§ 24-79. Use of public sewers required.

(a)

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.

(b)

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.

(c)

The owner of all houses, buildings or property used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes, situated within the city and abutting on any street, alley or right-of-way in which there is not located nor may in the future be located a public sanitary or combined sewer of the city, 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 provision of this article, within ninety (90) days after the date of official notice to do so, provided that there is a public sewer within three hundred (300) feet of the property line.

(Ord. No. 11-97, 4-10-97; Ord. No. 37-98, 9-10-98)