Tupelo |
Code of Ordinances |
Chapter 26. UTILITIES |
Article II. SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL |
Division 1. GENERALLY |
§ 26-22. 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 city or in any area under the jurisdiction of the city, any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste.
(b)
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any outlet within the city, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the city, any sewage or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment as been provided in accordance with the provisions of this article.
(c)
The owner of all houses, buildings, or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purposes, 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 hereby 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 article within ninety (90) days after official notice to do so; provided that, such public sewer is within one hundred (100) feet (thirty and five-tenths (30.5) meters) of the property line. If an on-site pressure system is required for a service connection, the operation costs for the facility shall be the responsibility of the owner or user.
(Ord. of 2-1-83, Art. II, §§ 1, 2, 4)