A. Unsanitary Deposit Of Waste Prohibited: 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 city or any area under the jurisdiction of said city, any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste.
B. Unlawful Discharge To Natural Outlet: It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the city, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the city, any sewage or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this chapter.
C. Disposal Facilities Prohibited:
1. 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 when a public sanitary sewer is within three hundred feet (300') of the property line.
2. Septic tanks will be permitted only when the public sanitary sewer is more than three hundred feet (300') from the property line or in cases of undue hardship. In either case, justification for the use of the septic tank must be certified to by the superintendent and the city engineer, and approved in writing by the city council. Construction and use of septic tanks must comply with section 7-2-4 of this chapter.
D. Connection Required; Violation: The owner of any property upon which houses, buildings or other properties are located and used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other like purposes, situated within the city and abutting or within three hundred feet (300') of any street, alley, right of way or easement, or if the property contains an easement in which there is located a public sanitary sewer, is hereby required, at the owner's expense, to connect the houses, buildings or other properties directly to the public sanitary sewer in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. Every such owner shall, within ninety (90) calendar days after the date shown on the official written notice to do so, connect said premises to the public sanitary sewer, and it shall thereafter be unlawful for such owner to have the plumbing in said premises remain unconnected to the public sanitary sewer or to maintain or use or cause or permit to exist any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other facility intended or used for the disposal of wastewater. Failure of the owner to comply with the requirements of this subsection within the time prescribed may be a violation of this chapter and a penalty of one hundred percent (100%) of the applicable hookup fee shall be added to the hookup fee, together with interest levied at the legal rate effective at the time the hookup is made and beginning with the date the violation began up to and including the date of the application for sewer service. (Ord. 82-1, 2-22-1982)