A. 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 in any area under the jurisdiction of the City, any human or animal excrement, garbage, or other objectionable waste.
B. 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. Except as hereinafter provided, 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.
D. The owners of all houses, buildings or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purposes, 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 or combined sewer of the City, is hereby required at the owner's expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein, and to connect such facilities with the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter, within ninety (90) days after the date of official notice to do so, provided that said public sewer is within fifty feet (50') of the property line. (Ord. 81-11, 12-2-81)
E. The City Council does hereby adopt as the official sewer service area for the City, the area described in the Sewer Service Boundary Map most recently approved by the City Council, which Map is on file at the office of the City Finance Officer. The Map depicting the sewer service area adopted herein, and any newly annexed area to the City that may from time to time be approved by the City Council, shall be made available at all times for public inspection during regular working hours at the office of the City Finance Officer at 406 North Cheyenne Avenue, Hardin, Montana, or at the Utility Service Department at 104 East Fourth Street, Hardin, Montana. The sewer service area may only be enlarged by annexation to the City, or by adding an area served solely by a direct connection to the sewer treatment plant, and the City shall not service any area lying outside of the official sewer service area. All applicants for wastewater services in the defined service area who are outside the corporate limits of the City, but otherwise within the sewer service area shall be required to sign a waiver of protest to annexation and waiver of protest to special improvement districts as they may be created for other services or improvements in the area. (Ord. 88-3, 5-3-88; amd. Ord. 93-4, 8-17-93)