21Requirement to connect

21 Requirement to connect

(1)  A general manager may, by notice served on the owner of a property, require the owner to connect the property's private stormwater system to a public stormwater system to reduce the flooding risk to the property or to other properties in the stormwater catchment, if the property is located within 30 metres of the public stormwater system.

(2)  The owner of a property who has been served with a notice under subsection (1) must comply with the notice within the period specified, or any longer period allowed by the general manager.

Penalty:  In the case of –

(a) a body corporate, a fine not exceeding 100 penalty units; or

(b) an individual, a fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(3)  If an owner of land who has been served with a notice under subsection (1) does not comply with the notice within 28 days, or any longer period allowed by the general manager, the council may –

(a) do the things that the owner was required by the notice to do; and

(b) recover from the owner its reasonable costs of doing so, other than costs that are prescribed in the regulations to be the responsibility of the council.

(4)  The owner of land who has been served with a notice under subsection (1) may apply to the Appeal Tribunal for a review of the decision by the general manager to serve the notice.