(A) Except as hereinafter provided in this section, it shall be unlawful for any person to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other facility intended to be used for the disposal of sewage, within the corporate limits of the city.
(B) Where a connection to a public sanitary sewer line is not required under the provisions of § 53.02 of this chapter, a private septic tank system, a total retention lagoon or some other ODEQ approved system for sewage treatment and disposal may be constructed and maintained; provided that, it is constructed and maintained under the rules and regulations of the local and county Health Official and in compliance with the recommendations and requirements of the state’s Department of Environmental Quality (Administrative Code § 252:640).
(C) No private sewage disposal facility shall be permitted to discharge to any public sewer or natural outlet.
(D) No private sewage disposal facility shall be installed without having a successful percolation test made prior to installation.
(2002 Code, § 53.04) (Ord. 424, passed 2-8-1999) Penalty, see § 53.99