A. Prohibited: Except as provided in subsection B of this section, it is unlawful for the owner or occupant of any premises within the City to have or maintain an open toilet, privy or outhouse, or permit any premises used for human habitation to be used or occupied until the house or premises thus used for human habitation shall either be connected to a sanitary sewer system or shall have been supplied or equipped with a septic tank that complies with the standards prescribed in this chapter.
B. Exception: It is unlawful for any person to erect or maintain a privy or outhouse within the City, except as provided in this section. Privies complying with this section may be erected at the site of any construction or building project; provided, however, that it shall be mandatory for the contractor or other person in charge of any such project where five (5) or more persons are employed to provide at least one such privy for each twenty five (25) employees or fraction thereof. All such privies shall be flyproof in every respect. The roof shall be watertight and the door shall fit closely and shall be kept closed. The vault, whether a pit, box, tank or other receptacle, shall be securely protected against flies, birds and small animals, and all openings for ventilation shall be screened with wire netting. Such facilities shall be made available only to the personnel involved in or associated with such construction or building project.
(1979 Code §§ 14.40.040, 14.40.050; amd. 1999 Code)