No privy vault or septic tank for sewerage shall
hereafter be constructed or maintained within the Village on any premises
where the main drain emerges within 200 feet of any street wherein
there is a sewer and wherein the city water is laid; nor shall privy
vaults or septic tanks for sewerage be hereinafter permitted or continued
in use in any part of the Village where water closets can be connected
with the public sewer in the streets, provided that the Division of
Health may, however, issue written permits for the toleration, during
a period not exceeding 12 consecutive months (renewable), of vaults
or septic tanks, or both, for sewerage where the nature of the case
would make the rigid enforcement of this section a detriment to the
public health.
It shall be unlawful to install, construct or
reconstruct any septic tank, sewage disposal device or a subsurface
drainage system in the Village without first having obtained a permit
to do so as hereinafter provided.
As a condition in granting the permit to construct
a sewage disposal device, it is understood that any faulty workmanship,
damage or displacement of any part of the facilities by backfilling,
whether observed at the time or observed some time afterwards, remains
the responsibility of the builder and his contractor receiving the
permit, and that the necessary repairs will be made at the builder's
expense for a period of one year.
Floors for settling (septic) tanks and distribution
boxes shall be made of poured concrete five inches in thickness and
shall project two inches beyond the outside of the sidewalls. Floors
shall be provided with a suitable slot or keyway to which the sidewalls
may be firmly fixed. Under special circumstances, the right is reserved
to require a reinforced concrete floor seven inches in thickness to
a distance of one foot beyond the outside of the sidewalls.
The drain pipe from the foundation wall to the
tanks shall be of heavy cast-iron or wrought iron pipe, of approved
diameter.
Finished surface grading shall be done in such
a way that no surface water will stand over the absorption area. A
minimum surface grade of not less than 2% will be permitted.
The Division of Health shall have the right
to require any change in type, size, elevation or capacity of any
of the units comprising the sewage disposal system by reason of conditions
found during its construction.
[Added 10-13-1992 by Ord. No. 2375]
It shall be unlawful to pump out any septic tank within the Village without first having obtained a permit, in writing, from the Division of Health. Applications for such permit are available at the Division of Health and when filed with the Division shall be accompanied by a fee as set forth in Chapter
145, Fees.