§ 25-116. Use of public sewers required.

(a)

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 objectionable waste.

(b)

It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge to any natural outlet within the city, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the city, any wastewater or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this article and an appropriate permit for such discharge has been issued by the city manager and the approval authority (see divisions 3 and 4 of this article).

(c)

Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful for any person to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool, or other facility intended or used for the disposal of wastewater.

(d)

The owner of all houses, buildings, or properties 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 now located or may in the future be located a public sanitary sewer of the city, is hereby required at the owner's 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 such public sewer is within two hundred fifty (250) feet of the building being serviced by said sewer main.

(Ord. No. 11280, 1-7-97; Ord. No. 11496, 5-7-2001)