(a) It shall be unlawful for a person to cause or allow sewage, human excrement or other liquid wastes to be disposed of in any place or manner except through and by means of an approved drainage system into a public sewer system, an approved OWTS, or except as approved to other sanitation facilities authorized under this chapter, whichever is applicable, installed and maintained as provided in the County Plumbing Code and this chapter.
(b) It is unlawful for a property owner, tenant or other person to knowingly operate or allow to be operated an OWTS or other sanitation facilities that allows sewage, human excrement or other liquid wastes to be disposed of so that the waste is not confined underground or within an approved holding tank, alternative toilet, or other approved sanitation facilities.
(c) It is unlawful for any person to discharge sewage, human excrement, or other liquid wastes in any manner which will result in contamination or a nuisance.
(d) A property owner shall take the necessary actions to abate an immediate health or safety hazard and shall promptly repair a OWTS, holding tank, alternative toilet, or other sanitation facilities, or if public sewer is available, replace the OWTS, or other sanitation facilities, with a connection to the public sewer within the time period required by section the Director. No repair of a defective system shall be started without a permit from the Director. If a property owner elects to repair the defective system, the person shall complete the repairs within 30 days from the date the system became defective.
(e) It shall be unlawful for a person to connect a drainage line to an OWTS or other sanitation facilities unless the Director has approved that system.
(f) It shall be unlawful for a property owner or a person in control of a cesspool, septic tank, seepage pit, or other unsafe component used for sewage disposal, on premise of such person, to fail, refuse, or neglect to properly destroy under permit issued by the Director an unsafe or abandoned cesspool, septic tank, seepage pit or sanitation facility within 30 calendar days of disuse, disconnection from the drainage system, connection of drainage system to a public sewer, or notice by the Director. The property owner or person in control shall immediately secure any unsafe or hazardous sanitation facilities as soon as practicable.
(Amended by Ord. No. 3061 (N.S.), effective 5-11-67; amended by Ord. No. 9665 (N.S.), effective 8-14-04; amended by Ord. No. 10136 (N.S.), effective 4-15-11; amended by Ord. No. 10918 (N.S.), effective 10-11-24)