§ 225-16. Use of public sewers required.

A. 

It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit to be deposited on public or private property within the Village or in any area under the jurisdiction of said approving authority any human excrement, garbage or objectionable waste.

B. 

It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the Village or in any area under the jurisdiction of said approving authority any wastewater or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this article.

C. 

Except as herein provided, it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other facility intended or used for the disposal of wastewater. Portable toilets may be used only on a temporary basis where permanent toilet facilities connected to the public sewer are not available, such as construction sites and public parks and property.

[Amended 8-12-2019 by Ord. No. 13-19]

D. 

Connection to public sewer.

(1) 

The owner(s) of all houses, buildings or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes situated within the Village 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 Village is hereby required, at the owner's 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 article within 10 days after date of official notice to do so, provided that said public sewer is within 100 feet (30.5 meters) of the property line.

Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).

(2) 

Upon failure to do so, the Village may cause such connection to be made and bill the property owner for such costs. If such costs are not paid within 30 days, such notice shall be assessed as a special tax lien against the property, all pursuant to § 281.45, Wis. Stats.

(3) 

In lieu of the above, the Utility, at its option, may impose a penalty for the period that the violation continues, after 10 days' written notice to any owner failing to make a connection to the sewer system, of an amount equal to 150% of the average residential charge for sewer service, payable quarterly for the period in which the failure to connect continues, and upon failure to make such payment said charge shall be assessed as a special tax lien against the property, all pursuant to § 281.45, Wis. Stats.