision of this ordinance shall be required to pay all fees and charges for securing a new connection, without exception. Any fee or charge paid prior to the removal of the service connection shall be forfeited in its entirety and shall have no continued effect. SECTION 13 - TAMPERING WITH, DAMAGING SEWERAGE WORKS No person shall maliciously, willfully or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any materials, structure, appurtenance or equipment which is a part of the wastewater treatment system or belongs to WSACC, including that left upon the premises of a user discharging wastewater into the POTW. The user shall be responsible for the safety of such equipment and may be held liable in the event of any such damage. SECTION 14 - FALSIFYING INFORMATION; DAMAGE TO MONITORING EQUIPMENT Any person who knowingly makes any false statements, representation or certification in any application, record, report, plan or other document filed or required to be maintained pursuant to this ordinance or wastewater discharge permit, or who falsifies, tampers with or knowingly renders inaccurate any monitoring device or method required under this ordinance, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or by both. SECTION 15 - NEW CONSTRUCTION New sewers and new connections shall be properly designated and constructed in accordance with such guidelines as published by the Environmental Protection Agency, reference 40 CFR section 35.927 -4. All new connections shall conform with the North Carolina plumbing codes. SECTION 16 - USE OF PUBLIC SEWERS The owner of any house, building, or property used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purposes under the jurisdiction of this ordinance and abutting on any street, alley, or rights -of -way in which there is or may be located a wastewater sewer connected to the treatment facility of