(a) Except as provided, no person shall construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other facility intended or used for private sewage disposal.
(b) Where a public sanitary sewer is not available within 200 feet of a premises, the building sewer shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system according to the following provisions:
(1) The type, capabilities, location and layout of a private sewage disposal system shall comply with all requirements of the local health authority and all recommendations of the OEPA. No permit shall be issued for any private sewage disposal system employing subsurface soil absorption facilities where the area of the lot is less than 15,000 square feet in cases where an approved public water supply is available, and 31,500 square feet in cases where the water supply must be obtained from a well on the same lot. No holding tank waste shall be permitted to discharge into any natural outlet.
(2) Where it is necessary to install a private sewage disposal system to serve a property and a public sewer becomes available to that property, the private sewage disposal system may be utilized providing no extraneous maintenance or proven surface or subsurface pollution occurs. Should extraneous maintenance such as pumping or leach field expansion become necessary, direct connection shall be made to the public sewer. Any septic tanks, cesspools, or similar private sewage disposal facilities shall then be abandoned and filled with suitable material.
(3) The owner shall, at his expense, operate and maintain the private sewage disposal facilities in a sanitary manner at all times.
(Ord. 82-211. Passed 12-13-82.)