(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit, or permit to be deposited in any unsanitary manner on public or private property within the city, or in any area under its jurisdiction, any human or animal excrement, garbage, or objectionable waste except for the spreading of manure for agriculture-related uses.
(B) It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet any wastewater or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this chapter and the city’s NPDES/SDS permit.
(C) Except as provided hereinafter, it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy (portable toilet), privy vault, septic tank, cesspool, or other facility intended or used for the disposal of wastewater, unless the public sewer is not reasonably available to the property as determined by the City Engineer. Privy’s are permitted only on a temporary basis on construction sites or city owned parkland in conjunction with city park functions. Privy’s shall be allowed for exempt assemblies listed in § 95.04 and be located on site no longer than 48 hour period before and after the event.
(D) The owner of any house or building constructed after the date of this chapter shall be required at the owner's expense to install an approved service connection to the public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and as required to obtain a building permit from the city. The owner of any house, building, or property used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purposes from which wastewater is discharged, and which is situated within the city, and which is not presently connected to the public sewer, and which utilizes a private septic system may pump the septic system and/or make routine maintenance of the private septic system, but shall not upgrade or replace the private septic system, and instead shall, within 30 days after the private septic system becomes inoperable, or upon 30-days written notice from the Wastewater System Operator, be required at the owner's expense to install an approved service connection to the public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, unless the public sewer is not reasonably available to the property as determined by the City Engineer.
(E) In the event an owner shall fail to connect to a public sewer in compliance with a notice given under division (D) above, the city will undertake to have the connection made and shall assess the cost thereof against the benefitted property. Such assessment, when levied, shall bear interest at a rate determined by the City Council and shall be certified to the County Auditor and shall be collected and remitted to the city in the same manner as assessments for local improvements. The rights of the city shall be in addition to any remedial or enforcement provisions of this chapter.
(F) Except as provided hereinafter, it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any private facility intended or used for the disposal of wastewater, unless the public sewer is not reasonably available to the property as determined by the City Engineer.
(Ord. 89, passed 11-22-94; Am. Ord. 0408, passed 12-14-04; Am. Ord. 0802, passed 3-11-08) Penalty, see § 51.99
Cross-reference:
Nuisances; privy vaults, see § 91.16