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2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 61. GOVERNMENT OF SUSSEX COUNTY › § 6108. Return Day observance.

§ 6108. Return Day observance.
The county government may appropriate and pay funds to Sussex County Return Day, Inc., a Delaware corporation, to defray the costs of the observance of Return Day at Georgetown.
9 Del. C. 1953, §  6134;  55 Del. Laws, c. 27;  57 Del. Laws, c. 762, §  5J;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 61. GOVERNMENT OF SUSSEX COUNTY › § 6109. Operation of Courthouse.

§ 6109. Operation of Courthouse.
The county government shall have full and complete jurisdiction and control over the Courthouse and Courthouse Annex of Sussex County and over all personal property and equipment used in connection with the property committed to its jurisdiction; and, in this connection, the county government shall have and assume all of the jurisdiction, powers and duties heretofore exercised by or vested in the Board of Trustees pertaining to said buildings.
All contracts and engagements for the erection or repair of said buildings or for the purchase of equipment and supplies, where the probable amount shall be in excess of $5,000, shall be submitted to public bidding after due advertising and shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, unless for reasons deemed expedient by the county government.
9 Del. C. 1953, §  6151;  50 Del. Laws, c. 5, §  2;  57 Del. Laws, c. 762, §  5K;  65 Del. Laws, c. 56, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 61. GOVERNMENT OF SUSSEX COUNTY › § 6110. Rules and regulations.

§ 6110. Rules and regulations.
The county government shall make and promulgate rules and regulations for the proper care, maintenance and operation of the Courthouse and Courthouse Annex.
9 Del. C. 1953, §  6153;  50 Del. Laws, c. 5, §  2;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 61. GOVERNMENT OF SUSSEX COUNTY › § 6111. Real or immovable property; acquisition, lease, rental or disposal.

§ 6111. Real or immovable property; acquisition, lease, rental or disposal.
(a) The county government may acquire real or immovable property in such amounts as it may find necessary to fulfill the needs of the County.
(b) The county government may enter into a lease or rental agreement with any public or private entity for any real or immovable property of the County.
(c) The county government may dispose of any real or immovable property not needed by the County.
59 Del. Laws, c. 260, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 63. BUILDING PERMITS › § 6301. Definitions.

§ 6301. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) “Building” means any structure, building, edifice or part thereof.
(2) “Construction” means alteration, removal, demolition, addition, repair or construction of any new or old building.
(3) “Person” means any architect, builder, contractor, repairman, agent, partner or corporation as well as an individual.
9 Del. C. 1953, §  6301;  51 Del. Laws, c. 231;  57 Del. Laws, c. 762, §  6A;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 63. BUILDING PERMITS › § 6303. Reports on permits issued by incorporated cities or towns.

§ 6303. Reports on permits issued by incorporated cities or towns.
Building inspectors or other officers authorized by law to issue permits for the construction of any buildings, in any incorporated city or town in Sussex County, shall report to the Department of Finance on blanks to be furnished by the Department of Finance, every permit issued by them respectively, for the construction of any building, specifying the estimated cost of the proposed construction.
9 Del. C. 1953, §  6303;  51 Del. Laws, c. 231;  57 Del. Laws, c. 762, §  6B;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 63. BUILDING PERMITS › § 6304. Inspections.

§ 6304. Inspections.
Each or any member of the Department of Finance shall make the necessary inspections to see that the provisions of this chapter are complied with and may order or compel the suspension of any work that is not in compliance with this chapter.
9 Del. C. 1953, §  6304;  51 Del. Laws, c. 231;  57 Del. Laws, c. 762, §  6B;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 63. BUILDING PERMITS › § 6305. Fees.

§ 6305. Fees.
The fees for issuing permits shall be determined by the County Council of Sussex County.
9 Del. C. 1953, §  6305;  51 Del. Laws, c. 231;  57 Del. Laws, c. 762, §  6B;  64 Del. Laws, c. 65, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 63. BUILDING PERMITS › § 6306. Records.

§ 6306. Records.
(a) The Department of Finance shall keep a careful and comprehensive record of applications, permits issued, inspections made, reports rendered and of notices or orders issued.
(b) The Department of Finance shall retain on file copies of all permits issued.
(c) All records may be open to public inspection at the discretion of the Department of Finance, but shall not be removed from the office of the Department.
9 Del. C. 1953, §  6306;  51 Del. Laws, c. 231;  57 Del. Laws, c. 762, §  6B;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 63. BUILDING PERMITS › § 6308. Notice of violation.

§ 6308. Notice of violation.
(a) Whenever the Department of Finance is satisfied that a building is being constructed without a permit first being issued therefor, it may serve a written notice or order upon the person responsible therefor, directing discontinuance of the construction until a permit has been obtained from the Department.
(b) A person served with such notice or order shall, within 5 days, comply with the requirements thereof.
9 Del. C. 1953, §  6308;  51 Del. Laws, c. 231;  57 Del. Laws, c. 762, §  6B;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 63. BUILDING PERMITS › § 6309. Occupancy.

§ 6309. Occupancy.
Any building that has been constructed without a permit may not be occupied, maintained or used by any person except with permission of the Department of Finance.
9 Del. C. 1953, §  6309;  51 Del. Laws, c. 231;  57 Del. Laws, c. 762, §  6B;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 63. BUILDING PERMITS › § 6310. Violation and penalty.

§ 6310. Violation and penalty.
Any owner of a building wherein any work in connection therewith has been done without a permit or any person employed in connection therewith and who has participated or assisted in the commission of such violation or both, shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $200 for each offense.
9 Del. C. 1953, §  6310;  51 Del. Laws, c. 231.;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 63. BUILDING PERMITS › § 6311. Construction using public financial assistance.

§ 6311. Construction using public financial assistance.
No building or structure shall be constructed using public financial assistance in a manner that violates Chapter 42 of Title 31, and no occupancy or use permit shall be issued unless such building or structure complies with Chapter 42 of Title 31.
78 Del. Laws, c. 368, §  3;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 65. SANITARY AND WATER DISTRICTS › § 6501. Establishment of sanitary sewer or water district.

§ 6501. Establishment of sanitary sewer or water district.
(a) Whenever contiguous territory containing 1 or more centers of population, whether incorporated or not, shall be so situated that the construction of interceptor sewers, outfall sewers and sewage treatment plants will be conducive to the preservation of the public health, the territory shall be established by the government of Sussex County as a sanitary sewer district.
(b) Whenever contiguous territory containing 1 or more centers of population, whether incorporated or not, shall be so situated that the construction of water mains, pipes and distribution facilities is economically feasible and conducive to the preservation of health, the territory shall be established by the county government as a water district. The county government may employ expert assistance in making a determination of economic feasibility and effect on health, but the determination of the county government as to economic feasibility and effect on health shall be conclusive and binding.
9 Del. C. 1953, §  6501;  55 Del. Laws, c. 262;  57 Del. Laws, c. 762, §  8A;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 65. SANITARY AND WATER DISTRICTS › § 6502. Establishment or revision of sanitary or water districts without election.

§ 6502. Establishment or revision of sanitary or water districts without election.
(a) Where the county government has already constructed sewers or water mains to which 50 or more houses have been connected, the county government may establish, upon request of the County Engineer, a new district, or revise the boundaries of an established district by posting at 4 public places in the district, notices describing the new or revised boundaries, and, in the case of the establishment of a new district, the same cost and assessment data required for districts established by vote of electors.
(b) Within 90 days after the posting of the notices of the establishment of the district in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the county government shall pass a formal resolution establishing the district, which shall:
(1) Contain a description of the boundaries of the district;
(2) Direct the County Engineer and the attorney of the county government to procure the necessary land and rights-of-way by purchase, agreement, or condemnation in accordance with existing statutes; and
(3) Authorize the County Engineer to prepare maps, plans, specifications, and estimates, let contracts for and supervise the construction and maintenance of, or enlarging and remodeling of, any or all structures required to provide for the safe disposal of the sewage or furnishing of water in the sanitary or water district.
9 Del. C. 1953, §  6502;  55 Del. Laws, c. 262;  57 Del. Laws, c. 762, §  8A;  80 Del. Laws, c. 131, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 65. SANITARY AND WATER DISTRICTS › § 6503. Establishment of sanitary or water district upon petition of voters.

§ 6503. Establishment of sanitary or water district upon petition of voters.
Fifty or more legal voters of a proposed sanitary sewer or water district, may petition the county government to submit the question of organizing a sanitary sewer or water district to a vote of electors in that district. The petition shall contain a description of the proposed district and shall be accompanied by a map drawn to scale showing the boundaries of the proposed district together with the limits of any incorporated areas which may be included in the district. The execution of the petition by an elector shall be acknowledged by that elector or it may be proved by the oath of a witness who shall swear that the witness knows the elector and that the petition was signed by the elector in the presence of the witness.
9 Del. C. 1953, §  6503;  55 Del. Laws, c. 262;  57 Del. Laws, c. 449, §  1;  57 Del. Laws, c. 762, §  8A;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 65. SANITARY AND WATER DISTRICTS › § 6504. Public hearing; notice.

§ 6504. Public hearing; notice.
Upon receipt of a petition submitted pursuant to § 6503 of this title, or upon its own motion without petition, the county government shall set a date for a public hearing on the question of organizing a sanitary sewer or water district. The hearing shall be held at the time fixed by the county government and shall be previously advertised by posting a notice, in 4 of the most public places within the proposed district, at least 10 days prior thereto and by publishing a notice in a newspaper published within the County and having a general circulation therein once in each of 2 weeks immediately preceding the week in which the hearing is to be held. All interested persons, officials, residents, voters, taxpayers, property owners or other persons or corporations in any way affected by the granting of the petition shall be heard on any question dealing with the location of the boundaries of the district. Such notice shall contain a description of the boundaries of the proposed sanitary or water district and if the public hearing be ordered as a result of the filing of a petition, such boundaries shall be those described in the petition.
9 Del. C. 1953, §  6504;  55 Del. Laws, c. 262;  57 Del. Laws, c. 762, §  8A;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 65. SANITARY AND WATER DISTRICTS › § 6505. Action of county government following hearing.

§ 6505. Action of county government following hearing.
(a) After the public hearing referred to in § 6504 of this title shall have been closed, the county government shall, by resolution, determine whether or not it is in the public interest to establish the district and, if it deems it to be in the public interest to establish the district, the county government shall, by such resolution, determine the boundaries of the district. Such boundaries may be those set forth in the petition or may be boundaries which will include in the district only the property and property owners that will be benefited by the establishment of the district and the construction of sewage disposal or water facilities therein.
(b) After establishing the boundaries of the district, the county government shall also cause to be prepared by the County Engineer or consulting engineers, an estimate of the cost of proposed immediate construction and also an approximate estimate of the assessment necessary to take care of interest amortization and costs of construction and financing. The construction cost estimates and assessment estimates shall be advertised in the same manner as provided in § 6504 of this title for advertising the public hearing.
9 Del. C. 1953, §  6505;  55 Del. Laws, c. 262;  57 Del. Laws, c. 762, §  8A;  81 Del. Laws, c. 139, § 1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 65. SANITARY AND WATER DISTRICTS › § 6506. Election on question of establishment of district.

§ 6506. Election on question of establishment of district.
(a) Whenever the determination on the question of establishing the district, as required by § 6505 of this title, is in the affirmative, and after the other requirements of § 6505 of this title have been complied with, the county government then shall cause an election to be held within 6 months following the date of the hearing, at which the question shall be submitted to the voters of the sanitary sewer district as fixed by the county government as to whether the district shall be established or not. Notice of the election shall be advertised in the same manner as provided in § 6504 of this title for advertising the public hearing. The cost of the election shall be borne by the county government, which shall be reimbursed for such cost by the district, if established by the election.
(b) The proposition shall be submitted to the voters substantially in the following form:
FOR THE SANITARY SEWER DISTRICT
AGAINST THE SANITARY SEWER DISTRICT
(c) The majority of votes cast shall decide the matter.
(d) The election shall be managed and the votes canvassed in such manner as may be prescribed by the county government. All persons who are “voters” as defined in § 6519 of this title shall be eligible to vote in the election.
9 Del. C. 1953, §  6506;  55 Del. Laws, c. 262;  57 Del. Laws, c. 449, §§  2, 3;  57 Del. Laws, c. 762, §  8A;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 65. SANITARY AND WATER DISTRICTS › § 6507. Action of county government following election favoring establishment of district.

§ 6507. Action of county government following election favoring establishment of district.
(a) If the majority of the voters are in favor of establishing the sanitary sewer district, the county government shall within 30 days following the election, issue a determination to that effect which shall contain a description of the district. The county government shall file a certified copy of the determination with the Clerk of the county government.
(b) Within 12 months after the election, the county government shall authorize the County Engineer and the county government attorney to procure the necessary land and rights-of-way by purchase, agreement, or by condemnation in accordance with existing laws, and shall authorize the County Engineer to prepare maps, plans, specifications and estimates for any or all structures required to provide for the installation of sewers or water systems, and to let contracts for, supervise the construction and maintenance of, or the enlarging or remodeling of such systems, and to carry on such other activities as may be required by this chapter or considered necessary to perform the duties prescribed in this chapter.
9 Del. C. 1953, §  6507;  55 Del. Laws, c. 262;  57 Del. Laws, c. 762, §§  8A, 8B;  61 Del. Laws, c. 446, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 65. SANITARY AND WATER DISTRICTS › § 6508. Construction of system adequate for future connections.

§ 6508. Construction of system adequate for future connections.
The county government may construct and maintain main sewers or water mains and sewage or water treatment works in order to provide a satisfactory outlet for any subdivision which may at any future time connect submain or lateral sewers to it.
9 Del. C. 1953, §  6508;  55 Del. Laws, c. 262;  57 Del. Laws, c. 762, §  8A;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 65. SANITARY AND WATER DISTRICTS › § 6509. Construction or maintenance of sewers or water systems for municipalities.

§ 6509. Construction or maintenance of sewers or water systems for municipalities.
The county government may construct or maintain submains or laterals as agent for municipalities when officially requested so to act and when the cost of such work is to be borne by local assessments against the property benefited or by assessment by the county government in the same manner as for unincorporated areas.
9 Del. C. 1953, §  6509;  55 Del. Laws, c. 262;  57 Del. Laws, c. 762, §  8A;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 65. SANITARY AND WATER DISTRICTS › § 6510. Adjustment of assessment for cost of existing sewers included in a district.

§ 6510. Adjustment of assessment for cost of existing sewers included in a district.
In the case where a sanitary sewer or water district shall include areas wherein sanitary sewers or water systems have been constructed under the authority of the county government, or by municipalities, corporations or individuals, the necessary adjustments shall be made with each property owner for those costs already incurred by the property owner when those sewers or water systems were constructed. Such excess costs shall be credited to future assessments levied by the district.
9 Del. C. 1953, §  6510;  55 Del. Laws, c. 262;  57 Del. Laws, c. 762, §  8A;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 65. SANITARY AND WATER DISTRICTS › § 6511. Power to issue bonds; terms; borrowing in anticipation of issuance of bonds.

§ 6511. Power to issue bonds; terms; borrowing in anticipation of issuance of bonds.
(a) The county government may issue bonds of Sussex County to finance the cost of constructing sewage disposal or water facilities in any sanitary sewer or water district, respectively. Bonds issued to finance such facilities may be issued to fund interest on such bonds for a period not to exceed 6 months during the period of construction of the facilities being financed. The moneys raised by the issuance of such bonds shall be held in a separate account and shall be expended only for the construction of sewage disposal or water facilities in the sanitary sewer or water district for which the bonds are issued.
(b) The bonds shall bear interest at a rate or rates per annum determined by the county government. Interest on the bonds shall be exempt from taxation by the State or any political subdivision thereof for any purpose. Each issue of bonds shall be payable within 40 years after the date of their issue. The interest coupons and face amount of the bonds shall be payable at a state or national bank designated by the county government. The reasonable expenses of issuing such bonds shall be deemed a part of the cost of constructing the sewer or water facilities. The full faith and credit of Sussex County may be pledged to the payment of such bonds and the interest thereon.
(c) In anticipation of issuance of bonds, the county government may, by resolution, borrow money in such amounts as it may find necessary and authorize the issuance of negotiable notes therefor.
9 Del. C. 1953, §  6511;  55 Del. Laws, c. 262;  57 Del. Laws, c. 762, §  8A;  59 Del. Laws, c. 583, §  1;  60 Del. Laws, c. 601, §  1;  63 Del. Laws, c. 142, §  24;  64 Del. Laws, c. 68, §  1;  66 Del. Laws, c. 320, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 65. SANITARY AND WATER DISTRICTS › § 6512. Sale of bonds.

§ 6512. Sale of bonds.
(a) Any bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall be sold at either public or private sale, upon such terms, conditions and regulations as the county government may prescribe; provided, that the county government may authorize the County Administrator to sell such bonds at public or private sale upon such terms, conditions and regulations as it may provide.
(b) If the county government determines to sell such bonds at public sale, then the county government shall advertise the bonds for sale at least once, 10 or more days before the date of sale, in at least 1 newspaper of general circulation published in the County, and in a newspaper of general circulation published in the City of New York, inviting bids for the bonds. The advertisements shall state the total amount of the proposed issue, the denominations of the bonds, the place of payment of the bonds and interest, the place and date of opening bids, the conditions under which the bonds are to be sold and such other matters as the county government may determine. The county government may give notice of the sale of the bonds in such other manner as it may decide.
(c) The county government may require each bid for the bonds to be accompanied by a certified check in the amount of the bid. After the bonds are awarded or sold to the successful bidder or bidders therefor, the county government shall return to the unsuccessful bidder or bidders the certified check or checks submitted with the bid or bids.
(d) The county government may reject any and all bids, but in awarding the sale of the bonds, or any of them, they shall be sold to the purchaser or purchasers which, in the judgment of the county government, offers the most advantageous terms.
(e) The county government shall direct and effect the preparation and printing of the bonds authorized by this chapter, shall determine whether such bonds shall be registered or bearer with coupons convertible into fully registered bonds, and shall prescribe the form of the bonds and, in the case of bearer bonds with coupons, the form of the coupons for the payment of interest thereto attached. The bonds shall state the conditions under which they are issued, the face amount of the bonds and, in the case of bearer bonds with coupons, the coupons thereto attached shall be payable at such place or places as may be designated by the county government. The bonds shall be executed, sealed and delivered as prescribed by the county government.
9 Del. C. 1953, §  6512;  55 Del. Laws, c. 262;  57 Del. Laws, c. 762, §  8A;  64 Del. Laws, c. 68, §  2;  66 Del. Laws, c. 320, §  2;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 65. SANITARY AND WATER DISTRICTS › § 6513. Procedure for annual assessment.

§ 6513. Procedure for annual assessment.
(a) The county government each year, at a time to be fixed by it, shall, after a public hearing, establish an annual assessment roll for the sanitary sewer or water district which shall be known as the “Sanitary Sewer District Assessment,” or “Water District Assessment.”
(b) The total amount assessed for each year shall be sufficient to provide funds required to reimburse the County for sums to be expended for retiring the bonds which have been issued, for the payment of the interest due on the bonds, for maintaining or improving the sewerage or water system and for paying the necessary general expenses of the sanitary sewer or water district.
(c) Notice of the public hearing shall state that the assessment roll has been completed and filed, and that at the time and place fixed for the public hearing the county government will meet and hear and consider any objections which may be made to the assessment roll. Notice of the public hearing shall be published in a newspaper published within Sussex County, and having a general circulation in the County, once in each of the 2 weeks immediately preceding the week in which the public hearing is to be held.
(d) After holding the public hearing, the county government may change or amend the assessment roll as it deems necessary or just, and may confirm and adopt the assessment roll as originally proposed or as amended or changed.
9 Del. C. 1953, §  6513;  55 Del. Laws, c. 262;  57 Del. Laws, c. 762, §  8A;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 65. SANITARY AND WATER DISTRICTS › § 6514. Collection of assessments.

§ 6514. Collection of assessments.
The annual assessments, shall be collected by the county government as are other county taxes. The properties against which such assessments are levied shall be liable for the payment of the assessments in the same manner as they are liable for other county taxes. Such assessment charges shall, as near the county government deems practicable and equitable, be uniform throughout the area served by the sanitary sewer district, and may be based or computed either on the consumption of water or in connection with the real property, making due allowances for commercial use of water, or on the number and kind of water outlets on or in connection with the real property, or on the number and kind of plumbing fixtures or facilities on or in connection with the real property, or on the number of persons residing or working on or otherwise connected or identified with the real property, or on a front footage basis, or on other factors determining the type, class and amount of use or service of the sanitary sewer system, or on any combination of such factors. No assessment shall be made against any property which is not subject to taxation and assessment for county and municipal purposes.
9 Del. C. 1953, §  6514;  55 Del. Laws, c. 262;  57 Del. Laws, c. 762, §  8A;  81 Del. Laws, c. 139, § 2;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 65. SANITARY AND WATER DISTRICTS › § 6515. Rules and regulations governing use of sewage disposal and water facilities.

§ 6515. Rules and regulations governing use of sewage disposal and water facilities.
The county government may promulgate from time to time, and enforce such rules and regulations, as may be necessary, governing the use of the whole or any parts of such sewerage or water systems or sewage treatment plants constructed under their control, either within or without the district.
9 Del. C. 1953, §  6515;  55 Del. Laws, c. 262;  57 Del. Laws, c. 762, §  8A;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 65. SANITARY AND WATER DISTRICTS › § 6516. Grants or loans from federal, state or interstate agencies.

§ 6516. Grants or loans from federal, state or interstate agencies.
The county government may accept grants or loans of money, labor, materials, equipment or technical assistance from agencies of the federal or state government or from interstate agencies to accomplish the purposes of this chapter. The county government may issue bonds to evidence loans made by an agency of the federal government, at private sale, providing those bonds bear interest at no more than 5% per annum and are issued for a term not exceeding 40 years from the date of the bonds. The county government may pledge its taxing power to the payment of the bonds without limitation as to rate or amount and the bonds may be payable at a place approved by the agency making the loan. Bonds issued pursuant to this section shall not be subject to § 6102 of this title, as amended.
9 Del. C. 1953, §  6516;  55 Del. Laws, c. 262;  57 Del. Laws, c. 762, §  8A;  63 Del. Laws, c. 128, §  1;  63 Del. Laws, c. 451, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 65. SANITARY AND WATER DISTRICTS › § 6517. Order to connect to sanitary sewer; enforcement.

§ 6517. Order to connect to sanitary sewer; enforcement.
(a) The county government may, where it deems it necessary to the preservation of public health, order the owner of any lot or parcel of land within a sanitary or water district which abuts upon a street or other public way containing a sanitary sewer or water main, which is part of or which is served, or may be served, by the county sewerage or water system, and upon which lot or parcel of land a building shall have been constructed for residential, commercial or industrial use, to connect such building with such sanitary sewer or water main.
(b) If any owner shall fail to comply within 60 days with the order to connect with a sanitary sewer or water main, the county government shall forthwith institute action in a Justice of the Peace Court in Sussex County or in the Court of Chancery to compel compliance with the order.
9 Del. C. 1953, §  6517;  55 Del. Laws, c. 262;  57 Del. Laws, c. 762, §  8A;  77 Del. Laws, c. 303, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 65. SANITARY AND WATER DISTRICTS › § 6518. Exception to limitation on borrowing power.

§ 6518. Exception to limitation on borrowing power.
Bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall not be subject to any debt limit imposed by the laws of the State.
9 Del. C. 1953, §  6518;  55 Del. Laws, c. 262;  64 Del. Laws, c. 68, §  3;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 65. SANITARY AND WATER DISTRICTS › § 6519. Definitions; voters.

§ 6519. Definitions; voters.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this title, for the purposes of this chapter the terms “voter,” “voters,” “legal voters,” and “elector” shall be deemed to include all the following persons:
(1) Persons whose principal place of abode has been within the proposed sanitary and water district for at least 6 months immediately preceding the date of the election or the date of the petition, whichever is applicable;
(2) Persons who own real estate in the proposed sanitary and water district on the date of the election or the date of the petition, whichever is applicable, regardless of where they reside, unless such real estate is subject to a lease described in paragraph (a)(4) of this section;
(3) Corporations which own real estate in the proposed sanitary and water district on the date of the election or the date of the petition, whichever is applicable, unless such real estate is subject to a lease described in paragraph (a)(4) of this section; and
(4) Each leaseholder holding land under a valid lease in which the original term is specified at not less than 10 years and whose lease is recorded in the office of Recorder of Deeds in and for Sussex County and who has erected upon his or her leasehold an improvement having an assessed valuation of at least $1,000 on the date of the election or the date of the petition, whichever is applicable, but in no case shall there be more than 1 vote per lease.
(b) No person or corporation shall be entitled to more than 1 vote in any election.
(c) Jointly or severally owned real estate shall be entitled to only 1 vote.
(d) The president or vice-president of a corporation shall exercise the vote on behalf of the corporation, provided that such president or vice-president exhibits a notarized resolution of the corporation authorizing him or her to cast such vote.
9 Del. C. 1953, §  6519;  57 Del. Laws, c. 449, §  4;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 65. SANITARY AND WATER DISTRICTS › § 6520. County Engineer; appointment and duties; assistants.

§ 6520. County Engineer; appointment and duties; assistants.
(a) The county government may appoint a County Engineer for such term, and at such compensation as it deems proper. The County Engineer shall be responsible for and have general supervision over all public engineering work in the County including, but not limiting the generality of the foregoing, the construction of water production and distribution facilities and the construction of sanitary sewers, trunk lines, sewerage disposal plants, sanitary sewer systems in general and maintenance thereof, drainage, construction, lighting service, and other projects of a public nature.
(b) The county government may employ, for such periods and for such compensation as it deems proper, such draftsmen, rodmen, and assistants as, in its opinion, are necessary to carry on the public work specified in subsection (a) of this section.
9 Del. C. 1953, §  6601;  55 Del. Laws, c. 245;  57 Del. Laws, c. 762, §  9A;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 65. SANITARY AND WATER DISTRICTS › § 6521. Location of sewage treatment plants and other sewage disposal facilities.

§ 6521. Location of sewage treatment plants and other sewage disposal facilities.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, sewage treatment plants and other sewage or water facilities may be located outside, in part or in whole, the sewer or water district which they intended to serve.
(b) It shall be permissible to transfer sewage or water from 1 sewer or water district to another sewer or water district for the purposes of treatment and disposal of the sewage, or for providing water.
67 Del. Laws, c. 204, §  2;  76 Del. Laws, c. 369, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 67. SEWERS AND WATER › § 6701. Definitions.

§ 6701. Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:
(1) “County” means Sussex County.
(2) “Revenue bonds” means bonds to the payment of which all or any part of the revenues derived from the operation of any water or sewerage system are pledged in accordance with this chapter.
(3) “Service charges” means rents, rates, fees or other charges charged or collected under § 6709 of this title.
(4) “Sewerage system” means the plants, structures and other real and personal property acquired, constructed or operated or to be acquired, constructed or operated by the County for the collection, treatment, purification or disposal in a sanitary manner of any sewage, liquid or solid wastes, night soil or industrial wastes, garbage and storm water, including sewers, conduits, pipelines, mains, pumping and ventilating stations, sewage treatment or disposal system, plants and works, connections and outfalls, and other plants, structures, boats, conveyances, and other real and personal property, and rights therein, appurtenances necessary or useful and convenient for such purposes.
(5) “Water system” means all real and personal property necessary or useful in the collection, acquisition, treatment, purification, and distribution of water, together with any principal or ancillary rights appurtenant thereto.
9 Del. C. 1953, §  6701;  55 Del. Laws, c. 263.;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 67. SEWERS AND WATER › § 6703. Sewerage and water system within city or town.

§ 6703. Sewerage and water system within city or town.
No sewerage or water system, or any part thereof, shall be constructed or maintained within the boundaries of any city or town situated in the County without the consent of such city or town, except that transmission lines or mains may be constructed or maintained without consent. The consent shall be given only by an ordinance adopted by the council or other governing body of the city or town in question, but once given shall be irrevocable.
9 Del. C. 1953, §  6703;  55 Del. Laws, c. 263.;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 67. SEWERS AND WATER › § 6705. Authorized signatures on bonds; validity of issuance.

§ 6705. Authorized signatures on bonds; validity of issuance.
(a) Bonds bearing the signatures of officers in office on the date of the signing thereof shall be valid and binding obligations notwithstanding that before the delivery thereof and payment therefor any or all of the persons whose signatures appear thereon have ceased to be officers of the County.
(b) The validity of the bonds shall not be dependent on nor affected by the validity or regularity of any proceedings relating to the planning, acquisition, purchase, construction, reconstruction, improvement, betterment, or extension of the sewerage or water system for which the bonds are issued. The ordinance or resolution authorizing the bonds may provide that the bonds shall contain a recital that they are issued pursuant to this chapter, which recital shall be conclusive evidence of their validity and of the regularity of their issuance.
9 Del. C. 1953, §  6705;  55 Del. Laws, c. 263;  66 Del. Laws, c. 320, §  7;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 67. SEWERS AND WATER › § 6706. Payment of bonds, faith and credit of County; tax levy.

§ 6706. Payment of bonds, faith and credit of County; tax levy.
The full faith and credit of the County may be pledged to the payment of any bonds issued by the County under this chapter. The county government may annually appropriate to the payment of bonds issued under this chapter and the interest thereon the amounts required to pay such bonds and interest as the same becomes due and payable. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the county government may levy an ad valorem tax, without limitations as to rate or amount, upon all property taxable by the County to raise the moneys necessary to meet any such appropriation. Section 6111 of this title is hereby repealed to the extent said section is inconsistent with this chapter.
9 Del. C. 1953, §  6706;  55 Del. Laws, c. 263;  57 Del. Laws, c. 762, §  10A;  66 Del. Laws, c. 320, §  8;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 67. SEWERS AND WATER › § 6707. Authorization of covenants in bonds.

§ 6707. Authorization of covenants in bonds.
(a) In the event that the County issues revenue bonds, the ordinance or resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds may contain covenants as to:
(1) The purpose to which the proceeds of sale of the bonds may be applied and the use and disposition thereof;
(2) The use and disposition of the revenue of the sewerage or water systems, the revenues of which are pledged to the payment of such bonds, including the creation and maintenance of reserves;
(3) The issuance of other or additional bonds payable from the revenues of such sewerage or water systems;
(4) The operation and maintenance of such sewerage or water systems;
(5) The insurance to be carried thereon and the use and disposition of insurance moneys;
(6) Books of account and the inspection and audit thereof; and
(7) The terms and conditions upon which the holders of the bonds, or any proportion of them, or any trustee therefor, shall be entitled to the appointment of a receiver by the appropriate court, which court shall have jurisdiction in such proceedings, and which receiver may enter and take possession of the sewerage or water systems, operate and maintain them, prescribe service charges therefor, and collect, receive and apply all revenue thereafter arising therefrom in the same manner as the County itself might do.
(b) The provisions of this chapter and any such ordinances or resolutions shall be a contract with the holder of the bonds, and the duties of the County and of the county government and officers under this chapter, and any such ordinances or resolutions shall be enforceable by any bondholder by mandamus or other appropriate suit, action or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction.
9 Del. C. 1953, §  6707;  55 Del. Laws, c. 263;  57 Del. Laws, c. 762, §  10A;  66 Del. Laws, c. 320, §§  9, 10;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 67. SEWERS AND WATER › § 6708. Service charges; amount and application; repayment for borrowed funds.

§ 6708. Service charges; amount and application; repayment for borrowed funds.
(a) If the County issues bonds under this chapter, the county government shall prescribe and collect reasonable service charges for the services and facilities rendered or afforded by the sewerage or water systems, the revenues of which are pledged to the payment of such bonds, and shall revise such service charges from time to time whenever necessary.
(b) The service charges prescribed shall be such as will procure revenue at least sufficient to:
(1) Pay when due all bonds and interest thereon, for the payment of which such revenue is or shall have been pledged, charged or otherwise encumbered, including reserves therefor; and
(2) Provide for all expenses of operation and maintenance of such sewerage or water systems, including reserves therefor.
(c) The service charges when collected shall be applied to the payment of the bonds and interest and to the expenses of such operation and maintenance in accordance with the ordinance or resolution authorizing the bonds.
(d) The County may borrow funds up to $1,000,000 to pay as due the necessary expenses of the operation and maintenance of any sewer or water system to be repaid from sums received for service charges of each respective sewer or water district. Section 6102 of this title is not applicable to this chapter.
9 Del. C. 1953, §  6708;  55 Del. Laws, c. 263;  57 Del. Laws, c. 762, §  10A;  63 Del. Laws, c. 39, §  1;  66 Del. Laws, c. 320, §  11;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 67. SEWERS AND WATER › § 6709. Power to make charges; liability of users; computation of rates.

§ 6709. Power to make charges; liability of users; computation of rates.
(a) The county government may charge and collect rents, rates, fees or other charges (in this chapter sometimes referred to as “service charges”) for direct or indirect connection with, or the use or services of, any sewerage or water system. Such service charges may be charged to and collected from any person contracting for such connection or use or service, or from the owner or occupant, or both of them, of any real property which directly or indirectly is or has been connected with a sewerage or water system, or from or on which originates or has originated sewerage which directly or indirectly has entered or may enter into a sewerage system, or into which water from a water system may enter directly or indirectly, and the owner or occupant, or both of them, of any such real property shall be liable for and shall pay such service charges to the County at the time when, and place where, the county government by ordinance, resolution, rule or regulation determines that such charges are due and payable.
(b) Such service charges shall, as near as the county government deems practicable and equitable, be uniform throughout the area served by the sewerage or water system, and may be based or computed either on the consumption of water on or in connection with the real property, making due allowance for commercial use of water, or on the number and kind of water outlets on or in connection with the real property, or on the number and kind of plumbing or sewerage fixtures or facilities on or in connection with the real property, or on the number of persons residing or working on or otherwise connected or identified with the real property or on a front footage basis, or on other factors determining the type, class and amount of use or service of the sewerage or water system, or on any combination of any such factors.
9 Del. C. 1953, §  6709;  55 Del. Laws, c. 263;  57 Del. Laws, c. 762, §  10A;  66 Del. Laws, c. 320, §  12;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 67. SEWERS AND WATER › § 6710. Penalties for failure to pay charges.

§ 6710. Penalties for failure to pay charges.
(a) In the event that a service charge with regard to any parcel of real property is not paid as and when due, interest shall accrue and be due to the County on the unpaid balance at the rate of 1 percent per month until the service charge, and the interest thereon, shall be fully paid to the County.
(b) In the event that any service charge with respect to any parcel of real property is not paid as and when due, the county government may, in its discretion, enter upon such parcel and cause the connection thereof leading directly or indirectly to the sewerage or water system to be cut and shut off until the service charge and any subsequent service charges with regard to such parcel and all interest accrued thereon are fully paid.
9 Del. C. 1953, §  6710;  55 Del. Laws, c. 263;  57 Del. Laws, c. 762, §  10A;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 67. SEWERS AND WATER › § 6711. Lien of service charges on real estate.

§ 6711. Lien of service charges on real estate.
(a) In the event that any service charge is not paid when due, the unpaid balance and any interest accrued shall be a lien on the parcel of real property with regard to which the service charge was made. The lien shall be superior and paramount to the interest in such parcel of any owner, lessee, tenant, mortgagee or other person, except the lien of taxes.
(b) If any service charge or any part of a service charge remains unpaid at the end of 2 years after the due date, the county government shall institute proper proceedings for the enforcement of the lien, levy the service charge as an assessment with interest thereon accrued, and all costs thereon, upon the grounds and buildings with regard to which a service charge was made. The properties against which such service charges remain unpaid shall be liable for the payment of said service charge in the same manner as they are liable for other county taxes and are subject to the collection procedures set forth in Chapter 87 of this title.
(c) The Sheriff shall, out of the purchase money of the premises so sold, pay all costs arising from the process and sale to the parties entitled thereto respectively, and shall pay the amount of the service charge with accrued interest thereon to the county government. The residue of the purchase money shall be immediately deposited in a state or national bank designated by Sussex County, to the credit of the owner or owners of the property so sold.
9 Del. C. 1953, §  6711;  55 Del. Laws, c. 263;  57 Del. Laws, c. 762, §  10A;  63 Del. Laws, c. 142, §  25;  64 Del. Laws, c. 67, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 67. SEWERS AND WATER › § 6712. Sewer and water lien docket.

§ 6712. Sewer and water lien docket.
The Prothonotary shall, under the supervision and direction of the county government, prepare a docket to be known as “The Sussex County Sewer and Water Lien Docket” in which shall be recorded the liens for service charges. The Docket shall be prepared at the expense of the county government in substantially the same form as the judgment docket for Sussex County, and contain in the back thereof an index according to the name of the owner against which such lien has been assessed. No sewer lien shall be valid unless duly recorded as provided in this section. All sewer liens duly recorded in the Docket shall continue in full force and effect until the liens have been satisfied by payment, and when such liens are satisfied by payment the Prothonotary, acting under the supervision and direction of the county government, shall satisfy the record by entering thereon the date of final payment and the words “satisfied in full.” The Prothonotary, for the use of the county government, shall receive a fee of 50 cents for each satisfaction so entered.
9 Del. C. 1953, §  6712;  55 Del. Laws, c. 263;  57 Del. Laws, c. 762, §  10A;