§ 53.003 DISCHARGE GENERALLY; USE OF PUBLIC SEWERS REQUIRED.
   (A)   Unlawful waste disposal. It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or discharge, or cause or permit to be placed, deposited or discharged in any unsanitary manner, upon the surface of publicly or privately owned property, any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste or material or wastewaters within the jurisdiction of the village.
   (B)   Unlawful discharge. It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge into any natural outlet or water course within the jurisdiction of the village or to the environment any sewage, waste or material, industrial waste or any polluted water, except where the person has made and provided treatment thereof rendering the content of the discharge in accordance with state and federal laws, ordinances and regulations, or further provisions of this chapter.
   (C)   Unlawful facilities. Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain within the village any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other private sewage disposal facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage. Porta-pottys may be installed during construction or other temporary activities on a temporary basis for not longer than six months.
   (D)   Required connection to public sewer.
      (1)   Any person owning property situated within the jurisdiction of the village, which property is improved with one or more residences, houses, buildings or structures used or intended to be used for human use, occupancy, employment, recreation or any other similar purpose whatsoever, and which property abuts on any street, alley or right-of-way in which there is located a public sanitary sewer within 300 feet from any property line on which the improvement is located, shall, within 90 days of the effective date of this chapter or within 90 days after the sanitary sewer is in service, whichever is later, at his or her expense install suitable toilet and waste disposal facilities therein, and connect the facilities with the public sanitary sewer in accordance with the terms and provisions of this chapter.
      (2)   In the event that compliance with this section causes economic hardship to the person, he or she may apply to the Village Board of Trustees for exemption from or extension of the deadline of the requirements of this section. These exemptions or extensions may only be granted to residential users upon the favorable recommendation of the Village Engineer that the extension will not endanger the public health, welfare or safety. Exemptions shall not apply to commercial and industrial users.
      (3)   The required sewer connection described above shall not be avoided by reason of actual distance from the building or structure to the connecting point at the public sanitary sewer.
(Ord. 18-04-01, passed 4-24-2018) Penalty, see § 53.999