(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to permit, suffer or allow the use of any on-site sewage disposal system (septic tank and drain-field system) 90 days after the availability of public sewers.
(B) Buildings and establishments shall be provided by the owner thereof, with at least one flush toilet as required by Chapter 10D, FAC. All flush toilets shall be kept clean and in a sanitary working condition.
(C) All flush toilets, sinks, dishwashing machines, lavatories, basins, shower baths, bathtubs, laundry tubs, washing machines, and similar plumbing fixtures or appliances shall be connected to the building drain. Every building drain shall be connected to a sanitary sewer where available or to septic tank.
(D) Flush toilets shall be provided at all times with sufficient running water under pressure to flush the toilet clean after each use.
(E) No person shall dispose of human excrement except in a flush toilet.
(F) It shall be unlawful for any person to throw, drain, allow to seep, or discharge sewage, industrial wastes, cooling water, solid wastes or any other wastes into the surface water, tidal salt water or groundwater in such quantities and of quality less stringent than allowed by the effluent standards as established in Section 27 BCDNRP Code of Regulations or as may cause the receiving water, after thorough mixing with the waste streams, to be of lesser quality than the water quality standards set forth in Section 27 BCDNRP Code of Regulations or to cause water pollution or a nuisance as herein defined.
(G) Where a waste treatment facility has been provided, it shall be unlawful to bypass the facility or to operate the facility in such a manner as to discharge untreated or inadequately treated waste. In the event of an emergency, the Utility Director may authorize a temporary bypass. Such authorization shall not relieve the owner from liability under this chapter.
(H) No sewage, industrial waste or cooling water shall be discharged into any sewer designated to carry storm water, nor shall storm water be discharged into a sewer designated to carry sewage.
(I) It shall be unlawful to discharge municipal, domestic, industrial, sanitary or other sludge, or septic tank pumpouts to surface water, tidal salt water, groundwater or to any site not approved by the BCDNRP.
(J) Discharge of hazardous/toxic substances to tidal, fresh or ground waters is prohibited, except as designated in Section 27 BCDNRP Code of Regulations.
(K) Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any pit privy, septic tank, cesspool or other facility intended or used for the disposal of wastewater.
(L) It shall be unlawful to use an existing well or sink, or drive or drill a new well for injection of any material without a valid license issued by the appropriate regulatory agencies.
(M) No person shall build, erect, install or use any article, machine, equipment or other contrivance, the use of which will conceal a discharge which would otherwise constitute a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter.
('72 Code, § 25-3) (Ord. O-88-27, passed 5-18-88; Am. Ord. O-93-42, passed 10-6-93)