(a) It is determined and declared that public sanitary sewers are essential to the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the City; that all structures in which sanitary sewage originates shall connect to the sewage system at the earliest reasonable date as a matter for the protection of the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the City; and all structures in which sanitary sewage originates that are situated or become situated within 200 feet of a street, alley, right-of-way or easement which contains a public sanitary sewer shall be connected to such sewer within ninety days after the mailing or posting of a notice to such premises by the appropriate City official that such sanitary sewer services are available. Such notification and the enforcement of this action shall be in conformity with Act 368 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended.
(b) Upon connection to a public sanitary sewer, any private sewage disposal system serving a structure in which sanitary sewage originated shall be closed and abandoned to further use. The property owner shall provide documentation of the closure and abandonment of the private sewage disposal system to the Director within fourteen days of the connection to the public sanitary sewer.
(c) A person who violates this section is responsible for a Class D municipal civil infraction and shall be subject to the civil fines provided in Section 202.98.
(Ord. 14-01. Passed 10-16-01; Ord. 05-08. Passed 3-18-08.)