§ 122-153. Wastewater system.

(a)

Toilets required.

(1)

No person shall dispose of human excrement except in a toilet. All toilets shall either be connected to the county wastewater system or to an approved private wastewater disposal facility that complies with the provisions of division 8 of this article.

(2)

The owners of all houses, buildings or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes situated within the county jurisdiction, 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 county is hereby required at the owner's expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein. All toilet facilities shall be kept clean and in a sanitary working condition. Flush toilets shall be provided at all times with sufficient running water under pressure to flush the toilet clean after each use.

(b)

Connection to county wastewater system.

(1)

All sinks, dishwashing machines, toilets, urinals, basins, shower baths, bathtubs, laundry tubs, washing machines and similar plumbing fixtures or appliances shall be connected to the county wastewater system when there is sewer availability, defined as follows:

a.

Sewer shall be considered available to a single-family residence when the main, ground level floor of the structure can be connected by gravity flow to a sanitary sewer line in any public right-of-way or easement which borders, touches or crosses the property at any point.

b.

Sewer shall be considered available to a multifamily, commercial, institutional or industrial property when it can be connected to active sewer by gravity sewer.

c.

Exceptions.

1.

Septic tanks shall be allowed on residential lot sizes of at least 80,000 square feet, provided the provisions of sections 122-130 and 122-242 are met.

2.

A property utilizing a septic tank prior to sewer being available may remain on septic tank as long as the system is functioning properly.

3.

Approved gray water systems, section 18-257.

(2)

Devices used to move sewage from the building to the county wastewater system are the responsibility of the owner and will not be repaired or maintained by the county.

(3)

Property owners are responsible for construction and maintenance of the service line from the premises served to the point of connection with the county service lateral.

(4)

Requirements for new subdivisions to connect to the county wastewater system are defined in section 122-130.

(c)

Conditions for use of private wastewater disposal facilities. See division 8.

(d)

Discharge of polluted waters to a storm sewer or natural outlet prohibited.

(1)

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 county or into any storm sewer or any sewer which connects to the storm sewer system of the county any polluted water or wastewater.

(2)

It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the county any wastewater or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with the provisions of this article. No provision of this article shall be construed to relieve the owner of a discharge to any natural outlet of the responsibility for complying with applicable state and federal regulations governing such discharge.

(e)

Discharge of grease trap contents into county wastewater system prohibited. The discharge of the materials collected from grease traps into the county wastewater system is prohibited.

(f)

Requirement to mitigate infiltration/inflow. It shall be the obligation of all users of the county wastewater system to reduce to the extent reasonably possible all infiltration and inflow. Infiltration and inflow shall be reduced by using watertight pipe and construction materials in all private portions of the sewer system, as well as those sewer systems which are to be deeded to the county.

(g)

Prohibited discharges. The prohibited discharges set forth in section 122-181 are incorporated in this section by reference.

(h)

Connection of private water system users prohibited. No premises which utilize a private water system shall be allowed to connect to the county wastewater system.

(Ord. of 6-28-88, § 3-26-83; Amd. of 2-24-09; Amd. of 2-22-11)