Subd. 1. General. Where a public sanitary sewer is not available under the provisions of § 904.05 of this chapter, the building sewer shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system complying with the provisions of this chapter.
Subd. 2. Discharge into public sewer prohibited. No septic tank or cesspool shall be permitted to discharge into any public sewer or natural outlet.
Subd. 3. Connection to public sewer, abandonment of systems.
a. The owners of all houses, buildings or properties which abut upon or are served by a public sewer and where cesspools and septic tanks have been in existence prior to the construction of the sanitary sewer shall connect with the public sewer when public sewer becomes available to the property. Shoreland property shall be further governed by Minn. Rules § 6120.3400. Any septic tanks and cesspools and private sewage disposal facilities then existing shall be abandoned and filled with suitable material.
b. At the time as a public sewer becomes available to a property served by a private sewage disposal system, as provided in § 904.05 of this chapter, a direct connection shall be made to the public sewer in compliance with this chapter. Any septic tanks, cesspools and similar private sewage disposal facilities then existing shall be abandoned and filled with suitable material.
Subd. 4. Disposal of contents of septic tanks and cesspools. Contents of septic tanks and cesspools or other refuse shall not be pumped or emptied into the city’s public sanitary sewer system.
(1987 Code, § 904.06) (Ord. 64, passed 5-8-1972; Am. Ord. 450, passed 6-23-2008)