§ 51.21 SEWAGE DISPOSAL.
   (A)   It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit to be deposited in an unsanitary manner upon public or private property within the town, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the town, any human or animal excrement, garbage, or other objectionable waste.
   (B)   It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the town, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the town, and sanitary sewage, industrial waste, or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this subchapter.
   (C)   It shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool, or other facilities intended or used for the disposal of sewage.
   (D)   (1)   The owner of all houses, buildings, or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purposes situated within the town, and abutting any street, alley or right-of-way in which there is now located or may in the future be located in a public sewer or combined sewer of the town, is hereby required at his or her expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein, and to connect such facilities directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with § 51.21(E)(2).
      (2)   All sewer lines and connections up to the property line of the property served shall be maintained in good repair at the expense of the Town, including replacement if necessary because of damage, corrosion, or other deterioration, provided such damage, corrosion, or other deterioration is not due to the fault of the customer or owner of the property. Any such sewer lines and/or connections which are damaged by the property owner shall be repaired or replaced by the town at the expense of the property owner.
      (3)   All sewer lines and connections from the property line of the property served to the building shall be maintained in good repair at the expense of the property owner.
   (E)   (1)   The town as a municipal sanitary sewer operator shall have the ability to require property owners whose property is located within 300 feet of the town’s sanitary sewer system to do the following:
         (a)   Connect to the town’s sanitary sewer system: and
         (b)   Discontinue use of privies, cesspools, septic tanks and similar structures servicing the property.
      (2)   The town shall give property owners whose property is located within 300 feet of the town’s sanitary sewer system notification 90 days before the property owner is required to connect to the town’s sanitary sewer system. The town shall take all steps necessary to enforce and collect said penalties and to enforce the required connection.
      (3)   The town establishes a penalty in the sum of $10 per day for property owners who refuse to connect to the town’s sanitary sewer system on the date that the property owner is to connect to the town’s sanitary sewer system.
      (4)   The town shall begin billing property owners sanitary sewer fees after the date that the property owner is required to complete connection to the town’s sanitary sewer system. The property owner who does not connect to the town’s sanitary sewer system shall be billed as an unmetered water user and shall be assessed a flat fee as set forth in the town’s current sanitary sewer rate ordinance.
(Ord. 2010-6, passed 8-9-10; Am. Ord. 2016-6, passed 5-23-16)