A. Discharge Of Human And Animal Waste: It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit, or permit to be deposited in any unsanitary manner on public or private property within the City, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the City, any human or animal excrement, garbage, or objectionable waste.
B. Discharges Into Natural Outlets: It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the City, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the City, any wastewater or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and the City NPDES/SDS permit.
C. Private Systems: Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool, or other facility intended or used for the disposal of wastewater.
1. Notice To Connect: Where a public sanitary sewer is within three hundred feet (300') of the structure generating wastewater, the owner shall make connection in a manner according to the City within three hundred sixty five (365) days after written notice has been served on the owner or his authorized representative, or by mail sent to his last known address. If the owner cannot be reached by mail so addressed, then the City may serve the written notice upon the occupant. Failure to remedy within the allotted time may result in a penalty as established in section 9-3-16 of this chapter. The City has the right to waive this subsection D1 until change of ownership of said property.
2. Failure To Comply; Abatement: Whenever the notice provided for in this section is not complied with, the City Council shall, by resolution, direct the work to be done. The cost of the installation shall be paid initially from the General Fund and then assessed by the City against the property benefited. If the assessment is not paid to the City Treasurer within ten (10) days after the Clerk has served written notice in the same manner as provided in subsection D1 of this section, the City Clerk shall then certify the amount of the assessment to the County auditor for collection in the same manner as other special assessments. The City Council may, by resolution, provide that the assessment be spread over a term of three (3) years upon request of the property owner or his authorized representative.
E. Public System Exclusive Right Of City: The City retains the exclusive right to furnish public sanitary sewer service to all buildings within the City. No person, firm, corporation or other legal entity shall construct, maintain or operate within the City a public sanitary sewer system or serve any building with a sanitary sewer system or gather waste or sewage therefrom. (Ord. 2004-11)
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| 1 | 1. See also appendix A, subsection 1000.16A of this Code. |