A. At any time after the effective date hereof, it shall be unlawful for any person owning, renting, leasing or controlling, in whole or in part, any premises situated or abutting on any street or alley where sewer services are available, to construct, use or maintain or permit to be constructed, used or maintained on such premises any privy, cesspool, water closet, urinal basin, slop sink, slop drain, bathtub or water waste drain from laundry or livery stable or any other receptacle whatsoever used or to be used for the purpose of receiving or removing sewerage matter or slop of any kind unless the same shall be connected with the system of sanitary sewerage of the city.
B. All privies and closets that may be on any premises to which sewer services are available, as aforesaid, shall be removed or abated within sixty (60) days after the effective date hereof. (Ord. 153, 5-4-1946)
On or after sixty (60) days from the effective date hereof, it shall be unlawful to dispose of any human excreta within the corporate limits of the city.
A. Connection Required: All owners, occupants, or their agent(s) of buildings that are used, resided in, and/or have an active water meter situated in any section of the city where active sanitary sewer exists, and where the building’s property line is within fifty feet (50') of any such active sewer, is hereby required to secure the applicable plumbing permit and must connect within ninety (90) calendar days after notice from the Code Enforcement Officer, Utility Supervisor, and/or other city official as assigned by the City Manager. It is specifically noted that the typical plumbing permits’ one-year tenure issued in general construction circumstances is hereby superseded by this health-specific 90-day tenure. Connections to a sanitary sewer line within the allotted 90-day period will be exempt from any sewer tap connection fee; however, should a re-inspection fee be required to have the (assigned) City Building Inspector return to the property to verify compliance to prevailing plumbing codes, the re-inspection fee will be imposed via normal policy. In addition, at the owner’s expense, all septic systems will be filled and de-commissioned as per State health code requirements; said de-commissioning to occur within the ninety (90) calendar day tenure cited above.
B. Nonconnection Penalties: All owners or occupants of buildings, or agents thereof, situated in any section of the city where sanitary sewers exist that fails to connect to a city sanitary sewer line shall be subject to having their water disconnected from the city water system and thereafter no water services shall be reconnected for the same location until connection to city sanitary line is completed and will be charged with a misdemeanor as per section 8-2-8 of this chapter.
(Ord. 11-06-10, 6-1-2010; amd. Ord. 106-6-24, 6-4-2024)
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