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9-3-2: SEWER OR SEPTIC TANK CONNECTION:
   A.   1. All dwellings, buildings or properties within the City used for human occupancy, employment, or recreation shall be provided with suitable toilet facilities therein.
      2.   Unless an extension of time is provided pursuant to subsection D of this section, if any part of a dwelling, building or property described in subsection A1 of this section is within three hundred feet (300') of a sewer system, all toilet facilities shall be connected to the City's sewer system or other approved sewage system connecting to the Central Weber Sewer Improvement District.
   B.   Toilet facilities may be temporarily connected to a septic tank disposal system meeting the requirements of section 9-3-3 of this chapter, if no part of the dwelling, building or property is located within three hundred feet (300') of a sanitary sewer system.
   C.   It is unlawful:
      1.   For the owner of any dwelling, building or property located within the City to use or allow the use of such dwelling, building or property for human occupancy without providing the toilet facilities as required herein;
      2.   Unless an extension of time is provided pursuant to subsection D of this section, for the owner of any dwelling, building or property within the City which is located within three hundred feet (300') of a sanitary sewer system to use or allow the use of such dwelling, building or property for human occupancy without connecting to the sanitary sewer system; or
      3.   Unless an extension of time is provided pursuant to subsection D of this section, for any person to occupy for human habitation any building within the City which is located within three hundred feet (300') of a sanitary sewer unless the building is connected to that sanitary sewer system.
   D.   Except as provided in this subsection, the owner of any dwelling, building or property within the City, which is connected to a septic tank disposal system and any part of such dwelling, building or property is now located or may in the future be located within three hundred feet (300') of a sanitary sewer system, shall, when required in writing by the City, at owner's expense, connect to the sanitary sewer system within ninety (90) days of such notice.
      1.   The Public Works Director may allow an extension of time not to exceed an additional ninety (90) days, in the case of inclement weather that prevents completion.
      2.   If a dwelling, building or property is annexed into the City under the provisions of section 10-2-418, Utah Code Annotated, or its successor provision, an extension of time is allowed until the earlier of:
         a.   The time the septic system fails or is replaced;
         b.   The time additional sewer demand is generated in the dwelling or building or on the property, such as through a change of use or through new development, including by seeking a subdivision or building permit approval; or
         c.   Ninety (90) days after a sewer connection is available within five feet (5') of the property line.
(Ord. 2018-23, 7-10-2018)