A. 
Certain words and phrases in this chapter, unless otherwise clearly indicated by their context, mean as follows:
1. 
“Approved”
means approved in writing by the director of public health.
2. 
“City”
means the City of Kenmore.
3. 
“City manager”
means the City of Kenmore city manager or their designee(s).
4. 
“Director of public health”
means the director of the King County department of public health or their authorized assistants or inspectors.
5. 
“District”
means the Northshore Utility District.
6. 
“District code”
means the rules and regulations established by the Northshore Utility District.
7. 
“Person”
means any individual, firm, association, partnership, copartnership, corporation, governmental agency or political subdivision, whether acting by themselves or as a servant, agent or employee.
8. 
“Public health department”
means the Seattle-King County department of public health or their successors.
9. 
“Public sewer”
means any sewer or appurtenant facility other than a side sewer, either owned or operated by the Northshore Utility District or within the jurisdiction of the City of Kenmore.
10. 
“Repair”
means the replacement, addition, or alteration of a sewer line (side or main); septic tank; distribution box; tight line or other appurtenances to an existing individual sewage disposal system; and including any replacement, addition, or alteration to a subsurface disposal field where at least a portion of the original subsurface disposal field is used. In those instances where no portion of the existing drainfield or septic system is to be used, it will be considered the same as a new system and will require a design.
11. 
“Sanitary drainage system”
means the piping which conveys sewage from plumbing fixtures to a public sewer or private sewage disposal system.
12. 
“Sewage”
means water-carried waste discharged from the sanitary facilities of buildings occupied or used by people, or liquid or liquid-borne waste which contains animal or vegetable matter in suspension or solution, or liquid or liquid-borne waste which may contain chemicals in solution, and which may be lawfully discharged into a public sanitary sewer.
13. 
“Sewage disposal system”
means sanitary drainage systems, septic tanks, leaching pits, surface and subsurface leaching filter beds, and appurtenances, or other approved facilities for the disposal of sewage by means other than through a public sewer.
14. 
“Side sewer”
means any sewer line used or installed by any person to conduct waste from any property to a public sanitary sewer.
B. 
Definition of Additional Terms. Words, terms or expressions peculiar to the art or science of sewerage not herein defined shall have the respective meanings given in the most recent edition of the district code.
(Ord. 98-0023 §§ 1, 2 (KCC 13.04.010); Ord. 23-0585 § 1 (Exh. 1))
A. 
The owner or occupant of lands or premises shall connect the sewage waste pipes located thereon with the nearest accessible public sewer whenever there is a public sewer within 200 feet from any point abutting the right-of-way or a utility easement. The district shall prescribe the manner in which such connection shall be made. When in the opinion of the city manager or the director of public health a sewer connection is unreasonable or impossible, another method of sewage disposal may be specified.
B. 
The director of public health is authorized and empowered, and it shall be their duty to prohibit the use of any privy, well, septic tank or vault upon any premises whenever the use and maintenance thereof is detrimental or dangerous to public health and safety, to order any such privy, well, septic tank or vault to be disinfected and filled with fresh earth, and to order the plumbing installed in any structure or building located thereon to be connected with a public sewer system.
(Ord. 98-0023 §§ 1, 2 (KCC 13.04.020); Ord. 23-0585 § 1 (Exh. 1))
Whenever the public health or public safety requires that any building or premises be connected with the public sewer in the manner provided in KMC § 13.05.020, the director of public health, the city manager, or the district shall serve upon the owner, agent or occupant of said premises a notice in writing, specifying the time within which such connection must be made, which shall not be more than 60 days from the date of service of such notice. If such owner, agent or occupant fails, neglects or refuses to connect said building or premises with the public sewer within the time specified in such notice, the district may make such connection, and the cost of the connection shall be assessed against the property so connected. If payment is not received in the time frame stated in the notice, the district may collect as provided in the district code.
(Ord. 98-0023 §§ 1, 2 (KCC 13.04.030); Ord. 23-0585 § 1 (Exh. 1))
It is unlawful for any person to make any opening in any public sewer or to connect any private sewer or side sewer therewith, or to lay, repair, alter or connect any private sewer or side sewer in a public street, avenue, alley or other public place without securing an approved permit by the district and an approved permit issued by the City as required per KMC Title 12.
(Ord. 98-0023 §§ 1, 2 (KCC 13.04.040); Ord. 23-0585 § 1 (Exh. 1))
Side sewers shall be installed, maintained, repaired, and removed in accordance with the district rules and regulations including obtaining permits from the district and permits issued by the City as required per KMC Title 12.
(Ord. 98-0023 §§ 1, 2 (KCC 13.04.050); Ord. 23-0585 § 1 (Exh. 1))
Where, in order to make a connection to a public sewer, it is necessary to excavate in any public street, avenue, alley or other public place, such excavation shall be restored promptly and expeditiously following inspection and approval of the new line. The requirements for such excavation and restoration shall be in accordance with KMC Title 12.
(Ord. 98-0023 §§ 1, 2 (KCC 13.04.060); Ord. 23-0585 § 1 (Exh. 1))
If any provisions of this chapter shall be construed by any court to be unconstitutional, such invalidity shall not affect the other provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 98-0023 §§ 1, 2 (KCC 13.04.280); Ord. 23-0585 § 1 (Exh. 1))
Where authority is given to each, the director of public health, the district, and the city manager are authorized to enforce the provisions of this chapter, the ordinances and resolutions codified in it, and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder pursuant to the enforcement and penalty provisions of Chapter 1.20 and Chapter 12.55 KMC.
(Ord. 98-0023 §§ 1, 2 (KCC 13.04.290); Ord. 23-0585 § 1 (Exh. 1))