(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit, or permit to be deposited in any unsanitary manner on public or private property within the city any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste. Generally accepted gardening and agricultural practices are not prohibited hereby.
(B) It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet, any wastewater or other polluted waters except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this subchapter and the National Pollution Discharge Elimi nation System (NPDES) permit.
(C) Except as hereinafter provided, 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 without approval of the city.
(D) The owner of all houses, buildings, or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purposes from which wastewater is discharged, and which is situated within the city and adjacent on any street, alley, or right-of-way in which there is now located or is proposed to be located any public sanitary sewer of the city shall be required at the owner(s) expense to install suitable connection to the public sewer in accordance with the provisions this subchapter, within 120 days of the date the public sewer is operational, provided access to the public sewer is within 300 feet of the structure generating the wastewater. All future buildings constructed on property adjacent to the public sewer shall be required to immediately connect to the public sewer. If sewer connections are not made pursuant to this section, an official 90-day notice shall be served instructing the affected property owner to make the connection.
(E) In the event an owner shall fail to connect to a public sewer in compliance with a notice given under division (D), the city shall undertake to have the connection made and shall assess the cost thereof against the benefitted property. The assessment, when levied, shall bear interest at the rate, determined by the City Council and shall be certified to the County Auditor and shall be collected and remitted to the city in the same manner as assessments for local improvements. The rights of the city shall be in addition to any remedial or enforcement provisions of this subchapter.
(Ord. 203.1, passed 9-1-1987; Am. Ord. 2011-06-07D, passed 6-7-2011)