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Council reviews ordinance clarifying city, property‑owner responsibilities for side‑sewers
Summary
Staff proposed amendments to Arlington Municipal Code 13.08 to clarify maintenance and repair responsibilities for side sewers: maintenance to the property owner from building to main, while repairs and reconstruction are divided by location relative to the right‑of‑way.
City staff presented an ordinance amendment clarifying who maintains and repairs side sewers—the lateral pipes that connect buildings to the sewer main—under Arlington Municipal Code 13.08.
Jim Kelly told the council the changes clarify that a side sewer is “the portion of the sewer system that goes from the sewer main to the building that on the property that the side sewer serves” and that routine maintenance of the side sewer is the building owner’s…
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