(a) General Provisions. No owner, agent, lessee, tenant,- or occupant of any lot or land located within the Municipal limits shall establish, construct, reconstruct, or install an individual sewage disposal system unless it is in conformity with this section.
(b) Design. The design of the individual sewage disposal system must take into consideration location with respect to wells or other sources of water supply, topography, water table, soil characteristics, area available, and maximum occupancy of the building.
(c) Determination of Type of System to be Installed. The type of system to be installed shall be determined on the basis of location, soil characteristics, area availability, and maximum occupancy of the building.
(d) Sanitary Sewage. The system shall be designed to receive all sanitary sewage, including laundry waste, from the building. Drainage from basement floors, footings, or roofs shall not enter the system, except through the filter drain as specified in Section 921.08
(e).
(e) Discharge. The system shall consist of a septic tank discharging into a subsurface disposal field.
(f) Alternate Design. Where soil conditions are such that the system mentioned in subsection (e) hereof, cannot be expected to operate satisfactorily, approval of an alternate design shall be secured from the Building Inspector, with concurrence of the proper health authorities having jurisdiction.
(g) Distances. The minimum distances provided in subsection (h) hereof, shall be observed in locating all various components of the disposal system.
(h) Location of Components of Sewage Disposal System.
Type of System | Well or Suction Line(ft) | Stream (ft) | Dwelling (ft) | Property Line (ft) |
Septic Tank |
50 | |||
Disposal Field |
100 |
25 |
10 |
10 |
This separation may be reduced to fifty feet when the well is provided with an outside watertight casing to a depth of fifty feet or more.
(i) Septic Tanks. Septic tanks or other private means of disposal shall not be approved where a public sewer is available. This means of disposal shall be discontinued when public sewers are made available, if the discontinuance is directed in their discretion by the legal authoriities having jurisdiction.
(1973 Code Sec. 51.05 to 51.13)
(1973 Code Sec. 51.05 to 51.13)
(j) Adoption of Uniform Standards for Construction. The Village approves and adopts the Uniform Rules, Regulations, and Committee for the Design and Construction of Sewerage Improvements as formulated by the Committee on Uniform Standards dated May 11, 1978.
(Ord. 1978-53. Passed 9-20-78.)
(Ord. 1978-53. Passed 9-20-78.)