Colorado § 30-20-416 - Compulsory sewer connections - owner to be notified.
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§ 30-20-416. Compulsory sewer connections - owner to be notified.
(1) In addition to the powers already had by counties, they have the following powers as enumerated below:
(a) Whenever the board of county commissioners of a county having a public sewerage system determines that the county sewer line is within four hundred feet of the boundary line of any premises located within the county and the board deems it necessary for the protection of public health that the owners of one or more of such premises shall connect their premises with the public sewer, thirty days' notice in writing shall be given to said owners, by registered mail, notifying them to connect their premises with the sewer, the date of the notice to begin as of the date of registering the same for mailing.
(b) If the work of making the connection is not begun within thirty days, the board shall notify the county engineer to prepare plans and specifications for making the connection with the public sewer, including water and service pipe for flushing purposes, if the owner has given notice and proof to said board of his financial inability to make the connection himself and if it is only for the necessary connection of a water closet or of a privy in an outhouse or both.
Source: L. 71: p. 364, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 36-29-16.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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