§ 53.35. 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 town or in any area under the jurisdiction of the town any human or animal excrement, garbage or objectionable waste.

(B)

It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the town or in any area under the jurisdiction of the town any wastewater or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this chapter and with regulations of the Division of Environmental Management, state's Department of Natural Resources and Community Development. Except as hereinafter 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.

(C)

The owner of all houses, buildings or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes, situated within the town 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 town, is hereby required at the owner's expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein, and to connect the facilities directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, within 90 days after date of official notice to do so, provided that the public sewer is within 150 feet of the property line.

(1992 Code, § 18-81; Ord. passed 12-8-1986)

State law reference

Power to require connections to water and sewer systems, see G.S. 160A-317.

Cross reference

Penalty, see § 53.99.