(a) No person shall place, deposit, or permit to be deposited, in any unsanitary manner on public or private property within the City, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the City, any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste.
(b) No person shall discharge to any natural outlet within the City, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the City, any sewage or other polluted waters, except where treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this chapter.
(c) No person shall construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other facility intended or used for the disposal of wastewater unless specifically approved by the Director and the Wayne County Department of Health.
(d) The owner of all houses, buildings or properties, used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes situated within the City and abutting on any street, alley or right of way in which there is now located or may in the future be located a public sanitary sewer of the City, is hereby required at his expense to install approvable toilet facilities therein, and to connect such facilities directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this chapter within ninety (90) days after date of official notice to do so.
(e) Whenever the paving or repairing of any street or public street has been ordered by Council, the Director shall make such sewer and water connections from the main sewer line or water line to or beyond the road right of way limit as he deems necessary; and the cost thereof shall be paid by the owner at the time of tapping into such sewer or water line unless the cost thereof has been paid or is being paid for by way of assessments.
(Ord. 32-91. Passed 5-20-91.)
(Ord. 32-91. Passed 5-20-91.)
(f) At the expiration of the time specified, if the connections required by subsection (d) and subsection (i) hereof are not made as herein provided, the Director shall cause the same to be made and the cost thereof shall, together with such forfeiture as is permitted by law, be assessed against the lots and lands for which connections are made.
(Ord. M-06. Passed 10-16-06.)
(g) Whenever public sewers and/or appurtenances are to be constructed at the expense of the City to serve new development, unless the project is financed by assessment, the owner(s) of the development to be served by the improvements shall pay the pro rata share of the cost of such improvements, exclusive of other applicable fees, charges, etc., into the sewer revenue fund of the City. The amount shall be based on "cost per contributing acreage".* Other owners to be served by the improvements after they are constructed shall pay their pro rata share prior to connecting to the POTW.
* - Total cost to the City x owners acreage/total acreage planned to be served by the new facilities.
(h) Whenever public sewers and/or appurtenances are constructed by the owner(s) with the authorization of the Director, such persons shall submit the actual cost of the improvements to the Director upon completion in such form as the Director may require.
(Ord. 32-91. Passed 5-20-91.)
(i) Any property owner owning real property within the City limits that has a sanitary system shall be required to connect to the public sanitary sewer, even if a sewer extension is required, when the public sewer system is within 200 feet of any boundary of said real property, and if so required by the Director of Utilities. Said connection shall be accomplished at the property owner’s expense within ninety (90) days after date of official notice to do so.
(Ord. M-06. Passed 10-16-06.)