(A) On or after June 27, 19__ it shall be unlawful to dispose of any human excreta within the corporate limits of the city except in a sanitary water flush closet of a chemical toilet or concrete vault toilet or an approved sanitary pit privy built according to the specifications of the State Department of Health, as set forth in division (C) below.
(B) Every building intended for human habitation or occupancy abutting on a street or alley in which there is a public sewer, or within 200 feet of a public sewer, shall be connected with the sewer by the owner or agent of the premises in the most direct manner possible and with a separate connection for each house or building.
(C) The minimum requirements of a privy are that it shall be so constructed, built or rebuilt that:
(1) The excreta deposited therein shall not fall upon the surface of the ground but enter into a pit or vault in the ground, or a compartment built for the purpose;
(2) The contents of the compartment, vault or pit shall be inaccessible to flies, fowls or small animals at all times;
(3) Self-closing lids shall be provided for each unit;
(4) (a) For a pit toilet the pit shall consist of an excavated chamber conforming to the following dimensions:
Minimum width inside curbing | 4 feet |
Minimum length inside curbing | 4 feet |
Minimum depth from ground surface | 4 feet |
(b) The pit shall be provided with a box curbing, fitted closely to the sides of the pit.
(5) Over the pit shall be placed a fly-tight seat which shall be ventilated by a flue extending from the pit to eight inches above the roof of the building and screened at the top and bottom with 16-mesh wire.
(D) All sanitary pit privies in the corporate limits of city shall be kept in a clean condition at all times. Self-closing lids, the disposal of human excreta and no wash water or garbage shall be deposited therein.
(E) If any defect occur in the pit privy which would affect its sanitary condition, the defect shall be immediately repaired.
(F) All privies existing or maintained within the corporate limits of the city after this section becomes effective which do not conform to the requirements of this section shall be, and are hereby declared a nuisance, and a menace to public health, and the city shall have the power and authority to abate the nuisance in accordance with the law, or in accordance with the ordinances of the city.
(G) It shall be the duty of the health officer having jurisdiction, or his or her duly authorized assistant to enter all premises as may be necessary in the enforcement of this section and he or she is hereby so empowered.
(Ord. 79, passed - -) Penalty, see § 52.99