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SEWER REGULATIONS
§ 54.040 USE OF PUBLIC SEWERS REQUIRED.
   (A)   Unauthorized deposits. 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 town or in any area under the jurisdiction of the town any human or animal excrement, garbage or objectionable waste. It shall be unlawful for any person to throw or deposit any material or substance in any public sanitary sewer line that will, in any manner, obstruct the line.
   (B)   Discharge; natural outlets. It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the town or in any area under the jurisdiction of the town any wastewater or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this chapter and with regulations of the Division of Environmental Management, Department of Natural Resources and Community Development of the State.
   (C)   Septic tank and other facilities. 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 wastewater. Also see § 54.041.
   (D)   Required connections. The owners of all houses, buildings or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes, situated within the town and abutting on any street, alley or right-of-way in which there is now located or may in the future be located a public sanitary sewer of the town, is hereby required at the owner’s expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein, and to connect those facilities directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, within 90 days after date of official notice to do so, provided that the public sewer is within 150 feet of the property line. Also see § 54.043.
(Prior Code, § F-II-1) Penalty, see § 54.999
§ 54.041 PRIVATE WASTEWATER DISPOSAL.
   (A)   Public sanitary sewer not available.
      (1)   Where a public sanitary sewer is not available, the building sewer shall be connected to a private wastewater disposal system complying with the provisions of this subchapter. Before commencement of construction of a private wastewater disposal system, the owner(s) shall first obtain permits from the Gaston County Inspection Department (GCID) and Department of Public Health (DPH) and Division of Environmental Management (DEM) of the state.
      (2)   The owner(s) shall provide any plans, specifications and other information as deemed necessary by the GCID, DPH and DEM. No permit shall be issued for any private wastewater disposal system employing subsurface soil absorption facilities where the area of the lot is less than 20,000 square feet. No septic tank or cesspool shall be permitted to discharge to any natural outlet. The owner(s) shall operate and maintain the private wastewater disposal facilities in a sanitary manner at all times, at no expense to the local government.
   (B)   Public sanitary sewer made available. At a time as a public sanitary sewer becomes available to a property served by a private wastewater disposal system, a direct connection shall be made to the public sewer within 60 days. Under unusual and/or special circumstances, the local government may waive this provision.
(Prior Code, § F-II-2)
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