Except as otherwise provided, it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other private facility intended or used for the disposal of sanitary sewage. Where a public sanitary sewer is not available as defined under the provisions of section 82-1, the building sewer shall be connected with a private disposal system constructed and maintained in compliance with rules and regulations of the county health department and orders of the city council, and subject to the following additional regulations:
(1) At such time as a public sanitary sewer becomes available to a property served by a private sanitary sewage disposal system, a direct connection shall be made to the public sanitary sewer in compliance with the provisions of this article; and any septic tank, privy, privy vault, cesspool or similar private sanitary sewage disposal facility shall be abandoned and discontinued for sanitary sewage disposal use.
(2) All private sanitary sewage disposal systems permitted under this article shall be maintained in a sanitary manner at all times at the sole expense of the owner.
(3) All abandoned private sanitary sewage disposal systems shall be completely filled with earth, sand, gravel, concrete or other approved material. Upon the abandonment or discontinuation of use of a septic tank or privy, the sewage and sludge contents shall be completely removed and disposed of by a duly licensed septic tank cleaner. The tank, or the pit in the instance of a privy, shall be treated with a chemical disinfectant acceptable to the county health department; and the tank or pit shall be completely backfilled with sand and made safe from the hazard of collapse or entrapment.
(Ord. No. 144, 5-16-2005)