(a) The use of the sewer system of the City is determined and declared to be essential for the protection and preservation of the public health, comfort, safety, economy and general welfare of the inhabitants of the City and of the area served thereby.
(b) The owner, tenant or occupant of each premises, lot, parcel of land or subdivision which abuts on a street, alley or other public way, containing a sewer service, or which, in the judgment of the Division of Water Pollution Control is located within such a distance thereof that sewer service is reasonably available thereto and upon which premises, lot or parcel, a building or other inhabitable structure has been or shall be erected for residential, commercial or industrial use, shall be required to connect the building or structure to the sewer system, or to such part thereof as may from time to time be extended or become available, and shall thereafter refrain from using or cease to use any other method for the several and respective sewer services which are now, or may hereafter become, available as aforesaid; and shall thereafter pay all the charges, fees or rates as herein, or as may hereafter be, provided for. All such connections shall be in accordance with the rules and regulations which shall be adopted from time to time by the Division and such connections shall also be in accordance with the rules and regulations of the City which are now in effect or which may be hereafter adopted.
(Ord. 2153. Passed 5-25-54.)