(A) The owner of each house, building, or property 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 his or her expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein, and to connect those facilities directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, within 90 days after date of notice by certified letter, return receipt requested, to do so; provided, that the public sewer is within 200 feet of the property line, and provided capacity is available in downstream sewers, lift stations, pumping stations, force mains, and the sewage treatment plant, including pollutant removal capacity for BOD and suspended solids.
(B) In the event a connection to the public sanitary or combined sewer of the city would cause an unreasonable financial hardship on the individual, as determined by the City Council in its sole discretion, on a case by case basis, then, in that event, a connection would not be required.
(1983 Code, § 21-19) (Ord. 2273, passed 10-4-1979; Am. Ord. 2953, passed 12-6-2001) Penalty, see § 10.99