[Adopted 2-19-1987 as Part
9, Title 3, Article 911, of the 1987 Codified Ordinances]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Any sewer owned or maintained by the city or the Butler Area Sewer
Authority.
Every improved property in the city adjoining or abutting upon any street
or alley in which a public sewer is now or shall hereafter be located and/or
which is accessible to a public sewer shall be connected with such sewer in
such manner and within such time as the city may order for the purpose of
the discharge of sewage from such premises.
A.
No privy vault, cesspool or septic tank for sewage shall
hereafter be constructed or be allowed to continue in any part of the city
where a sewer is at all accessible, such accessibility to be determined by
the Board of Health. No connection for any privy vault, cesspool or septic
tank shall be made with any sewer and no water closet or house drain shall
empty into such privy vault, cesspool or septic tank.
B.
The Board of Health shall have the power to issue notice,
giving at least three months' time to discontinue the use of any such privy
vault, cesspool or septic tank and have it cleaned and filled up.
[Amended 2-20-1997 by Ord.
No. 1430]
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall,
upon conviction thereof before a District Justice, be subject to a fine of
not less than $100 and not more than $300 and costs of prosecution and, in
default of payment of such fine and costs, shall be subject to imprisonment
in the county jail for up to 30 days.
