(A) Connection Required. All persons owning real property located within the City’s Sewer Service Area upon which any building, structure, trailer or house is and which can be served by the sanitary sewer system shall be connected to the sanitary sewer system of the City or, if the sanitary sewer system is not available to said real property, to a private sewer system as provided herein. Service will be considered available when a sanitary sewer system sewer main is located within 100 feet of any part of the property, unless determined otherwise by the City Manager or designee.

(B) All persons in the City must sign up and pay monthly for sewer services for properties located within the City of Goodyear at the time their structure is purchased, owned, leased, used or occupied, whichever occurs first, when such services are provided by the City or when the properties are physically connected to the City’s sewer system.

(C) All persons outside the City must sign up and pay monthly for sewer services at the time their residence is purchased, owned, leased, used or occupied, whichever occurs first, when the property is physically connected to the City’s sewer system.

(D) All property owners shall provide the City with the names of all tenants occupying the property owner’s property within 30 days of occupancy.

(E) Base fees and any charges for sewer service shall apply even if a building is unoccupied.

(F) No person within the City shall be permitted to avoid or refuse to accept sanitary sewer service if available to be provided by the City. The failure of any person to accept sanitary sewer service shall not exempt that person from the payment of the charges for the service and any fine or penalty for noncompliance.

(G) Failure to Subscribe. Any person that is required to receive sanitary sewer service from the City who fails to activate a utility account with the City as required in this section shall be subject to penalties, which include but are not limited to the total monthly fees they would have been assessed and an activation fee. This shall be in addition to any other fine or penalty provided in this chapter.

(H) It is unlawful for any property owner to allow any person to lease, rent or inhabit the property owner’s property if that person leasing, renting, occupying or inhabiting the property owner’s property does not maintain all utility services available and provided by the City.

(I) It is unlawful for any person to lease, rent or inhabit any property if that person does not maintain all utility services available and provided by the City.

(J) It is unlawful for any person to lease, rent, or inhabit any property if that person deposits or discharges or permits to be deposited or discharged any liquid, substance or sewage into the sanitary sewer system connected to that property if that person does not maintain a utility account with the City for sewer services when such services are provided by the City.

(K) For purposes of this section, it is presumed that any person who leases, rents, or inhabits any property is depositing or discharging substances or sewage into the sanitary sewer system connected to that property.

(L) For purposes of this section, maintain a utility account means to open and keep open an active account with the City for all utility services available and provided by the City and to make all payments when due on that account. (Prior Code, § 12-2-1) (Am. Ord. 93-478, passed 3-23-1993; Am. Ord. 04-894, passed 4-26-2004; Am. Ord. 09-1186, passed 6-22-2009; Am. Ord. 14-1298, passed 8-18-2014; Am. Ord. 23-1583, passed 9-25-2023)