(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no person shall construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other facility intended or used for private sewage disposal.
(b) Where a public sanitary sewer is not available within 200 feet of a premises, the building sewer shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system in accordance with the following provisions:
(1) The type, capabilities, location and layout of a private sewage disposal system shall comply with all requirements of the local health authority and all recommendations of the OEPA. No permit shall be issued for any private sewage disposal system employing subsurface soil absorption facilities where the area of the lot is less than 15,000 square feet in cases where an approved public water supply is available, and 31,500 square feet in cases where the water supply must be obtained from a well on the same lot. No holding tank waste shall be permitted to discharge into any natural outlet.
(2) No person shall directly or indirectly discharge holding tank wastes into a public sewer, unless a permit to do so is first secured from the Director of Public Service. Unless allowed by the terms and conditions of the permit, a separate permit shall be secured for each separate discharge. The permit shall specify the location of the discharge, the time of day the discharge is to occur, the volume of the discharge and its constituents. If a permit is granted for the discharge of wastes into a public sewer, the user shall pay the applicable user charges and fees and shall meet any other conditions required by the Director.
(3) Where it is necessary to install a private sewage disposal system to serve a property and a public sewer becomes available to that property, the private sewage disposal system may be utilized, provided that no extraneous maintenance or proven surface or subsurface pollution occurs. Should extraneous maintenance, such as pumping or leach field expansion, become necessary, direct connection shall be made to the public sewer. Any septic tank, cesspool or similar private sewage disposal facility shall then be abandoned and filled with suitable material.
(4) The owner shall, at his or her expense, operate and maintain the private sewage disposal facility in a sanitary manner at all times.
(Ord. 91-59. Passed 10-21-91.)