It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit
to be deposited in any unsanitary manner on public or private property
anywhere within the Unified Sanitary Sewer District any wastewater,
solid waste or any other objectionable waste matter.
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet anywhere
within Sussex County any sewage or other polluted waters.
Where public sewers are legally and technically available within
the Unified Sussex County Sanitary Sewer District, it shall be unlawful
to construct or maintain any privy, septic system, cesspool or other
methods intended or used for the on-site disposal of sewage.
A.
The owners of all houses, buildings or properties used for human
occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes situated within
the Unified Sussex County Sanitary Sewer District and abutting on
any street, alley or right-of-way in which public sewer is legally
and technically available are hereby required, at their expense, to
connect in accordance with the provisions of this chapter within 120
days or as specified in the official notice to connect.
B.
Any connection must be made in accordance with the Technical Bulletin for Building Sewer and Water Service and Article VIII of this chapter.
C.
When any houses, buildings or properties are connected to the public
sewer system on-site disposal facilities shall be abandoned in accordance
with all applicable State of Delaware, DNREC regulations.
