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, or in any area under the jurisdiction
of the city, any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable
waste.
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural
outlet within the city, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the
city, any sewage or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment
has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this
article. Plans for the removal of any unlawful discharge of sewage
or polluted water to natural outlets within the City existing on the
date on which this code becomes effective shall be submitted within
six months from said date to the Commissioner. Work provided for in
said plans shall be diligently executed.
It shall be unlawful to construct or maintain
any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other facility intended
or used for the disposal of sewage or industrial waste, without the
approval of the Monroe County Health Department. Any such lawfully
constructed privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other facility
the effluent from which is connected to or drains to a public sewer
shall not be constructed without the approval of the Commissioner.
Any plumbing required to be installed by the
Plumbing Code is to be connected 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 100 feet of the property line.