Title 9 — Counties

§ 2301. Conditions for establishment of sanitary sewer district. 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 wil…

§ 2302. Establishment or revision of sanitary sewer districts without election; consolidation of districts. (a) Where the County Council has already constructed sewers to which 50 or more houses have been connected, the County Council may establish, upon request of the Department…

§ 2303. Establishment of sanitary sewer district upon petition of voters. Fifty or more legal voters who are residents of a proposed sanitary sewer district, may petition the County Council to submit the question of organizing a sanitary sewer district to a vote of electors resid…

§ 2304. Public hearing; notice. The County Council, upon receipt of a petition submitted as provided in § 2303 of this title, shall, and the County Council may, upon its own motion and without having received such a petition, set a date for a public hearing on the question of org…

§ 2305. Action of County Council following hearing. (a) After the public hearing referred to in § 2304 of this title shall have been closed, the County Council shall, by resolution, determine whether or not it is in the public interest to establish the district and, if it deems i…

§ 2306. Election on question of establishment of district. (a) Whenever the determination on the question of establishing the district, as required by § 2305 of this title, is in the affirmative, and after the other requirements of that section have been complied with, the County…

§ 2307. Action of County Council following election favoring establishment of district. (a) If the majority of the voters are in favor of establishing the sanitary sewer district, the County Council shall within 30 days following the election, issue a determination to that effect…

§ 2308. Construction of system adequate for future connections. The County Council may construct and maintain main sewers and sewage 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.…

§ 2309. Construction or maintenance of sewers for cities or towns. The County Council may construct or maintain submains or laterals as agents for cities or towns when officially requested so to act and when the cost of such work is to be borne by local assessments against the pr…

§ 2310. Adjustment of assessment for cost of existing sewers included in a district. In the case where a sanitary sewer district shall include areas wherein sanitary sewers have been constructed under the authority of the County Council, or by incorporated towns, corporations or …

§ 2311. Bonds; power to issue; terms; authority of County Executive. (a) The County Council may issue bonds of New Castle County to finance the cost of constructing sewage disposal facilities in any sanitary sewer district. The moneys raised by the issuance of such bonds shall be…

§ 2312. Notice of sale of bonds. The County Council shall provide notice of its intent to sell bonds in at least 2 issues in 1 newspaper of general circulation published in New Castle County at least 10 days prior to the sale of the bonds. The notice shall state the total amount …

§ 2313. Deposit accompanying bids. The County Council 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 Council shall return to the unsuc…

§ 2314. Sale of bonds; opinion of County Attorney. (a) The County Council may reject any and all bids, but in awarding the sale of the bonds, or any of them, they shall be sold to the person, persons, firm or corporation which, in the judgment of the County Council, offers the mo…

§ 2315. Preparation, form and execution of bonds. The County Council 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…

§ 2316. Annual assessment; procedure for fixing amount. (a) The County Council each year, at a time to be fixed by it, shall, after a public hearing, establish an annual assessment roll for the sanitary sewer district which shall be known as the “Sanitary Sewer District Assessmen…

§ 2317. Collection of assessments. The annual assessments shall be collected by the County Council 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 othe…

§ 2318. Rules and regulations governing use of sewage disposal facilities. The County Council 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 systems or sewage treatment pla…

§ 2319. Grants or loans from federal, state or interstate agencies. The County Council 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 established by law, to acco…

§ 2320. Validation of prior acts and proceedings. All proceedings taken and all acts done prior to June 2, 1949, purporting to establish any sanitary district for the purposes set forth in Article 1, Chapter 43, Revised Code of the State of Delaware, 1935, as amended by Chapter 1…

§ 2321. Order to connect to sanitary sewer; enforcement. (a) The County Council 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 district which abuts upon a street or other public way containing …