§ 13.08.490. Abandonment of existing building sewers and sewage disposal facilities—Exception.

An existing building sewer or its connection which is to be abandoned shall be sealed with a permanent, water-tight plug at the connection to the public sewer in a manner satisfactory to the Director of Public Works. All open ends of the abandoned building sewer shall also be similarly sealed.

Exception. Upon the approval of the Director of Public Works, an existing building sewer meeting all of the requirements of this chapter pertaining to re-use may be plugged at the property line if the size, condition, and location of said existing building sewer permit re-use.

Every cesspool, septic tank and seepage pit which has been abandoned or has been discontinued otherwise from further use or to which no waste or soil pipe from a plumbing fixture is connected shall have the sewage removed therefrom and be completely filled with earth, sand, gravel, concrete or other approved material.

The top cover or arch over the cesspool, septic tank, or seepage pit shall be removed before filling and the filling shall not extend above the top of the vertical portions of the sidewalls or above the level of any outlet pipe until inspection has been called and the cesspool, septic tank or seepage pit has been inspected. After such inspection, the cesspool, septic tank or seepage pit shall be filled to the level of the top of the ground.

No person owning or controlling any cesspool, septic tank, or seepage pit on the premises of such person or in that portion of any public street, alley or other public property abutting such premises, shall fail, refuse or neglect to comply with the provisions of this section or upon receipt of notice so to comply from the department having jurisdiction.

Where disposal facilities are abandoned consequent to connecting any premises with the public sewer, the permittee making the connection shall fill all abandoned facilities as required by the Director of Public Works within thirty (30) days from the time of connecting to the public sewer.

(Prior code § 6-6.320)