§ 78-129. 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 other objectionable waste.

(b)

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)

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

(d)

The owner of every house, building 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 located or may be located a public sanitary sewer is required at his expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein and to connect such facilities with the proper public sewer in accordance with this article within 90 days after date of official notice to do so.

(e)

In isolated hardship instances, the assistant to the city manager for public services, with the concurrence of the city commission, may exempt owners of property from the mandatory sewer connection requirements of this section upon a finding that the connection to the public sewer is not feasible. The determination of non-feasibility may be based upon financial considerations or physical obstructions which restrict connection to the sewer system. Every request from an owner of property for an exemption from the mandatory sewer connection shall be submitted in writing to the assistant to the city manager for public services and shall contain the name of the owner, the address and legal description of the property, the present use of the property and the justification for the requested exemption. The assistant to the city manager for public services shall review the request and shall grant or deny the request in writing, citing the specific reasons for the denial thereof, within 30 days following receipt of the completed application for any exemption. Failure of the assistant to the city manager for public services to make a determination within the 30-day period shall be deemed to constitute a denial of the request for an exemption. All denials of request for an exemption are subject to an administrative review by the city commission.

(f)

No person shall discharge any substance directly into a manhole or other opening in a public sewer other than through an approved building sewer or other approved connection, unless he shall have been issued a temporary permit by the assistant to the city manager for public services. The assistant to the city manager for public services shall incorporate in such temporary permit such conditions as he deems reasonably necessary to ensure compliance with this article, and the user shall be required to pay applicable charges and fees therefore.

(Ord. No. 11-38, § I(Exh. A), 12-8-11)