(A) (1) Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other facilities intended or used for the disposal of sewage.
(2) The owners of all houses, buildings or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes situated within the town, and abutting any street, alley or right-of-way in which there is now located or may be located a public sewer or combined sewer of the town, is hereby required at his or her expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein and to connect the facilities directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, within 90 days after the date of official notice to do so; provided that, the public sewer is within 100 feet of the property line.
(B) (1) Where a public sanitary sewer or combined sewer is not available under the provisions of § 53.21 of this chapter, the building sewer shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system complying with all recommendations of the state’s Board of Health.
(2) At the time a public sewer becomes available served by private sewage disposal system as provided in § 53.21 of this chapter, a direct connection shall be made in the public sewer in compliance with this chapter and any septic tanks, cesspools and similar private sewage disposal facilities shall be abandoned.
(3) The owner shall operate and maintain the private sewage disposal facilities in a sanitary manner at all times, at no expense to the town.
(4) No statement contained in this subchapter shall be construed to interfere with any additional requirements that may be imposed by the local health officer.
(Prior Code, § 53.20) (Ord. 3-62, passed 11-26-1962) Penalty, see § 10.99