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 of Rensselaer or in any area under the jurisdiction
of said City any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable
waste.
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within
the City of Rensselaer or in any area under the jurisdiction of said
City any sewage or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment
has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this
chapter.
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.
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 chapter within 90 days after the date of official notice to
do so, provided that said public sewer is within 100 feet (30.5 meters)
of the property line.