(A) Where a public sanitary sewer is present in a street, alley easement, or thoroughfare adjacent to the premises occupied by a building, the liquid wastes from any plumbing system in said building shall be discharged into the public sanitary sewer unless inaccessible thereto as determined by the Superintendent of the Water and Sewer Department.
(B) The discharge from the plumbing fixtures only shall be connected to the public sanitary sewers of the village. For the purposes of the code of ordinances, the term “plumbing fixtures” shall be construed in accordance with the state’s Plumbing Code, and shall specifically include the basement floor drains. The connection of footing tile, area drains, surface water inlets, downspouts, yard or field drains, or any other drainage facility which receives ground water seepage of collected surface water, to the public sanitary sewer system is hereby prohibited.
(C) Except as hereinafter provided, 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) The owner of all houses, buildings or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purposes situated within the village and abutting any street, alley, or right-of-way in which there is now located or may in the future be located a public sewer or combined sewer of the village, 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 the provisions of this subchapter, within 90 days after date of official notice to do so, provided that said public sewer is within 100 feet of the property line.
(2016 Code, § 12.202) (Ord. 19-O-4, passed 4-22-2019) Penalty, see § 52.99