A. Discharge Of Human And Animal Wastes: It is unlawful for any person to place, deposit, or permit to be deposited in an unsanitary manner upon public or private property within the city, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the city, any human or animal excrement, garbage, or other objectional waste.
B. Treatment Required: It is unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the city, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the city, any sanitary sewage, industrial wastes, or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
C. Private Systems: Except as provided herein, it is unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool, or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage.
D. Connection To Sewer System Required: The owners of all houses, buildings or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purpose, situated within the city 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 city, are required at their expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein. If an existing private sewage disposal system is in use and is not operating properly (as determined by the Tulsa County health department or Oklahoma department of environmental quality [ODEQ]), the owner shall be required to connect such facilities directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this chapter within ninety (90) days after the date of official notice by the city to do so; provided, that the public sewer is within two hundred fifty feet (250') of the house, building or structure used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purpose. If an existing private sewage disposal system is in use and is operating satisfactorily (as determined by the Tulsa County health department or ODEQ), the owner will not be required to connect such facilities to the public sewer. However, the owner of any structure connected to a private sewage disposal system, provided the structure is located with two hundred fifty feet (250') of a public sewer, shall be required to pay the normal sewer user charge (based on metered water usage), regardless of whether he or she elects to tie on to the public sewer or to continue using a properly operating sewage disposal system. (2002 Code § 13.12.020; amd. 2013 Code)