(A) Sewerage facilities required.
(1) The term
SEWERAGE FACILITIES, as used in this section, shall include a sewer connection, a sewer extension, and toilet facilities, together with such water supply as may be necessary for the disposal of waste to the sewer main.
(2) No person shall fail to provide sewerage facilities on any premises owned by him or her whereon there is any structure used for human occupancy, employment, or recreation, provided connection can be made to sewer and water mains within 100 feet of any part of said premises measured along the shortest distance in the public way or easement.
(3) The Health Officer shall order the installation of sewerage facilities in any structure required to have the same by giving notice to the owner of the premises, as indicated by the records of the City Assessor, to provide the same such reasonable time as the Health Officer shall specify in said notice, but not less than 30 days after service of said notice. Service of said notice shall be made in the manner provided in § 36.02.
(4) If, at the expiration of the time limit in said notice, the order has not been complied with, the Health Officer may cause such structure or premises to be condemned and use thereof denied to all persons until such sewerage facilities shall be provided, by securely affixing a “Notice of Condemnation” of said structure in a conspicuous place thereon. Thereafter, no person shall use said structure or permit the use thereof for any of the purposes hereinbefore mentioned.
(5) After installation of sewerage facilities in any such structure on or after the expiration of the time limit for said installation as ordered by the Health Officer pursuant to this section, it shall be unlawful to use or permit the use of any septic tank, vault, privy, or cesspool on such premises for receiving any excrement or sewage; and any privy pit on such premises shall be closed by removing the contents and filling the pit with earth or other suitable material, or by filling such pit with earth or other suitable material provided that the fill therein shall extend downward from the level of the surrounding ground to a depth of at least two feet. The Health Officer may order the closing of any such privy pit by giving notice as provided in § 36.02 that the same shall be done within 15 days after the service of said notice. If, at the expiration of the time limit in said notice, the order has not been complied with, the Health Officer may carry out the requirements of said notice, the cost of which shall be charged against the premises and the owner thereof, and such cost collected in accordance with § 33.26.
(B) Other sewage disposed.
(1) No person shall construct any septic tank, vault, privy, or cesspool for receiving any excrement, sewage, or other disposal without first obtaining a written permit from the Health Officer.
(2) All septic tanks, vaults, privies, or cesspools shall be constructed in accordance with the specifications of the United States Public Health Service.
(Prior Code, § 94.56) (Ord. D-44, passed 3-16-1942, effective 3-27-1942; Ord. D-254, passed 3-26-1951, effective 4-5-1951) Penalty, see § 94.999