(a) Dumping. Except for sanitary landfills designated by the city, no person shall place or deposit, or permit to be placed or deposited, in any unsanitary manner, on public or private property within the city, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the city, any human or animal excrement, garbage, trash or other objectional waste, as determined by the city.
(b) Unlawful discharge. No person shall discharge into any natural outlet or storm sewer within the city, or into any area under the jurisdiction of the city, any sewage or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this chapter.
(c) Privies, septic tanks, cesspools, and the like. Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage or other wastewater.
(d) Use of public sewers required when available.
(1) The owner of all houses, buildings or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes, situated within the city or in any area under the jurisdiction of the city, and abutting on any street, alley or other right-of-way, in which there is now located or may in the future be located a public sanitary sewer, is hereby required, at his or her expense, to install suitable plumbing and toilet facilities therein, and to connect such facilities directly with the proper public sanitary sewer in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, within six months after such service is certified in writing to be available by the city, provided that such public sanitary sewer is:
A. Within 100 feet of the property line;
B. Within 300 feet of the building served; and
C. Able to be served by gravity flow.
(2) A copy of such certification shall be sent to each property owner to be connected.
(e) Notice of connections. If the connection is not made within the six-month connection period, the Director shall cause written notice to be given to each property owner to which connections are to be made, which notice shall state the number and size of connections required. The Director may also compel the making of sewer and water connections whenever he or she deems it necessary by reason of contemplated street paving. The notice to be served on the property owners shall be served in the manner provided for the service of summons in civil actions, and the report of the person serving the notice or a certified copy thereof shall be prima-facie evidence of the serving of the notice. If any of such owners are nonresidents of the city, or cannot be located, the notice may be given by publication twice in a newspaper of general circulation within the city.
(f) Injunctive action by city. If the connections are not constructed within 60 days after such service of notice or the day of first publication thereof, the city may petition the Common Pleas Court for a mandatory injunction requiring compliance by the owner with the provisions of this section.
(Ord. 79-33, passed 6-14-1979)