(a) The owner of all houses, buildings or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purposes, situated within the Village and abutting on any street, alley or right of way in which there is now located or may in the future be located a public sanitary sewer of the Village, is hereby required at his expense to install suitable sanitary facilities therein, and to connect such facilities directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with the provision of this chapter within ninety (90) days after the date of official notice to do so, provided that said establishment is within 200 (two hundred) feet of the right of way line in which the public sewer is located.
(b) Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool: or other facility intended for or used for the disposal of sewage or wastes of an objectionable nature.
(c) No person shall place, deposit, or permit to be deposited in any unsanitary manner on public or private property within the Village of Shawnee Hills, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said Village, any human or animal excrement, garbage, or other objectionable waste.
(d) No person shall discharge to any natural outlet within the Village of Shawnee Hills, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said Village, any sewage or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with the requirements of the Ohio EPA and/or local Health Department.
(e) If connection to sanitary sewer is not complete within 90 days after the date of official notice to do so, the Village shall then proceed to make such connection at the expense of the owner and assess it upon the property. After said 90 day period has elapsed, the Village shall charge the property owner the current sanitary sewer charge in affect and shall collect the same according to the regulations of the Village.
(f) At such time a public sewer becomes available to a property served by a private sewage disposal system, as provided herein, a direct connection shall be made to the public sewer in compliance with this regulation, and any septic tanks, cesspools and similar private sewage disposal facilities shall be abandoned, unless otherwise approved by the Village or its duly authorized representative, and filled with sand or other suitable material at the time the connection to the public sewer is made and the owner shall comply with all applicable requirements of this chapter.
(g) The Village will require new lines to be installed by the property owner to a point that adequately meets the need to service the property. A temporary construction easement may also be required.
(h) Any costs associated with extending the lines from existing Village facilities to new construction shall be borne by the property owner connecting to the sewers.
(Ord. 12-2001. Passed 9-10-01.)
(i) The Village of Shawnee Hills is the exclusive provider of sanitary sewer services within the incorporated limits of the Village of Shawnee Hills.
(Ord. 22-2001. Passed 11-26-01.)