517.19 REMOVAL OF CONTENTS OF VAULT.

   (a)    Whenever any part of the waste in any privy vault or cesspool extends to a point less than two feet below the surface of the ground adjacent thereto or whenever such use or maintenance is prohibited by ordinance or health order, the owner, lessor, occupant or person in charge of such premises shall cause such vault or cesspool to be emptied of its contents, thoroughly cleaned and disinfected and, if abandoned, filled with clean earth or mineral matter to the level of the adjacent ground.

   (b)    A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which the offense occurs or continues.

(Ord. 055-2021. Passed 7-20-21.)