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 Town of Falmouth, or in any area under
the jurisdiction of said Town, any human or animal excrement, garbage
or other objectionable waste.
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural
outlet within the Town of Falmouth, or in any area under the jurisdiction
of said Town, any sewage or other polluted waters, except where suitable
treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions
of this article.
Except as hereinafter provided, 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.
[Amended AFTM 11-8-2004, Art. 18, approved 12-30-2004; ATM 4-15-2015, Art. 15, approved 4-30-2015]
The owner of all houses, buildings or properties
used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes,
situated within the Town and abutting on any street, alley or right-of-way
in which there is now located or may in the future be located a public
sanitary or combined sewer of the Town, 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 article, within ninety (90) days after
date of official notice to do so, provided that said public sewer
is within one hundred (100) feet of the the street front property
line as measured perpendicularly from the street front property line.
The connection shall be overseen by a plumber licensed in the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and the work shall be inspected and
approved by the Department of Public Works, Wastewater Division, before
the connection is activated.
