(A) Depositing sewage upon public or private property. It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit to be deposited any sewage upon public or private property within the city in any unsanitary manner.
(B) Discharging sewage into a water course or natural outlet. It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the city, or in an area under the jurisdiction of the city, any sewage, industrial waste or polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this chapter or permit issued by the State Department of Environmental Quality (“MDEQ”).
(C) Construction of privy or septic tank. Except as hereunder provided or in the case of an industrial customer discharging properly treated sewage under the authority of a permit issued by the MDEQ, it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage.
(D) Connection to sanitary sewer; time limit; mandatory injunction.
(1) Any structure in which sewage originates within the city, with the exception of industrial customers discharging properly treated sewage under the authority of a permit issued by the MDEQ, shall be connected to any available sanitary sewer within 90 days after publication by the city of this chapter and notice of availability of a sanitary sewer in a newspaper of general circulation in the city.
(2) For purposes of this section, a sanitary sewer shall be considered to be available when it is located in a right-of-way, easement, highway, street or public way which crossed, adjoins or abuts upon the property in question and passes not more than 200 feet at the nearest point from the structure in which the sewage originates.
(3) For purposes of this section, the phrase STRUCTURE IN WHICH SEWAGE ORIGINATES shall mean a building in which toilet, kitchen, laundry, bathing or other facilities that generate sewage or industrial waste are used or are available for use for household, commercial, industrial or other purposes.
(4) If the structure in which sewage or industrial waste originates has not been connected to an available sanitary sewer within the 90-day period, then the city shall require the connection to be made in accordance with Public Act 368 of 1978, being M.C.L.A. § 333.12754, as amended, which provides that the city may bring an action for a mandatory injunction or order in the applicable court of jurisdiction to compel the immediate connection to the subject premises to the system. In the proceeding, the city shall have the rights and remedies provided by this chapter.
(E) Extension of system to lot in plats. Plats for premises located in the city and subdivided into four or more lots or parcels shall not be approved by the city after the effective date of this chapter unless an extension of the system is constructed to serve all lots or parcels in the plat in compliance with the construction and capacity requirements of the city as reviewed by the city engineer, all at the cost of the owner of the premises. This is intended to implement the provisions of the Subdivision Control Act of 1967 (Public Act 288 of 1967, being M.C.L.A. §§ 560.101 through 560.293, as amended).
(Ord. 162, passed 8-12-2002; Ord. 182, § 2, passed 2-13-2012) Penalty, see § 52.99