[Adopted 9-1-1972 as Ch. 35, Art.
II, of the 1972 Code]
For the purposes of this article, the following
definitions shall apply:
The bowel and kidney discharge of human beings.
A privy which is built, rebuilt or constructed so as to conform
to the specifications approved by the State Health Department.
A flush-type toilet which is connected with a sanitary sewer
line of such capacity and construction as to carry away the contents
at all times.
A.
Every owner of a residence or other building in which
humans reside, are employed or congregate within this City shall install,
equip and maintain therein an adequate sanitary water closet for the
disposal of human excrement. In the event such building is located
within 100 feet of a sanitary sewer and is accessible thereto, the
sanitary water closet shall be connected to such sewer within one
year from the date of the sewer line installations; provided, however,
that the water closet in any building erected for, or existing building
converted to, commercial or industrial use on or after March 5, 1969,
and which building is located within 1,000 feet of a sanitary sewer
line and accessible thereto, shall be connected to such sewer within
one year after the installation of the sewer line.
B.
Sanitary water closets in buildings not required to have a sewer connection under Subsection A above shall be connected to a septic tank installed and maintained in accord with the requirements of the State Health Department.
C.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection B above, the City Manager may, under unusual circumstances, issue a written permit authorizing the installation and maintenance of a sanitary pit privy, a liquefying closet or a chemical closet in lieu of a septic tank. When so permitted, such privy or closet shall comply with the requirements of the State Health Department and shall not constitute a health hazard. The City Manager shall revoke or cancel such permit when he deems that such privy or closet endangers the public health.
All human excrement disposed of within this City shall be disposed of by depositing it in closets, septic tanks or privies of the type provided for in § 334-27. It shall be unlawful for any owner of property within the City to permit the disposal of human excrement thereon in any other manner, and for any person to dispose of human excrement within the City in any other manner.
All privies shall be kept clean and sanitary
at all times, and the covers of the seats of privies shall be kept
closed at all times when the privies are not being used. No wash water,
kitchen slop or anything other than human excrement and toilet paper
shall be emptied into a privy. No excrement from any person suffering
from typhoid fever, dysentery or other serious bowel disease shall
be deposited in any sanitary pit privy or sanitary water closet until
it is disinfected in such a manner as may be prescribed by the health
officer.
All facilities for the disposal of human excrement
in a manner different from that required by this article, and all
privies and closets so constructed, situated or maintained as to endanger
the public health, are hereby declared to be public nuisances and
may be dealt with and abated as such.
Violations of this article shall be punishable as provided in § 1-10 of this Code.
