Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool, or other private facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage. Where a public sanitary sewer or combined sewer is not available under the provisions of Section 1040.05, the building sewer shall be connected with a private disposal system constructed and maintained in compliance with rules and regulations of the Health Department and orders of the local unit of government having jurisdiction, and subject to the following additional regulations:
(a) At such time as a public sewer becomes available to a property served by a private sewage disposal system, a direct connection shall be made to the public sewer in compliance with the provisions of this chapter and any septic tank, privy, privy vault, cesspool or similar private sewage disposal facility shall be abandoned and discontinued for sanitary sewage disposal use.
(b) All private sanitary sewage disposal systems permitted under this chapter shall be maintained in a sanitary manner at all times at the sole expense of the owner.
(c) All abandoned private sanitary sewage disposal systems shall be completely filled with earth, sand, gravel, concrete or other approved material, upon the abandonment or discontinuation of use of a septic tank or privy, and the sewage and sludge contents thereof shall be completely removed and disposed of by a duly licensed septic tank cleaner. The tank, or the pit in the instance of a privy, shall be treated with a chemical disinfectant acceptable to the County Health Department and the tank or pit shall be completely backfilled with sand and made safe from the hazard of collapse or entrapment.
(d) Where any structure, wherein sanitary sewage originates, is not connected to the POTW after the date provided, in addition to the criminal penalties provided by this chapter, the Village may bring an action for mandatory injunction or injunctive order in any court of competent jurisdiction in the County of Eaton to compel the owner of the property on which such structure is located to connect to the system.
(Ord. 97-4. Passed 9-8-97.)