(a) It shall be unlawful for any user to place, deposit or permit to be deposited in an unsanitary manner upon public or private property within the District, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said District, any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste which ordinarily would be regarded as sewage or industrial waste.
(b) It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within said District, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said District, any sanitary sewage, industrial waste or other polluted waters except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of these regulations.
(c) Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other facilities intended or used for the disposal of sewage.
(d) The owner of all houses, buildings or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purpose situated within the District and abutting any street, alley or right-of-way in which there is now located or may be located a district sanitary sewer system of the District, is hereby required, at his or her expense, to install suitable toilet facilities therein, and to connect such facilities directly with the proper district sewer in accordance with the provisions of these regulations within 180 days after the date of official notice to do so, provided that said district sewer is adjacent to the property line and that any premises in which the foundation wall of the structure from which sewage or other wastes originates is less than 200 feet from the nearest boundary of the right-of-way within which the sewer is located. “Official notice” shall be deemed to mean:
(1) Notice to connect sent to the property owner by registered letter; or
(2) In the case of the completion of the original wastewater treatment plant and sanitary sewer lines of the District, a public notice published for two consecutive weeks in a local newspaper of general circulation, and the effective date of such published notice shall be the date of the second publication.
(e) The District Director may grant limited time extensions for connecting with the District sewer, upon written application for such a time extension by the user, where the situation warrants such an extension in the sole judgment of the Safety/Service Director.
(f) The user shall install and maintain at his or her expense the lateral, or in the case of low pressure service, from the main to the grinder pump facility, and the user shall install and maintain at its expense that portion of the service from said property line to his or her premises, or in the case of a low pressure service, from the grinder pump facility to his or her premises. The size and slope of the building sewers shall be subject to the approval of the authorized personnel of the District, but in no event shall the lateral diameter be less than four inches.
(Ord. 91-130. Passed 11-5-91; Ord. 09-27. Passed 3-3-09; Ord. 23-145. Passed 12-19-23.)