§ 102-71. Waste disposal generally.

(a)

Unsanitary deposits. 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)

Discharge of polluted water to natural outlet. It shall be unlawful 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 this article.

(c)

Private disposal facilities. Except as provided in this division, 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 wastewater.

(d)

Connection to public sewer. The owners 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, are hereby required at the owner's expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein, and to connect such facilities directly to the public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this article, within 90 days after date of official notice to do so, provided that the public sewer is within 100 feet of the owner's property line.

(Code 1960, § 24-41; Code 1992, § 23-56)