(A) It shall be unlawful for any owner or lessee of any lot or parcel of land within the village to place, deposit, or permit to be deposited any human excrement, garbage, or any other organic waste upon the premises in a way or place that the same is exposed to flies, rodents, small domestic animals or will endanger a water supply.
(B) It shall be unlawful to construct and maintain any privy, privy vaults, cesspool or septic tank intended for, or subject to, receiving human excrement wherever a public sanitary sewer is located in any street, alley, right-of-way, or easement adjacent to, or within 200 feet of the foundation wall of the structure from which the sewage or other waste originates (R.C. §§ 6117.51.C and D). Where a new public sanitary sewer connection is made, the existing privy, privy vault, cesspool or septic tank intended for or subject to receiving human excrement, shall be cleaned, removed and filled in accordance with the County Board of Health regulations.
(C) (1) Where a public sanitary or combined sewer is not available, the building sewer shall be connected to a private wastewater disposal system.
(2) Any private wastewater disposal system, as provided in this section, shall conform to all applicable village, county, state and federal laws and codes.
(3) The owner of a private wastewater disposal facility shall operate and maintain the facilities in a sanitary manner at all times, at no expense to the village.
(4) Whenever, in the opinion of the Village Administrator, any privy, vault, cesspool or septic tank shall become offensive to the safety, health, comfort, convenience or repose of the public he or she shall give notice to the owner personally or by mailing the notice by registered mail to such owner at his or her last known address, requiring the owner or occupant of the premises to clean, remove or alter the privy, vault, cesspool or septic tank in a satisfactory manner within five days from the date of notice. Should the owner or occupant of the premises fail to clean, remove or alter such privy, vault, cesspool or septic tank, or fail to connect to the sewer system as specified in this chapter, within the time specified, the Village Administrator shall cause the work to be done and the expense for such work shall become an obligation of the owner of the property to the village. Such obligation shall be collected in a manner consistent with village policy, or in a suit at law, or the charges shall be certified to the County Auditor and be collected as other taxes are collected. No person shall remove or dispose of the contents of any privy, vault, cesspool or septic tank except in a manner approved by the Village Administrator and the State/County Boards of Health.
(5) At such time as a public sewer becomes available to a property served by a private wastewater disposal system, as provided in division (B) hereof, a direct connection shall be made to the public sewer within one year in compliance with this chapter, and any septic tanks, cesspools, and similar private wastewater disposal facilities shall be abandoned in accordance with state or local laws.
(D) Abandonment of septic tanks or vaults. Upon connection to a public or private sanitary sewer, the existing septic tank or vault shall be pumped out and the waste disposed of by a licensed hauler. When the tank or vault has been verified as empty, the top and bottom of the tank or vault shall be fractured or broken so that the tank shall not hold water. The tank or vault shall then be filled with #57 stone or a similar gravel, and the top covered with earth.
(Ord. 04-21, passed - -)