Private sewage systems shall be located and maintained in accordance with the rules set out in the following subdivisions.
(A) A settling or septic tank shall be provided in such systems, having a capacity, for single family dwelling of at least 500 gallons liquid capacity, and for other dwellings and buildings of such capacity as the Village Board of Health prescribes. In the event there is a garbage disposal unit or grinder connected with the house sewer, the capacity of the septic tank shall be increased at least 50%. Such tank and appurtenances, including all overflow pipes or leaching laterals of stone, drain tile, or other material, and absorption or seepage pits, shall not be located nearer than 50 feet to any well or spring used for drinking or culinary purposes or for watering livestock or poultry, nor nearer than 25 feet to a dwelling. In no case shall any outlet, therefrom be so located and constructed that liquid therefrom will be discharged into a limestone formation. No cesspool will be permitted or accepted as a settling tank. Absorption or seepage pits shall be discontinued upon order of the Board of Health. A settling tank shall not be located as so to be subject to flooding by surface water. No sludge or other effluent from septic tanks and private sewer systems shall be discharged or permitted to discharge on the surface of the ground.
(B) When sludge accumulates in such tank in sufficient quantity to interfere with its efficient operation, it shall be removed under and in accordance with the direction of the health officer and buried so as to be inaccessible to human beings or animals and so as not to endanger any domestic or public water supply.
(C) When the soil around any appurtenant overflow pipe or lateral of stone, drain tile, or other material or absorption or seepage pit becomes so clogged that it will no longer absorb the liquids placed therein, additional soil absorption facilities shall be provided. Any abandoned settling tank or appurtenant absorption or seepage pit shall be filled with earth to the level of the surrounding ground and the approval of the health officer obtained therefor.
(D) Every settling tank shall be so constructed as to be easily accessible for cleaning and inspection from the top through suitable manhole openings. Covers for such manhole openings shall be rigid, durable and securely fastened. Ventilation shall be provided through the main house drain and house stack. The main drain to the tank or cesspool should be laid without a trap.
(E) It shall be the duty of every person constructing a private sewage system to file a record of the exact location of the tank and all appurtenances thereto, with dimensions thereof in the Office of the Village Clerk. The Village Clerk shall keep a record of all such installations in a securely bound book.
(Ord. 19, passed 9-18-1950) Penalty, see § 53.99