(a) Except as provided, no person shall construct or maintain any privy, vault, septic tank, cesspool or other facility intended or used for private sewage disposal.
(b) If a public sanitary sewer is not available within 200 feet of a premises, or within 400 feet of the foundation of a structure on the premises, the building sewer shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system authorized by the Health Department regulations. These regulations shall include: the type of on-lot disposal system, location, and layout.
(c) All on-lot disposal systems shall be maintained per the regulations of the Health Department.
(d) No holding tank waste shall be permitted to directly discharge into any natural outlet.
(e) When public sewers become available to those being served by private sewage disposal systems under this section, property owners shall comply with Section 913.06(c) of the Codified Ordinances.
(f) The abandonment of private sewage disposal systems shall be in compliance with the requirements of the Health Department.
(g) The owner shall, at his or her expense, operate and maintain the private sewage disposal facilities in a sanitary manner at all times.
(Ord. A-2211. Passed 5-8-00; Ord. A-2743. Passed 12-10-12; Ord. A-2773. Passed 11-11-13; Ord. A-2788. Passed 6-23-14.)