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 Mendota or in any area under the jurisdiction of said City any human or animal excrement, garbage, and other objectionable waste.
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet, watercourse or storm sewer within the City of Mendota 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 any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool, or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, or institution, public or private, to connect or cause to be connected any drain carrying or to carry any toilet, sink, basement, septic tank, cesspool or industrial waste or any fixture or device to cause the discharge of pollutive substances to any open ditch, drain, or drainage structure installed solely for street or highway drainage purposes in the City of Mendota.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
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 sewer of the City is hereby required at his expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein, and to connect such facilities directly with the public sewer in a manner approved by the Superintendent within 90 days after official notice to do so, provided that said public sewer is within 100 feet of the property line.