(A) (1) That it shall be unlawful for any owner, agent, lessee, tenant or occupant of any lot or land located within the village, to establish, construct, maintain or permit to remain a privy, cesspool or other receptacle for sewage or excreta, or a connection to a private sewer, ditch or other outlet, if the lot or land is accessible to a public sanitary collector sewer constructed and used solely for the purpose of collecting and conveying sanitary sewage. When the public sanitary collector sewer is available or is hereafter made available, a connection to the public sewer shall be established and used within 60 days after the public sewer is so available by the owner, agent, lessee, tenant or occupant and upon the connection each such owner, agent, lessee, tenant or occupant shall disconnect any then existing connection or septic tank effluent to the public sewer. For the purpose of this subchapter, the building shall be deemed to be accessible to the public sewer if located within 200 feet thereof.
(2) Provided however, in the event additional lands are annexed to the village after the adoption of this subchapter, which annexed lands have situated thereon private septic sewer systems which at the time of annexation are satisfying the Putnam County Board of Health regulations, then and In that event, the owner, agent, lessee, tenant or occupant shall not be required to connect to the public sanitary sewer system until the existing septic sewer system no longer complies with the Wayne County Board of Health regulations, at which time and within 60 days thereafter said owner, agent, lessee, tenant or occupant must comply herewith.
(B) When the public sanitary collector is available it shall be unlawful for any owner, agent, lessee, tenant or occupant of any lot or land located within the village, to discharge into the sanitary sewer of the village any roof waters, surface or subsoil drainage, or other clean waste water; or to discharge into the public sewer any septic tank effluent after the expiration of the 60 day period prescribed in division (A) above. Thereafter, any existing connection in violation of the provisions of this section shall be abandoned and removed.
(C) (1) The village is hereby declared to be a sewer district.
(2) All sewers in the village shall be under the direction, control and authority of the Board of Public Affairs.
(Ord. 1978-28, passed 8-14-1978; Am. Ord. 2019- 13, passed 8-5-2019)