Except as set forth in this section, the owner and the occupant of all houses, buildings, or properties used for human occupancy, employment, commerce, industry, recreation, or other purposes, situated within or served by the city treatment works and abutting any street, alley, or right-of-way in which there is now located or may in the future be located a public sanitary sewer is hereby required at his expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein, and to connect such facilities directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, within 90 days after date of official notice to do so; provided, that said public sewer is within 200 feet of the property line; except that, after the initial construction of the public treatment works is completed, connection to such facilities shall be completed within 12 months after official notice to do so. The city council may set a shorter time for correction or connection to public sewer for users having problems which are determined to be a threat to public health, safety or general welfare.
A. 
The sewer connection requirement described above shall not be applicable if topographic, manmade features or intervening properties (where the subject property does not front on a public sewer) make connection physically impractical.
B. 
When a public sewer is extended to be within 200 feet of a property in order to serve an upstream development or property, the owner and/or occupant of the property shall not be required to connect to the public sewer system if the property has a fully functioning septic system. The property shall thereafter connect to the public sewer when the property owner or occupant desires to connect; when the existing septic system fails; or when it is identified as a public health hazard. If connection to the public sewer is made within the line extension payback period, BMC § 13.10.280(E) shall apply. Prior to connection the applicant must provide evidence that the septic system has been properly abandoned and accepted as such through the Curry County public services department.
C. 
The exceptions to the public sewer connection requirements contained in subsections (A) and (B) of this section shall not apply to local improvement or assessment districts established for the purpose of constructing public sewers within said district.
(Ord. 88-O-430 Art. III § 1; Ord. 93-O-430.D § 2; Ord. 14-O-725 § 2)
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 of Brookings, or within the service area of said city, any human or animal excrement, garbage, or other objectionable waste.
(Ord. 88-O-430 Art. III § 2)
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the city of Brookings any sewage or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 88-O-430 Art. III § 3)
Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, cesspool, or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage. A private sewage disposal system may be installed as hereinafter provided.
(Ord. 88-O-430 Art. III § 4)
No unauthorized person shall maliciously, willfully, or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface, or tamper with any structure, appurtenance, or equipment which is part of the sewage works. Any person violating this provision shall be subject to immediate arrest by law enforcement personnel.
(Ord. 88-O-430 Art. III § 5)