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.
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.