Chapter 13.08
USE OF PUBLIC SEWERS – CONNECTIONS
Sections:
13.08.010 Unsanitary disposal of wastes prohibited.
13.08.020 Discharge of sewage into natural outlet.
13.08.030 Use of private sewage disposal facilities restricted.
13.08.040 Connection to available public sewer required after notice – Maintenance.
13.08.050 Connection made by city – Assessment of expense.
13.08.010 Unsanitary disposal of wastes prohibited.
It is unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit to be deposited in an unsanitary manner upon 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 unsanitary or objectionable waste. (Ord. 1429 § 2, 1995).
13.08.020 Discharge of sewage into natural outlet.
It is unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the city, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the city, any sanitary sewage, industrial wastes, or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this title. (Ord. 1429 § 2, 1995).
13.08.030 Use of private sewage disposal facilities restricted.
Except as provided in Chapter 13.20 GMC, it is unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool, or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage. (Ord. 1429 § 2, 1995).
13.08.040 Connection to available public sewer required after notice – Maintenance.
The owner of each house, building, or property used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, commercial or industrial activity, or other purpose, 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 or combined sewer of the city, is 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 provisions of this title within 90 days after date of official notice to do so; provided, that said public sewer is within 200 feet of the property line. All such lines connecting the property owner’s facilities to the city sewer line are the responsibility of the property owner and shall be maintained by the property owner. The city shall be responsible for and shall maintain the main sewer line. (Ord. 1573 § 1, 2000; Ord. 1429 § 2, 1995).
13.08.050 Connection made by city – Assessment of expense.
In the event the building sewer and connection are not made within the time provided for in GMC 13.08.040 following notice, the public works director is authorized and directed to cause the same to be made and to file a statement of the cost thereof with the city clerk, and thereupon a warrant shall be issued under the direction of the city council against the water and sewer revenue fund for the payment of such cost. Such amount, together with a penalty of 10 percent thereof, plus interest at the rate of eight percent per year upon the total amount of the cost and penalty, shall be assessed against the property upon which such building sewer and connection has not been placed as required and shall become a lien thereon as herein provided. Such total amount, when collected, shall be paid into the water and sewer revenue fund. (Ord. 1429 § 2, 1995).