§ 90-81. Use required.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any person to construct, operate or maintain, within the city, any privy, privy vault, septic tank cesspool or private facility for the treatment or disposal of sewage where there is a public sewer available within a distance of 200 feet and where the public sewer is accessible for connection thereto.

(b)

The provisions of subsection (a) shall not be construed to prohibit the use of portable facilities, at construction sites and other temporary locations under exigent circumstances where the waste from such facilities is disposed of in a sanitary manner consistent with this article.

(c)

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

(d)

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

(e)

The owner or lessee of every house, building or property 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 right-of-way in which there is now or shall be hereafter located a public sewer is hereby required at the owner's expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein, and to connect the facilities directly with the appropriate public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this article, within ten days' receipt of written notice from the director, provided that the public sewer shall be within a distance of 200 feet of the facility to be served.

(Ord. of 9-14-1999, § 18-51)