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(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit, discharge or permit to be placed, deposited or discharged any human or animal excrement, garbage, wastewater or other polluted water on any public or private property or in any natural outlet within the City or in any area under the jurisdiction of the city except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with this article.

(b) Except as provided in this article, it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other facility intended or used for the disposal or treatment of wastewater.

(c) The owner or occupant of every structure or property used for human occupancy situated within the City is required at his or her expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein and to connect such facilities directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with this article, within 90 days after the date of official notice to do so; provided, that the public sewer is within 100 feet of such owner's or occupant's property line. (Code 1979, § 39-100)