(A) Private system required.
(1) All houses, buildings or properties which are required by other authority to have sanitary or industrial wastewater facilities and are located where a proper wastewater sewer is not available or required, as specified by the provisions of division (D) below, shall be equipped at the owner’s expense with suitable wastewater facilities connected to a private wastewater disposal system which complies with the provisions of this section and all applicable requirements of the Public Health and County Sanitation Code.
(2) This section shall not apply to any private system which discharges directly to a natural outlet by authority of a separate NPDES permit and in compliance with applicable state and federal laws.
(B) Sanitary operation required. The owner shall operate and maintain private wastewater disposal facilities in a sanitary manner at all times in accordance with applicable state requirements and at no expense to the village. The facilities shall be subject to inspection by the DPW Supervisor at reasonable times.
(C) Further requirements. No statement contained in this section shall be construed to interfere with any additional requirement that may be imposed by health officials or other applicable authorities.
(D) Connection to wastewater sewer required.
(1) The owner of any house, building or property which is used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes and abutting on any street, alley or right-of-way in which there is located a wastewater sewer connected to the treatment facility of the village is required, at the owner’s expense, to install suitable wastewater disposal facilities therein, and to connect the facilities directly to the proper sewer in accordance with the provisions of this section, within 12 months after the date of official notice to do so, provided that the proper wastewater sewer is within 200 feet (61 meters) of the property line and principal building, within 200 feet of the property line or if required by the County Health Department.
(2) Any septic tanks, cesspools or similar wastewater disposal facilities shall, upon connection of toilet facilities to the wastewater sewer, be emptied of wastes and refilled with suitable material to prevent collapse.
(3) This section shall not apply to any persons served by a privately constructed, owned, operated and maintained wastewater sewer and wastewater treatment facility which discharges directly to a natural outlet, in accordance with the provisions of this section and applicable state and federal laws.
(Prior Code, § 50.05) (Ord. 21, passed 10-19-1993; Ord. 21, passed 3-7-1995) Penalty, see § 50.99