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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 1973, BY AMENDING SECTION 6-8 THEREOF [118.51 AND 118.12 PERTAINING TO FEES FOR DEMOLITION AND SEWER CONNECTIONS. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that Section 6-8 (118.51 and 118.12 (a), (b) and (c)) of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1973, be amended to read as follows: Section 118.51. Fees for demolition. (1) For the demolition of any residential accessory building, the fee shall be five dollars ($5.00). (2) For one and two family residences, the fee shall be ten dollars ($10.00). (3) For all other buildings or structures, the fee shall be twenty dollars ($20.00). The person obtaining a demolition permit shall be responsible for sealing the building or structure's sanitary sewer lateral at the property line or clean out. Such seal shall be constructed with three thousand (3,000) PSI (minimum) compression strength concrete in accordance with the Department of Public Utility standards. A fee of twenty-five dollars (S25.00) shall be paid for inspection of the seal by the City. The seal shall not be covered until inspected and approved. The responsibility for safeguarding the excavation made for sealing the lateral until inspected and for adequately back filling such excavation after inspection and acceptance shall be borne by the demolition permit holder. The person obtaining a demolition permit may elect to have the City seal the building or structure's sanitary sewer lateral at a cost of one hundred dollars ($100.00). If such election is made and the one hundred dollar ($100.00) fee is paid, the twenty-five dollar ($25.00) sanitary sewer lateral sealing inspection fee will be waived. Section 118.12. Charges for sewer connections - generally. When connection following charges shall to the fee schedule set is made with the City sewer, the be made for each connection in addition forth in Section 118.11 (a) and (b): (a) Residential; trailer parks: (1) An availability fee of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) shall be made for each dwelling unit and each common laundry room or like common facility which generates sewage in the case of apartments, condominiums or other multi-family structures.