[Code 1961, § 9.03.06]
The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation
and enforcement of this article:
HABITABLE BUILDING
Any building used or intended to be used for human occupation,
and shall include residential, commercial, industrial and other buildings
in which are installed sinks, toilets, lavatories and other such facilities
for public use, or private use.
SANITARY SEWAGE
The common waste water and water wastes from human dwellings
and from toilet and lavatory fixtures, kitchens, laundries and similar
facilities of business and industrial buildings. Sanitary sewage shall
not include storm water from roofs, yards, streets or open spaces,
water from land surface or brooks, clean waste or overflow from springs,
wells or subsoil drainage, large volumes of clean water from air-conditioning
or cooling or condensing facilities, or clean water from hydraulically
operated contrivances.
SUBSURFACE DRAINAGE AND GROUNDWATER ETC.
Includes storm water from roofs, yards, streets or open springs,
and water collected in sump pits within the walls of a building, but
shall not include sanitary sewage as defined herein.
[Code 1961, § 9.03.07; Ord. No.
77-1, § 3, 4-4-1977]
It shall be the duty of the Director of Public Works and the
Building Inspector or the Director of Health to inspect, control and
enforce compliance with the provisions of this article. No permit
shall be issued for building or plumbing until a subsurface drainage
plan has been approved, and no certificate of occupancy shall be issued
in the absence of full compliance with this article. Any person or
property owner who fails within 30 days to comply any lawful order
issued by the Building Inspector or the Director of Health under the
provisions of this article shall be fined as provided in Section 1-8
for each such offense. Each succeeding day of noncompliance shall
constitute a separate offense.
[Code 1961, § 9.03.02]
No person shall discharge or permit to be discharged or construct
any pipes intended for the discharge of any sanitary sewage either
directly or indirectly from any habitable building into any brook
or watercourse.