(A) Generally. All proposed sanitary sewer facilities shall comply with the regulations of the state's Department of Public Health and the state's Environmental Protection Agency and must be approved by the village. All sanitary systems to be extended at developer's expense to property line to allow continuation of the system on adjoining property.
(B) When public system available. Whenever the public sanitary sewerage system is reasonably accessible, the system shall be extended throughout the subdivision, and each lot shall be provided with a connection thereto. See Chapter 50 of this Code for further information.
(C) When public system planned. In areas where the public sanitary sewerage system is not reasonably accessible, but where plans for the installation of the system have been approved by the state's Environmental Protection Agency, sanitary sewers shall be provided in accordance with the plans and temporarily capped. To serve the subdivision until the time when connection to the public system becomes practicable, an approved private central sewage disposal system shall be installed or, individual sewage disposal systems may be used. These private sanitary sewage disposal systems shall be as approved by the St. Clair County Health Department.
(D) Alternate methods of disposal. In the event it is not possible for the developer to extend the public sewer system into the proposed subdivision, for whatever reason, the subdivider has the right to petition the village to install an alternative method of sewage disposal. Any such petition shall be considered on an individual basis with each case standing on its own merit. No development shall be accepted without the village's approval of the method of sewage disposal; and no petition will be considered without written approval of the proposed system by the St. Clair County Health Department.
(1) Private central sewage systems. Upon specific approval of the Village Board of Trustees, the subdivider may install a private central sewage system. The village shall reserve the right to review and approve/reject the detailed plans for such a system. Approval of the plans by the village shall in no way be construed as acceptance of the design or operation or maintenance responsibility for said installation. Such installation shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the rules and regulations of the St. Clair County On-Site Sewage Disposal Ordinance, the state's Environmental Protection Agency and the state's Department of Public Health. The developer shall assume perpetual operational and maintenance responsibilities for the installation unless arrangements to the contrary are provided for in a formal written agreement between home owners and the subdivider. Failure of the subdivider to discharge his or her operational/maintenance responsibilities may result in a fine of $500 per day for each day a deficiency exists and shall apply to the subdivider, his or her heirs, successors or assigns. This in addition to any fines assessed by any other governmental agency.
(2) Individual disposal systems. Upon written approval of the Village Board of Trustees, the subdivider may install individual sewage disposal systems. If such installations are permitted, they shall be designed and installed in accordance with the applicable provisions of the requirements and regulations of St. Clair County On-Site Sewage Disposal Ordinance and/or the "Private Sewage Disposal Licensing Act and Code" of the Illinois Department of Public Health (St. Clair County Health Department).