13.08.040: PUBLIC SEWERS REQUIRED:
   A.   Unsanitary Deposits Unlawful: It is unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit to be deposited in any unsanitary manner on public or private property within any area under the jurisdiction of the village any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste.
   B.   Discharge To Outlet Or Watercourse: It is unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet or watercourse within any area under the jurisdiction of the village, any sewage or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this chapter.
   C.   Construction Of Facilities: Except as hereinafter provided, and subject to the provisions of article V of the county board of health ordinance, it is unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool, or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage.
   D.   Owner Shall Connect: The owner or operator of any lot improved or to be improved with a principal structure used for human occupancy with access to an available publicly owned sewer, shall connect, in accordance with and pursuant to this chapter and title 16, chapter 16.19 of this code, any such principal structure's plumbing system to the village sanitary sewer system, at such time as any one of the following conditions are met:
      1.   Within ninety (90) days of transfer of fee simple or beneficial title to a lot improved with an existing principal structure used for human occupancy that, upon such transfer, has a plumbing system not connected to the village sanitary sewer system;
      2.   As a requisite condition of obtaining a building permit to construct, install or cause to be constructed or installed, a new principal structure used for human occupancy;
      3.   As a requisite condition of obtaining a building permit for the development, redevelopment, rezoning or major renovation (as defined by the zoning ordinance) of a principal structure used for human occupancy;
      4.   When an existing principal structure located on a lot served by a private sewage disposal system, and such system requires major repairs. For the purposes of this chapter, major repairs shall be defined as repairs requiring a permit from the Lake County health department. In such cases, the existing sewage disposal system shall be properly disconnected and abandoned;
      5.   Following the effective date of this chapter, upon notice of the completion and availability of an available village funded sanitary sewer.
   E.   Exceptions: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the mandatory connection requirements in subsection D of this section shall, in the following limited circumstances, not apply where:
      1.   A lawfully permitted principal structure used for human occupancy, that has a valid certificate of occupancy, is serviced by a private sewage disposal system, and is located on a lot for which no portion of the principal structure is within two hundred feet (200') of the village sanitary sewer system.
      2.   An existing private sewage disposal system, otherwise allowed under the provisions of this subsection, that requires only minor repairs, not requiring a permit from the Lake County health department.
   F.   Sewer Extension: At any such time that connection is required or elected to be made to a village owned sanitary sewer, if the existing public sewer does not extend or is not available along the full length of the property frontage on at least one side of the property making connection, the property owner shall be responsible for extending the sanitary sewer (in accordance with the village's master plan for sewer extensions) to their far property line, in accordance with the village's requirements and title 16, chapter 16.19 of this code, and conveying said sewer extension to the village upon completion. (Ord. 2015-O-5)