All owners of improved property which is or may be located upon or within a reasonable distance of the sewerage system of the town, where the sewerage system is in operation, shall connect with the sewerage system all water closets, bathtubs, lavatories, sinks, drains, showers and other connections upon their respective properties or premises so that the contents may be made to empty into the sewer or sewer system.
(A) No outdoor privies may be hereafter constructed on or near any sewer line, and the Board of Aldermen or the Health Office may require and enforce immediate abandonment of any privy.
(B) No person shall maintain or use a residence location within 300 yards of another residence that is not provided with sewerage, where the sewerage is available, or with septic tanks approved by the State Board of Health, or with sanitary privy which complies in construction and maintenance with the requirements of the State Board of Health.
(C) No person shall, after having an outdoor privy condemned, rebuild the outdoor privy but must connect to town sewerage system where the connection is available. If the connection is not available, the person must build a septic tank or outdoor privy according to the requirements of the State Board of Health.
(Prior Code, Ch. E, Art. I, § 4) Penalty, see § 10.99
Cross-reference:
Privies; Septic Tanks, see Ch. 52