Chapter 12.20
SEWER SERVICE REGULATIONS

Sections:

12.20.010    Privy vault or cesspool prohibited where.

12.20.020    Privy vault or cesspool and septic tank – Disinfection and filling.

12.20.030    Violation – Penalty.

12.20.040    New connections from inflow sources prohibited.

12.20.050    Proper design and construction of new sewers and connections required.

12.20.010 Privy vault or cesspool prohibited where.

It is unlawful for any person to dig or cause to be dug or used any privy vault or cesspool connected to a toilet or build or cause to be built any privy building within the following described boundaries of the city: all areas where city water is available. (Ord. 88 § 1, 1948).

12.20.020 Privy vault or cesspool and septic tank – Disinfection and filling.

All owners of any property whereon there now exists a privy vault or cesspool, when notified by the health officer of the city shall clean, disinfect and fill any such vault or cesspool on their property to the satisfaction of said health officer. When in the judgment of said health officer a septic tank within the limits of the city is so defective as to constitute a menace to the public health by the pollution of the water supply or otherwise, he shall notify the owner of the property whereon said septic tank is situated and the owner shall within five days remedy such defect or quit the use of, disinfect and fill earth in said septic tank. (Ord. 88 § 2, 1948).

12.20.030 Violation – Penalty.

A. Any person found guilty of violating the provisions of TMC 12.20.010 and 12.20.020 shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $100.00 or imprisonment in the county jail for not to exceed 30 days, or both such fine and imprisonment.

B. The ordinance codified in this section and TMC 12.20.010 and 12.20.020 shall be in force and effect after the first publication in the Tonasket Times. (Ord. 88 § 3, 1948).

12.20.040 New connections from inflow sources prohibited.

The city prohibits any new connections coming from inflow sources into the sanitary sewer system. (Ord. 219 § 1, 1974).

12.20.050 Proper design and construction of new sewers and connections required.

The city requires that all new sewers and connections to the sewer system be properly designed and constructed in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations and the rules and regulations of the Environmental Protection Agency. (Ord. 219 § 2, 1974).