It is unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit to be deposited in an unsanitary manner upon public or private property within the city any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste.
(Ord. 627 § 1, 1989)
It is unlawful to discharge into any natural outlet within the city any sewage, industrial waste, or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 627 § 1, 1989)
Except as provided in this chapter, it is unlawful to construct, maintain or use privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage in the city.
(Ord. 627 § 1, 1989)
A.
The owner of each lot or parcel of real property within the city upon which there is situated any structure for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purpose or use, which lot or parcel abuts on any street, alley, easement or right-of-way in which there is now located or may in the future be located a public sewer, and where the public sewer is within 150 feet of that lot or parcel and service by such public sewer is available, is required, at his expense, to install suitable toilet facilities therein and to connect the facilities to the public sewer, including the making of any repairs to the public sewer required by damage occurring during the making of such connection, regardless of the cause of such damage, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. Such installation and connection must be made within 30 days after the date of mailing or personal delivery of notice by the clerk to the owner of property to be served, notifying such owner to make such connection. All connections to the public sewers of the city shall be made in a permanent and sanitary manner, and shall be sufficient to carry all the sewage and waste and waste fluids of every kind from the house, building or structure to the public sewer, and each toilet, sink, lavatory, washing machine, dishwasher and other piece of equipment of whatever type producing waste water shall be connected to the public sewer.
B.
Any structure hereafter constructed or made available for human occupancy or use for any purpose shall, when required by this section, be connected to the public sewer before the completion of construction of such building or structure or before any occupancy or use thereof, or in the event that the public sewer capable of serving the structure has not been completed prior to the construction or occupancy of such structure, within 30 days after written notice from the clerk as provided in the preceding paragraph, whichever occurs first.
C.
The limit of responsibility of the city shall be maintenance of the public sewer. Any needed repair to a side sewer or connection to a public sewer shall be the responsibility of the owner of the property served, and shall be made within 30 days after the date of mailing or personal delivery of a notice by the clerk or the utility director or his designee to the owner of the property served, notifying such owner to make such repair or connection. In the event of an emergency, a shorter period of time may be established for the repair to be made, or, if the owner cannot be located or does not promptly make such repair, the city may make repairs under the procedure of SMC § 13.04.070.
(Ord. 627 § 1, 1989)
A.
If any connection to a public sewer or needed repair to a side sewer is not made within the time and in the manner provided in SMC § 13.04.060, the utilities director may forthwith cause the same to be made.
B.
In all cases in which the utilities director causes required connections or repairs to be made, he shall file a statement of the cost thereof with the clerk. The clerk shall notify the owner or reputed owner of the property of the cost of making such connection or repair, and if the same is not paid within four months, such cost, together with interest at the rate of 12 percent per year, shall be a lien against the property, and the clerk shall direct the city attorney to file a notice of claim of lien with the auditor of King County. Such lien may be foreclosed in the manner provided for mechanics liens.
(Ord. 627 § 1, 1989)
All property is capable of being served by a public sewer of the city, and service by such public sewer is available if the first floor plumbing of any building or structure located thereon can be served by gravity into the city sewer lines, as provided in SMC § 13.04.060, even though the basement drains of such building or structure cannot be served into the city sewers.
Sanitary sewer service to such properties shall be by gravity, except for sewer service to single-family homes for which sewer service by artificial lifting means is authorized under SMC § 13.04.200.
(Ord. 627 § 1, 1989; Ord. 1156 § 1, 2015)