(A) Within 90 days of receiving official notification, the owners of all properties within 300 feet of a sanitary sewer collection system shall install a suitable service connection, at their own expense, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, with the exception of the Coffee Mill Sewer Extension Project #8283.
(B) All existing homes within the Coffee Mill Sewer Extension Project #8283 may continue their current use of septic systems under the following conditions.
(1) Within 60 days from the date hereof, the property owner utilizing a septic system in Coffee Mill Sewer Extension Project #8283 shall have a city approved state certified inspector inspect the owner’s individual septic system and will do appropriate soil borings in the proximity of the drain field to verify that the septic system is compliant with state regulations and state law. In the event that the inspection shows that it is in compliance with state law, the home owner may continue to use the septic system. Thereafter, a state certified inspection shall be done every three years of each individual septic system utilized in the project. Non-compliant septic systems shall connect to the force main sewer system within six months from the date of the inspection showing non-compliance. All costs relating to the inspection shall be borne by each individual property owner and the city shall incur no cost thereof.
(2) In the event an owner shall fail to connect to a public sewer in compliance with a notice given under this chapter, the city will have the connection made and shall assess the cost against the benefitted property.
(3) Except as provided thereinafter, it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any private facility intended or used for the disposal of wastewater.
(Prior Code, § 505.03) (Ord. passed 11-3-2004; Ord. passed 5-15-2007; Ord. passed 9-4-2012; Ord. passed 1-7-2014; Ord. passed 8-5-2014; Ord. passed 3-3-2015) Penalty, see § 53.99