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A19 FACE 858 AN ORDINANCE TO REQUIRE OWNERS OF PROPERTY DEVELOPED AFTER ENACTMENT TO CONNECT SUCH PREMISES WITH THE DISTRICT'S WATER SYSTEM BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners for Lee County sitting as the governing body of the Lee County Water and Sewer District No. 1 as follows: SECTION 1. Within the jurisdiction of Lee County Water and Sewer District No. 1 ( "District ") every lot in all subdivisions of more than three (3) lots which are approved and developed subsequent to the effective date of this ordinance that are located within 1,500 feet of the District's water system, as hereinafter set out, shall be required to connect each and every lot in said subdivision to the District's water system at the expense of the sub - divider or developer. The distance from the closest property line of the tract which is being subdivided, in whole or in part, to the nearest existing district water line in a straight line shall determine whether the subject development meets the criteria requiring connection to the District's water system. SECTION 2. Within the jurisdiction of the District, every new residential dwelling unit which is located within 1,000 feet of the District's water line system, as hereinafter set out, shall connect to said system at the owners expense except when it is determined that the District cannot adequately supply the customer's needs, or if the tract or parcel of land on which the residential dwelling unit is situated is a land locked parcel. The distance from the residential dwelling unit to the nearest existing District water line in a straight line shall determine whether the residence meets the criteria requiring connection to the District's Water System.