Residents in the areas that comprise Phase II of the north Plantation Key sewer system are in no hurry to hook up, despite a village mandate to do so.

Through March 17, just 181 of the 656 homes ordered to hook up had connected to the system, records show. All of the homeowners have been getting billed for sewer service since at least late November.

"We still get the revenue but the object of the entire exercise is to improve the near shore water quality," Utilities Director Myles Milander said.

Under village code, which was revised last year to be more permissive, residents have six months to run a lateral line from their homes to the sewer system after it becomes available. This week brought the six-month mark for Phase II-C of the north Plantation Key system, which comprises 102 homes that are reached by heading south on Sunshine Boulevard.

Nearly 300 houses in Phases II-A and II-B, which included neighborhoods between roughly Coral Shores High School and Tavernier Creek, were required to be hooked up by November and late December, respectively.

But in those three areas just one-third of the homeowners have actually connected, leaving more than 260 properties in violation of the law. Homes that don't comply with the mandatory hook-up order are subject to code enforcement action, including fines and liens.

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My Thoughts:

Bravo!  Even if it is only on behalf of the economy.....  screw em