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Home → Code of Ordinances → Title V: Public Works → Chapter 51: Sewers → General Provisions

§ 51.003 Privy Vaults and the Like; Connection to Public Sewer Required

(A) Except as hereinafter provided, 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.

(B) The owners 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 sewer in the city are hereby required at their expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein, and to connect the facilities directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this chapter within 90 days after date of official notice to do so, provided that the public sewer is within 300 feet of the property line.

(C) Should sewage be discharging to natural outlets, the ground surface, or into domestic water supplies, connection may be required within five working days of notification to connect. The required connections shall pay all fees and charges contained herein.

(Ord. 1737, passed 6-24-91) Penalty, see § 51.999

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