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 city.
(A) 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.
(B) Alternate methods of disposal. In the event it is not possible, or feasible, for the subdivider to extend the public sewer system into the proposed subdivision, for whatever reason, the subdivider has the right to petition the city to install an alternative method of sewage disposal. Any petition shall be considered on an individual basis with each case standing on its own merits. No subdivision shall be approved without the city’s approval of the method of sewage disposal.
(1) Private center sewage systems. Upon specific approval of the City Council, the subdivider may install a private central sewage system. The city shall reserve the right to review and approve/reject the detailed plans for such a system. Approval of the plans by the city shall in no way be construed as acceptance of the design or operation or maintenance responsibility for the installation. The installation shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the rules and regulations of the state’s Environmental Protection Agency, and the state’s Department of Public Health. The subdivider 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.
(2) Individual disposal systems. Upon written approval of the City Council, the subdivider may install individual sewage disposal systems providing the lot size is in excess of 20,000 square feet. If the installations are permitted, they shall be designed and installed in accordance with the applicable provisions of the requirements and regulations of the Private Sewage Disposal Licensing Act and Code (i.e., 225 ILCS 225/1 et seq.) of the state’s Department of Public Health.
(1994 Code, § 154.42) (Ord. 434, passed 4-26-1993)