§ 15-113. Unlawful acts; connection required.

(a)

Deposits of wastes. It shall be unlawful for any persons to place, deposit, or permit to be deposited any human excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste in any unsanitary manner on public or private property within the jurisdiction of the town.

(b)

Unlawful discharge. It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the jurisdiction of the town any sewage or other polluted water except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with the provisions of this division.

(c)

Private systems prohibited. Except as provided in section 15-114, it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain within the town any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool, or other private facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage.

(d)

Connection required. The owner of any house, building, improvement or property used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes, situated within the town's service area and abutting on any street, alley or easement in which there is now located or may in the future be located a public sanitary sewer of the town, is hereby required, whenever necessary for the protection of public health, to connect such premises directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this resolution within 30 days after the date of official notice to do so; provided that said public sewer is within 400 feet of the premises. Failure to comply with this paragraph is an unlawful act and, in addition to any other remedies the town may have, the town may connect the premises to the public sewer and assess the cost of connection and any other appropriate fees to the owner.

(Ord. No. 329, § 15-103, 12-18-07)