§ 110-88. Use of public sewers required.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit, or permit to be deposited in any insanitary 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 or other objectionable waste.

(b)

It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the city, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the city, any sewage or polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with the provisions of this article.

(c)

Except as provided in this article, it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool, or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage.

(d)

The owner of all houses, buildings or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purposes, situated within the city and abutting on any street, alley or right-of-way in which there is now located or may in the future be located a public sanitary or combined sewer of the city, is hereby required at his expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein, and to connect such facilities directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this article, within 90 days after official notice to do so, provided that such public sewer is within 100 feet (30.5 meters) of the property line. If an on-site pressure system is required for a service connection, the operation and maintenance costs for the facility shall be the responsibility of the owner or user.

(e)

It shall be unlawful for any person, establishment or corporation to discharge to the sewer system any pollutant except in compliance with federal standards promulgated pursuant to the Clean Water Act, and any more stringent state and local standards.

(f)

Where a public sanitary sewer is not available under the provisions of subsection (d) of this section, the building sewer shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system complying with the provisions of section 110-89.

(Ord. No. 1983-2, § II, 8-2-83)