(A) It is unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit to be deposited in any unsanitary manner upon public or private property, any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste.
(B) It is unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the city, any wastewater, industrial wastes or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this subchapter.
(C) Except as hereinafter provided, it is unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other facility intended or used for disposal of wastewater.
(D) The owner of all houses, buildings or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purpose, situated within the city and abutting on any street in which there is now located or may in the future be located a public sanitary sewer, is hereby required at his or her expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein, and to connect the facilities directly with the sewer. As a prerequisite to new sewer connections, adequate reserve capacity in the sewers and at the treatment plan shall exist for the new users.
(E) The owner or occupant of any property shall make the connection with the sanitary sewer within 30 days after written notice is given to the owner or occupant to install the toilet and make the connection. The written notice shall be prepared and delivered by the City Administrator on order of the Council.
(F) Wherever any owner or occupant shall fail to comply with the written notice, the Council may, by resolution, direct that a toilet be installed and connection be made with the sanitary sewer and that the cost of the installation be paid in the first instance out of the General Revenue Fund then assessed against the property benefitted.
(G) After the installation and connection is completed by order of the Council, the City Administrator shall serve a written notice of the assessment upon the owner or his or her representative directing him or her to pay to the city the assessment within ten days after the service of the notice. If the assessment is not paid within ten days, the City Administrator shall certify the amount thereof to the County Auditor for collection, in the same manner as other special assessments, and the same shall become a lien upon the property until paid; provided, the Council may by resolution provide that the assessment be spread over a term of three years upon request of the owner of the property or his or her representative.
(2002 Code, § 3.91) (Ord. 120, Third Series, effective 7-1-1986; Ord. 157, Third Series, effective 12-1-1987; Ord. 107, Sixth Series, effective 5-22-2009; Ord. 25, Seventh Series, effective 6-5-2015) Penalty, see § 10.99