§ 51.004 INDIVIDUAL PRIVATE SEWAGE DISPOSAL.
Editor's Note:
   Enforcement of this section is the responsibility of the Board of Health and its appearance here is for informational purposes only.
   (A)   Where a public sanitary sewer is not available to a premise, the building sewer shall be connected to an individual private sewage disposal system complying with the requirements of the appropriate public authority.
   (B)   The owner shall, at his own expense, operate and maintain the individual private sewage disposal facility to the satisfaction of the appropriate public authority.
   (C)   It shall be unlawful for any individual private residential sewage disposal facility to be connected to any public sanitary, storm, or combined sewer.
   (D)   At such time as a public sanitary or combined sewer becomes available for use by property served by an individual private sewage disposal system, a direct connection shall be made to the public wastewater treatment system by and at the expense of the owner. Any septic tanks, cesspools, or similar individual private sewage disposal facility shall be abandoned to the satisfaction of the appropriate public authority.
(Ord., passed 7-13-87)