It is unlawful for any person:
A. To deposit any human excreta within the city watershed (except that a backpacker or hiker may pothole and cover excreta with at least 6 inches of soil, and at least 300 feet from live water) other than into a toilet connected to public sewerage or into a chemical type toilet approved by the health director. Other methods of disposal may be approved by the director or health director provided they do not create any health hazard or pollution problem. Vaults, privies, chemical privies and privies connected to holding tanks may be permitted with written approval of the director provided the effluent from such tanks is treated in conformance with the Utah state department of health code of waste disposal regulations and transported from the city watershed by a licensed scavenger to an authorized dumping station. It also is unlawful:
1. To construct, use or maintain any cesspool(s) for disposal of human waste anywhere within the city watershed;
2. To discard garbage or debris in the watershed area;
3. To damage, vandalize or destroy any authorized toilet or privy within the city watershed area without permission from the owner.
B. Construction of any sewer lint in the city watershed area shall not begin until there is written approval received from the director and the health director.
C. The director shall require the pumping of sewage storage vault(s) in accordance with applicable laws.
D. A sewage disposal system or privy within any city watershed area shall be sealed immediately if it is unsanitary or does not comply with the requirements of applicable laws, ordinances or regulations. Such a facility may not be used until it conforms to the requirements of applicable laws, ordinances or regulations. It is unlawful for any person to use or maintain any such facility after it has been sealed in accordance with the provisions of this subsection.
E. When the director or health director determines that a privy or other source of pollution is a hazard to the watershed or water supply system, or both, and the hazard cannot be adequately remedied or corrected, the director or health director shall order the destruction and removal of the privy or source of pollution. Cost of all remedies shall be borne by the owner. (Ord. 50-93 § 1, 1993)