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CONNECTIONS TO SEWERAGE SYSTEM Sections: 15.16.010 15.16.020 Chapter 15.16 Sewer connection mandatory. Private disposal of sewage. 15.16.010 Sewer connection mandatory. All premises generating sewage shall be connected to the sewerage system except as provided pursuant to Section 15.16.020. The maintenance and use of any means of sewage disposal except as provided in this chapter shall be unlawful and is deemed to constitute a public nuisance. (Ord. 1082 § 2 (part), 1983: prior code § 2- 15.10.02) 15.16.020 Private disposal of sewage.* A. It is unlawful to construct any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool, holding tank or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage in any man- ner other than through the sewerage system unless ap- proval has been granted by the city council in accor- dance with the provisions of this section. I. Applications for private disposal of sewage shall be made to the director who shall forward the re- quest, together with the director's recommendation, to the city council for approval, conditional approval or disapproval. 2. No private system for sewage disposal shall be approved unless the system meets the minimum re- quirements of the county health department and any applicable provisions of city council policies which may have been adopted, from time to time, regulating such private system of sewage disposal. 13. All buildings inhabited by human beings which are not more than 250 feet from the sewerage system or an extension thereof, and for which there is a grade sufficient to allow gravity flow, shall be connected to the sewerage system. C. All privies, privy vaults, septic tanks, cess- pools, holding tanks, or other facilities used for the pri- vate disposal of sewage preexisting at the time of adop- tion of this title shall be permitted to continue, subject to the abatement provisions in subsection 13 of this section, and subject to their continued operation in a safe and healthy manner. Any preexisting private disposal facility which fails, and /or becomes a nuisance in fact, shall he immediately repaired, replaced or abandoned, and the city shall have the authority and all enforcement powers provided in Chapter 15.12 of this title to require repair or replacement of the same or connection to the sewer- 403 15.16.010 age system. Any replacement private system for sewage disposal shall require city council approval pursuant to subsection A of this section as if the same constituted a new system. * Editor's Note: For rules regulating septic tanks, see Res. 73-139, on tile in the office of the city clerk. (Ord. 1082 § 2 (part), 1983: prior code § 2- 15.10.03) (Pleasanton Supp. No. 4, 7 -10)