(A) Where a public sanitary or combined sewer is not available, all persons owning or leasing property in closely built-up areas shall comply with the following provisions of this subchapter for private sewage disposal systems.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit, or permit to be deposited in an insanitary manner upon public or private property within the county, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the county, any human excrement or sewage.
(C) At any business building situated within the county where there is installed a sewage disposal system which is not connected to a public sewer system, and no public sewer system is available, there shall be established, installed, or constructed and maintained a private sewage disposal system, which shall comply with the standards of the State Board of Health, as contained in Bulletin S.E. 13 of the State Board of Health, or in such other manner as approved by the State Board of Health. Copies of said Bulletin S.E. 13 are herewith incorporated by reference as part of this section, and two copies are filed in the office of the County Auditor and county’s Health Officer for public inspection.
(D) Any privy situated within the county shall be of the sanitary type and shall be constructed and maintained in a clean condition and so that insects and rodents cannot enter the vault. Any privy shall be located properly to protect water supplies from contamination.
(E) All private residential sewage disposal systems and privies shall be installed, constructed, and maintained in an approved manner as described in Bulletins S.E. eight and 11 of the State Board of Health, copies of which are herewith incorporated by reference as a part of this section, and two copies filed in the office of the County Auditor and County Health Officer for public inspection.
(F) The installation of any other private residential sewage disposal systems not described in State Board of Health Bulletins S.E. eight and 11 of mechanical, chemical, or other means shall be approved by the County Health Officer after the Board of Commissioners has filed the requirements, plans, and specifications of such device or system in the office of the County Auditor and in the County Health office; said requirements, plans, and specifications must bear the written approval of the State Board of Health.
(G) Should a defect exist or occur in any private sewage disposal system or privy which would cause said sewage disposal system or privy to fail to meet the requirements in divisions (C), (D), and (F) above, and cause an insanitary condition, the defect shall be corrected upon order, in writing, from the county’s Board of Health, stating a period of time for such correction to be made by the owner, or agent of the owner. Failure to do so shall be a violation of this subchapter, and the violator shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in § 51.19(B).
(H) Wherever a public combined or sanitary sewer becomes available, and is within 50 feet of the property line of the residential or business property served by a private sewage disposal system or privy situated within the county, a direction connection shall be made to said sewer; provided, however, that said public sewer system makes necessary easement to the property, and any septic tanks, outhouses, privy pits, and similar sewage disposal and treatment facilities shall be abandoned and filled in a safe and sanitary manner, if an unsafe and insanitary condition exists.
(I) Whenever a new business building or subdivision is developed in an area where a public combined or sanitary sewer is available, a connection shall be made to said sewer, if such connection can be made at a reasonable cost.
(J) (1) After receiving an order, in writing, from the county’s Board of Health, or the duly appointed Health Officer, the owner, or agent of the owner, of the property shall comply with the provisions of this subchapter, as set forth in said order, and within the time limit included therein.
(2) The minimum time limit of said order to comply shall be not less than 60 days. Said order shall be served on the owner, or agent of the owner.
(Ord. 1967-2, passed 9-4-1967) Penalty, see § 10.99