(A) Privies, cesspools, or septic tanks for the reception of sewage or waste from a drain from any building shall only be permitted or allowed when the sewer system is not available to the premises on which the privy, cesspool, or septic tank is located. The sewerage system shall be considered to be available for the purpose of this section when the system abuts the premises, or runs within 200 feet of the premises upon which the privy, cesspool, or septic tank is located. An exception to this requirement shall exist where the municipality has extended a sewer system line unilaterally without the creation of a sanitary sewer improvement district, and where the privy, cesspool, or septic tank is already in existence or has previously been proposed.
(B) Cesspools and septic tanks when permitted or allowed, and all plumbing connected therewith, shall be constructed and installed by licensed plumbers subject to the same regulations applicable to connections to the Municipal Sewerage System except in the matter of permit and inspection fees. The permit shall be secured upon payment of a permit and inspection fee set by resolution of the Board of Public Works. A Board of Public Works Inspector shall first view the premises upon which the cesspool or septic tank is located, and may withhold issuance of the permit until the owner of the premises repairs, reconstructs, or rebuilds the septic tank or cesspool to make it conform to applicable health and environmental rules and regulations, and further provided, all the septic tanks and cesspools, now existing or hereafter sought to be built, shall be constructed and installed or repaired or rebuilt according to plans and specifications prepared by the Plumbing Inspector and approved by the Board of Public Works. No privy, cesspool, or septic tank shall be constructed or operated, except in conformity with the health and environmental rules and regulations of the City of Schuyler, the rules and regulations of the State of Nebraska, or any other applicable city, state, or federal rule or regulation affecting health or environment.
(C) No new cesspool or septic tank shall hereafter be constructed or installed except upon a permit secured after the permit fee is paid as in the case of existing cesspools and septic tanks. All permit fees arising under this section shall inure to the Sewer Maintenance Fund. In case any available municipal sewer is provided later, the existing privy, cesspool, or septic tank used on the premises must be abandoned forthwith when the sewer is installed, except in the exception set forth above where the municipality extends the sewer system without the creation of a district, and the drain from any building shall be connected to the municipal sewer and the abandoned cesspool, septic tank, or privy must then be cleaned and filled with fresh earth and tamped in properly.
(1972 Code, § 3-504) (Ord. 820, passed 9-1-1992) Penalty, see § 50.99
Statutory reference:
Health and sanitation, see Neb. RS 16-238