(A) Regulations.
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit to be deposited in an unsanitary manner upon public or private property within the village or township (or any area under its jurisdiction) any human excrement, garbage or other objectionable wastes.
(2) It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet any sanitary sewage, industrial wastes or other polluted water, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this chapter.
(3) 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.
(4) Where a public sanitary sewer is not available under the provisions of § 52.015, the building sewer shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system. Said private sewage disposal system to be in accordance with the standards of the County Health Department.
(5) At such time as the system becomes available to premises served by a private sewage disposal system, connection shall be made to the system in compliance with this chapter and any septic tanks, cesspools and similar private sewage disposal facilities located thereon shall be abandoned or discontinued for sanitary disposal use.
(6) The property owner shall operate and maintain the private sewage disposal facilities in a sanitary manner at all times and at no expense to the local unit.
(7) At such time the property owner decides to sell property that is not hooked up to the public sanitary sewer system and public sewer system is available, it shall be the owner’s responsibility to ensure that a structure in which sanitary sewage originates shall be, at the property’s sole cost and expense, connected to the public sanitary sewer system. Prior to the sale of such property in accordance with the standards of the County Health Department and this sewer use ordinance.
(B) Disposition of abandoned private system. The local unit is requiring by this chapter that abandoned private sewage systems be pumped and filled. The local unit does strongly recommend that the sewage be removed from every private sewage system which has been abandoned or discontinued for sanitary disposal use as required in division (A)(5) above and that said system be completely filled with earth, sand, gravel, concrete or other approved material.
(Ord. 2009-03, passed 6-8-2009) Penalty, see § 52.999