A. 
No person shall build, erect, maintain, occupy or use any residence, place of business or other building in the town wherein persons reside, congregate or are employed, without providing for the use of such occupants adequate and properly maintained water closets and sinks conforming to the State Plumbing Code and local plumbing regulations.
B. 
The owner or agent of every building in the town used for human habitation which abuts any street, alley or way along which there is a sewer or water main, or in a block through which a system of water works or sewage, or both, extends, or is within two hundred (200) feet of such sewer or water main, shall connect with the sewer or water main, or both if present, and shall connect with the sewer all water closets, toilets, bathtubs, lavatories, sinks, urinals and similar devices so that their contents will empty into such sewer, such connection to be made in accordance with the provisions of the State Plumbing Code and such additional local rules and regulations not inconsistent therewith. If any owner or agent fails to comply within ten (10) days after notice in writing, the town may cause connection to be made, and the expense thereof shall be assessed as a special tax against the property. The owner may, within thirty (30) days after the completion of the work, file a written option with the town clerk stating that he cannot pay such amount in one sum and asking that it be levied in not to exceed five equal annual installments and the amount shall be so collected with interest at the rate of six percent per annum from the completion of the work, the unpaid balance to be a special tax lien.
C. 
No person shall build, erect, construct or maintain any privy, cesspool, septic tank or private system for the disposal of human excreta, liquid waste or water upon any lot or premises abutting any street, alley or way along which there is a sewer or water main or in a block through which a system of water works or sewage, or both, extends or is within two hundred (200) feet of such a sewer or water main.
(Prior code § 11.02)
A. 
Holding tanks for new residential construction shall be prohibited in the town.
B. 
No holding tank for existing residential construction or new or existing nonresidential construction shall be permitted in the town without the approval of the town board.
(Prior code § 11.06(1) and (2); 10/12/1992)
Upon approval of the town board and as a precondition to the installation of a holding tank for existing residential construction or new or existing nonresidential construction, the landowner shall enter into an agreement with the town relative to the installing, maintaining, and emptying such holding tank. Such owner shall cause the agreement to be recorded with the office of the register of deeds for Racine County and the agreement shall constitute an agreement running with the land and binding upon the owners, his heirs, successors, administrators and assigns. In such agreement the owner shall agree:
A. 
To be fully responsible and liable for the proper operation and maintenance of the holding tank and for the disposal of the contents of the holding tank in accord with all applicable laws, ordinances, rules and regulations;
B. 
To obey all lawful orders with respect to the holding tank which are issued by the town and its officials, as well as all other agencies and officers with jurisdiction as to such holding tank;
C. 
To pay all charges and costs incurred by town or county for inspection, pumping, hauling or otherwise servicing and maintaining said holding tank;
D. 
To install warning devices, both visual and audible, to indicate when the holding tank is full or in need of pumping;
E. 
To have the contents from the holding tank removed, hauled and disposed of by a hauler licensed by the state in accord with all state and local laws, ordinances, rules and regulations;
F. 
To file receipts with the Racine County department of environmental control at least quarterly evidencing the date and volume of contents which was removed from the holding tank;
G. 
To allow any authorized person of the town or Racine County to inspect the holding tank and the premises at all reasonable times;
H. 
To having a lien asserted against the property served by the holding tank for any obligations or damages accruing to the town under the agreement and to having any such obligations or damages placed upon the town tax rolls and collected as any other real estate tax;
I. 
To bind any future owner of the property served by the holding tank to enter into a like agreement with the town;
J. 
To be bound to such new contract terms provided under this chapter as shall be enacted from time to time; provided, however, that prior to the adoption of any amendment of this chapter which shall provide for any such new contract terms that the owner, or his successor in interest, shall have been given at least fifteen (15) days notice of the intention to amend this chapter and shall have been given an opportunity to be heard before the adoption of such amendment.
(Prior code § 11.06(3); 10/12/1992)
This chapter shall be in effect as to all contracts entered into by the town as to holding tanks following the adoption and publication of this chapter.
(Prior code § 11.06(6); 10/12/1992)
The town board shall act as a board of appeals should any person request a variance from any of the provisions of this chapter. The decision in any such request for variance shall be communicated to the Racine County department of environmental control.
(Prior code § 11.06(7); 10/12/1992)