[Adopted 3-19-1975 as Ch. 112, Art. IV, of the 1975 Code]
Every owner of property abutting on or adjoining any street or highway in which a sewer has been constructed is hereby required to connect to such sewer, in accordance with the provisions of the Plumbing Code,[1] for the purpose of proper discharge of waste matter.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 216, Plumbing.
A. 
No cesspool or privy vault, whether or not the same shall be attached to a septic tank, shall be maintained on any property which can be connected with a sewer constructed on any street or highway abutting or adjoining the said property.
B. 
Cesspools or privy vaults, if attached to a septic tank, shall be permitted only in cases where sewer connections are unavailable.
All cesspools or privy vaults maintained contrary to the provisions of this article are hereby declared to be a nuisance, and the owner of property where the same is maintained is hereby required to fill up and discontinue using the said cesspool or privy vault.
[Added 10-25-2000 by Ord. No. 1808]
Any person, firm or corporation who violates any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction before a District Justice, be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding $1,000, plus costs of prosecution, and in default of payment of such fine and costs shall be imprisoned for a period not to exceed 30 days. Each day such a violation is committed or permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as such hereunder.