A. Compliance With Chapter: Except as provided in this chapter, it is unlawful to construct or maintain within the town any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage. (1986 Code § 15-4-5)
B. When Permitted; Sanitation: Where a public sanitary or combined sewer is not available within the town or in any area under the jurisdiction of the town, the building sewer shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system, which complies with the regulations of the ADEQ. Such private sewage disposal system shall be constructed, maintained and operated at all times in a sanitary manner. (1986 Code § 15-4-5; amd. 1997 Code)
C. Discontinuance: Within one year after a public sewer becomes available within three hundred feet (300') of any property served by a private sewage disposal system, a direct connection shall be made to the public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and any septic tanks, cesspools, and similar private sewage facilities shall be abandoned and filled with suitable material. (1986 Code § 15-4-5)