§ 52.23 USE OF PUBLIC SEWER REQUIRED.
   (A)   No person shall place, deposit or permit to be deposited in an unsanitary manner upon any public or private property within the village or in any area under the jurisdiction of said village, any human or animal excrement, garbage or other organic or waste by the village to be objectionable as being unsanitary.
   (B)   It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within or adjacent to the village, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said village, any sanitary sewage, industrial wastes or other polluted water, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of these regulations or any ordinances.
   (C)   No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any storm water, surface water, ground water, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer.
   (D)   (1)   The owner of all houses, buildings or property used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes, situated within the village 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 or combined sewer of the village, is hereby required at his or her expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein and to connect such facilities directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this regulation within 90 days after date of official notice to do so, provided that, for the premises in question, the foundation wall of the structure from which sewage or other waste originates is less than 200 feet from the nearest boundary of the right-of-way within which the sewer is located.
      (2)   OFFICIAL NOTICE shall be deemed to mean:
         (a)   Notice to connect sent to the property owner by certified letter; or
         (b)   In the case of the completion of new sanitary sewer lines of the village, official notice to connect shall be by a published notice published for two consecutive weeks in a local weekly newspaper of general circulation and the effective date of such published notice shall be the date of the second publication.
   (E)   The Village Administrator may grant limited time extension for connecting with the proper public sewer on written application for such time extension in the sole judgement of the Village Administrator.
   (F)   Whenever the paving or repairing of any street or public highway shall have been ordered by Council or Village Administrator, it shall be the duty of the Village Administrator to serve upon such owners of property abutting upon such street or highway, as it may deem necessary, a notice directing such owners to make such sewer and water connections as it may designate within a time specified therein.
   (G)   At the expiration of the time specified, if such connections are not made as herein provided, the Village Administrator shall cause the same to be made and the cost thereof shall temporarily be paid, by the village, which cost, together with a penalty of 6%, shall be assessed by Council on such property abutting on the street or highway to be paved, to be paid in cash to the Village Treasurer, if not so paid, the Clerk of Council shall certify such assessments to the County Auditor to be collected as other taxes are collected.
   (H)   Septic tanks: if a new building sewer is installed and it is constructed through an existing septic tank or similar facility, the septic tank or facility shall be abandoned. The bottom shall be cracked and the liquid and semi-solid contents removed and disposed. The building sewer shall then be bedded in the manner as described in § 52.26. The remainder of the tank shall then be filled with earth, stone or other suitable materials. If the septic tank is not abandoned in an appropriate manner, the tank becomes a health hazard and liability for the property owner. The tank could weaken and cave in under pressure, resulting in injury to an individual or infection from sewage borne bacteria.
(Ord. 852-83, passed 2-7-1983) Penalty, see § 52.99