(A) 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 excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste.
(B) No new connection shall be made unless there is capacity available to all downstream sewers, lift stations, force mains and the sewage treatment plant, including capacity for CBOD, COD, suspended solids, ammonia, and phosphorus.
(C) No person shall place, deposit or permit to be deposited in any unsanitary manner on public or private property within the jurisdiction of the city, any wastewater or other polluted waters except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with provisions of this subchapter and the NPDES permit.
(D) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged to any natural outlet any wastewater or other polluted waters except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with provisions of this subchapter and the NPDES permit.
(E) 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.
(F) The owner of all houses, buildings or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purposes, and which have or maintain toilet facilities on said property shall connect such facilities directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter, within 90 days after date of official notice to do so, provided that said public sewer is within 300 feet of the property line. (See I.C. 36-9-23-30)
(G) The owner of any house, building, or other property which contains basement drains connected to any sewers maintained by the city, whether storm sewers, combined sewers, or any other sewer connection, shall have installed on said basement drains appropriate plugs which may be firmly fastened by screw threads or other appropriate means to prevent the backup from any such sewer into said basement; in the alternative such drains shall be equipped with check valves which are sufficient to prevent the backup of any waters from said sewer into said basement.
(Ord. 15-2021, passed 11-23-21)