(A) Public sewers. The owner of all houses, buildings or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes situated within the township, and abutting within 200 feet any street or as required by the State Board of Health and the County Health Department, alley or right-of-way in which there is now located or may in the future be located a public sewer of the township is hereby required at his or her expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein, and to connect the facilities directly with the public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, no later than six months (180 days) after notice is published by the township in a newspaper of general circulation stating that the public sewer is available for connections.
(B) Private sewer system.
(1) Where a public sewer is not available the building sewer shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system complying with all requirements of the township, the State Board of Health, the County Health Department, and all state and federal rules and regulations, where applicable.
(2) Unless otherwise approved, all sewage disposal systems shall be gravity.
(3) The owner shall operate and maintain the private sewage disposal facilities In a sanitary manner at all times, at no expense to the township.
(4) In the event that a private sewage disposal system located on private property shall fail, the township shall provide the owner or occupant of the property with written notice to correct the failing system. If the owner or occupant of the property thereafter fails to timely repair or replace the failing private disposal system, the township may, upon receiving a court order, enter upon the property to repair or replace the private sewage disposal system and the cost of the repair shall become a debt of the owner or occupant of the property and subject to § 54.13(G).
(5) No statement contained in this section shall be construed to interfere with any additional requirements that may be imposed by the State Board of Health, the County Health Department, and all state and federal rules and regulations, where applicable.
(6) At such time as the public sewer becomes an available public sewer capable of serving a premise, lot, or parcel previously served by a private sewer, the private sewer shall be abandoned for sanitary use in the manner required by the Health Department.
(Ord. 17-03, passed 3-20-2017) Penalty, see § 54.99