(a) Except as provided by Village regulations, no person shall construct or maintain any privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage.
(b) No person being the owner, lessor, occupant or person in charge of any premises upon which a privy vault, cesspool or septic tank is located, shall permit such vault, pool or tank or any building, fixture or device appurtenant thereto to become foul, noisome, filthy or offensive to neighboring property owners.
(c) Whenever any part of the waste in any privy vault or cesspool extends to a point less than two feet below the surface of the ground adjacent thereto, or whenever use of any such vault or cesspool is abandoned or where the use or maintenance is prohibited by ordinance or health order, the owner, lessor, occupant or person in charge of such premises, shall cause such vault or cesspool to be emptied of its contents, thoroughly cleaned and disinfected, and, if abandoned, to be filled with clean earth or mineral matter to the level of the adjacent ground. Any failure to comply with these provisions shall be deemed an unlawful act subject to the penalty herein provided. (Ord. 36-03. Passed 5-19-03.)