[R.O. 2013 §24-16; Ord. No. 6.6 (Bill No. 66) §1, 2-22-1973]
Every residence and building within the City wherein human beings reside, are employed or may congregate shall be provided with an approved method for disposal of sewage, human excreta or other body wastes.
[R.O. 2013 §24-17; Ord. No. 6.6 (Bill No. 66) §2, 2-22-1973; Ord. No. 16.6 (Bill No. 457) Art. VII §§1 — 3, 3-15-1979]
A. 
Limitations. The director and other duly authorized employees of the City bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter.
B. 
Inspection Of Easements. The director and other duly authorized employees of the City bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all private properties through which the City holds a duly negotiated easement for the purpose of, but not limited to, inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, repair and maintenance of any portion of the sewage works lying within said easement. All entry and subsequent work, if any, on said easement shall be done in full accordance with the terms of the duly negotiated easement pertaining to the private property involved.
[R.O. 2013 §24-18; Ord. No. 6.6 (Bill No. 66) §§3 — 4, 2-22-1973]
A. 
Whenever a drain field becomes saturated, the director may require either the owner, lessee, tenant or other permanent occupant of the building to increase the drain field and associated absorption trenches to the limits of the size of the lot or plots of ground upon which the residence or building is situated.
B. 
It shall be prima facie proof that a drain field is saturated if any effluent discharges from such drain field to the surface of the ground wherein it is situated or within two hundred (200) feet thereof.
[R.O. 2013 §24-19; Ord. No. 6.6 (Bill No. 66) §5, 2-22-1973; Ord. No. 16.6 (Bill No. 457) Art. II §3, 3-15-1979]
Except as provided in Division 2 of this Article, 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.
[R.O. 2013 §24-22; Ord. No. 6.6 (Bill No. 66) §8, 2-22-1973; Ord. No. 6.6 (Bill No. 1277) §1, 10-3-1991]
It shall be the duty of the occupants and owners jointly and severally of each premises to maintain in a sanitary condition at all times the sewage disposal system on such premises, and it shall be unlawful for anyone to abuse or misuse any privy or other toilet device. All water-carried sewerage systems, including laterals, shall be so constructed so as to prohibit any surface or ground water from entering such sewerage system. All water-carried sewerage systems, including laterals, shall be properly maintained and repaired by the owner as necessary so as to prevent and eliminate any surface or ground water from entering the sewerage system. Written notice shall be provided in any instance where it has been determined that the provisions of this Section have been violated. All repairs required by this Section shall be completed within the time specified by the Director of Public Works in the written notification.
[R.O. 2013 §24-24; Ord. No. 6.6 (Bill No. 66) §10, 2-22-1973; Ord. No. 16.6 (Bill No. 457) Art. II §2, 3-15-1979]
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the City, 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 the provisions of this Chapter.
[R.O. 2013 §24-25; Ord. No. 6.6 (Bill No. 66) §11, 2-22-1973; Ord. No. 16.6 (Bill No. 457) Art. II, §1, 3-15-1979]
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, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said City, any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste.
[R.O. 2013 §24-26; Ord. No. 16.2 (Bill No. 320) §§9 — 10, 10-20-1977; Ord. No. 16.5 (Bill No. 456) §§10 — 11, 3-15-1979; Ord. No. 16.6 (Bill No. 457) Art. II §4, 3-15-1979; Ord. No. 16.6 (Bill No. 887) §2, 8-7-1986]
A. 
The use of all premises within the City in such manner as to create sewage thereon not discharged into the sewerage system located in the City is hereby declared to be a nuisance. Any water closet or privy connected and used in any building in the City not connected with the sewerage system in the City is hereby declared to be a nuisance; however, this Section shall be inapplicable to premises where connection with such sewerage system is not feasible. Such connection with the sewerage system is hereby declared to be feasible as to any premises abutting any street, alley or other public way or right-of-way in which any line of the sewerage system in the City exists, except if the connection to the sewerage system would not discharge the waste water to a sewage treatment facility, or when the building to be connected is further than three hundred (300) feet from the sewerage system.
B. 
The owner of any premises so used to create sewage, or on which there exists any water closet or privy, or any tenant or other person occupying any such premises is hereby required to cause proper connection to be made within the sewerage system in the City within ninety (90) days after the date of official notice to do so.