[Ord. 493, § 1, Nov. 1997]
Every residence and building in the city in which human beings reside, are employed, or congregated shall have, for the disposal of human excreta, a sanitary water closet.
[Ord. 493, § 1, Nov. 1997]
It shall be unlawful for any person owning, leasing or renting property in the city to permit the disposal of human excreta on any property owned, leased or rented by such person or his agent, except in a sanitary water closet.
[Ord. 493, § 1, Nov. 1997]
Any building in the city which toilet facilities are required, which is not located within an area required for connection with a sewer, as provided in section 18-11[1] of this code, shall have such toilet facilities connected with a septic tank.
[1]
Editor's Note: So in original; no such section exists.
[Ord. 493, Nov. 1997; Ord. 535, June 2000]
(1) 
Sewer connection required. Every building having plumbing fixtures installed and intended for human habitation, occupance, or use on premises abutting a street, alley, or easement in which there is a sanitary sewer for single family lots existing as of the effective date of this section[1] and five hundred (500) feet for all others, shall be considered as being served by the city's sanitary sewer system.
All new buildings hereafter constructed which may be served by the city's sewer system shall not be occupied until the connection has been made. The owner or occupant of each lot or parcel of land which is now served or which may hereafter be served by the city's sewer system shall cease to use any other method for the disposal of sewage except as approved for direct discharge by the Tennessee Department of Health and Environment. Should a septic tank system fail to function properly, repairs shall be prohibited and connection to the sanitary sewer system shall be required. Septic tanks shall not be used where sewers are available. The public works director shall make any decision as to the location and or availability of sewers. Notwithstanding the above exceptions, all premises served by the city's sanitary sewer shall be subject to sewer user charges as adopted from time to time by the City of Collegedale.
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Editor's Note: These provisions were taken from Ord. 493, which passed second and final reading 11-17-1997.
(2) 
Sewer connection required. The discharge of sewage into places other than the city's sewer system is declared a nuisance, except for discharge into a properly functioning septic tank system approved by the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Health Department or discharges permitted by a National Discharge Elimination System Permit issued by the State of Tennessee Department of Health and Environment (NPDES).
(3) 
Unconnected sewer service lines declared a nuisance. Except for discharge to a properly functioning septic tank system approved by the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Health Department or discharges permitted by a National Discharge Elimination System permit (hereinafter "NPDES") issued by the State of Tennessee Department of Health and Environment, the discharge of sewage into places other than the city's sewer system is declared a nuisance. If the owner of any property which requires a sewer connection fails or refuses to connect to the city's system, the building inspector may take such action to abate the nuisance as may be warranted under the circumstances.
(4) 
Every building located on a lot having sewer service available as defined in subsection (1) shall pay sewer availability fee equal to the water used as determined by the water meter volume times the sewer rate applicable for the building, whether or not there is an actual connection made to the sewer.