(A) It is hereby declared to be a nuisance and it shall be unlawful for any person to use, maintain or suffer, or permit to be used or maintained upon any premises owned, controlled or occupied by him, any cesspool, except cesspools constructed prior to September 18, 1951, when a public sewer is available to such premises. Any existing cesspools shall not be permitted to be pumped out, or otherwise emptied, to any degree for future use when a public sewer is available for the disposal of the sewage conveyed into the cesspool.
(B) For the purpose of this section a public sewer shall be deemed available to any premises if it shall lie in the street, alley or easement abutting the premises. In the application of this section any rear portion of any lot, regardless of the matter of owner-ship, shall be deemed to be a part of the premises included within the lot as shown by the recorded subdivision of which it is a part. Should any sewer in front of any premises be of insufficient depth to serve the rear portion of such lot by gravity, any person desiring to install plumbing thereon shall make provision for conveying sewage therefrom to the public sewer by pumping or by transmission to some other public sewer, it being the intent hereof that when any portion of the city has been equipped with sewers, cesspools therein shall be prohibited, even though it may not be physically possible to provide gravity sewer service.
('86 Code, § 16.08.120) (Ord. 2472, passed 9-18-51) Penalty, see § 1.12.010