(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to maliciously, willfully, or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface, or tamper with any structure, appurtenance, or equipment which is a part of the sewer system.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to connect a roof downspout, exterior foundation drain, areaway drain, or other source of surface run-off or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain which, in turn, is connected directly or indirectly to a utility sewer.
(C) It shall be unlawful for any person to open or enter any manhole of the sewer system, except by authority of the utility.
(D) It shall be unlawful for any person to 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 said city, any human or animal excrement, garbage, or other objectionable waste.
(E) It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the city, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said city, any sewage or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this chapter.
(F) Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool, or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage.
(G) (1) The owner of any house, building, or property 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 or combined sewer of the city, is hereby required at such owner’s 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 chapter, provided that said public sewer is within 150 feet of the property line.
(2) Billing for sanitary sewer service shall begin 60 days following official notice to connect to the public sewer.
(H) Whenever any such connection is ordered and the person owning the real estate shall fail to make the connection within the time fixed by the Council, the Council shall cause such connection to be made, and shall assess against the property for which such connection is made the cost and expense thereof.
(1) Whenever the Council shall cause such connection to be made, the person having charge of the making of the same shall make a return of the actual cost and expense thereof to the Council at its first regular meeting thereafter, giving a detailed statement and the description of the property, and the names of the owners of the same, and the amount of cost and expense for making said connection.
(2) Upon the making of the return as prescribed in division (H)(1) above, it shall be the duty of the City Clerk to give notice to all whom it may concern, by publication as provided by state law, that the cost and expense will be assessed against the property for which such connection has been made by the city, and will be acted upon at the first regular meeting of the Council thereafter, and that any objections thereto will be heard at the Council meeting.
(3) (a) After hearing objections, if there be any made, and making such alteration in the assessment as the Council may deem just, the Council shall make the assessment; thereupon the City Clerk shall give a certified copy of the assessment to the County Treasurer; and it shall be the duty of the person owning the property so assessed to pay the assessment within 30 days after the levy of the assessment.
(b) At the expiration of 30 days, the County Treasurer shall report those having failed to pay, whereupon the City Clerk shall certify said assessment, if there are any delinquent assessments thereon, to the County Auditor to be collected and paid over to the County Treasurer in the same manner as other taxes.
(Prior Code, § 6-2-3) (Ord. 89-05, passed 9-12-1989) Penalty, see § 52.99
Statutory reference
Similar provisions, see Iowa Code § 364.12(3)(f)
Similar provisions, see I.A.C. § 567-69.3(3)