New Franklin Mandatory Sewer Connection: Septic Tanks: Denial of Right to Connect ordinance (§ 705.150)

A. The owner of any house, building or property 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 sewerage system of the City is hereby required at his/her expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein and to connect such facilities directly with the proper public sewerage system in accordance with the provisions of this Article within ninety (90) days after date of official notice to do so, provided that such public sewerage system is within one hundred (100) feet of the property line. When a public sewerage system becomes available, the building sewer shall be connected to such system within sixty (60) days.

B. At such time as a public sewerage system becomes available to a property served by a private sewage disposal system, a direct connection shall be made to the public sewer in compliance with this Article and any septic tanks, cesspools and similar private sewage disposal facilities shall be pumped out and filled with granular and/or clay soil material to the satisfaction of the approving authority.

C. The connection of the building sewer into the public sewerage system shall conform to the building and plumbing regulations of the City or the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM and WPCF manual of Practice No. 9. All connections shall be made gas-tight and water-tight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the approving authority before installation.

D. Where a public sanitary sewer is not available under the provisions of this Section, the building sewer shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system complying with the provisions of this Article.

E. The City shall have the right to refuse any person the right to connect to the sewage disposal system if, in the judgment of the Board, it is for the best interest of the City to do so. In that situation the person shall have the right to construct his/her own private system in compliance with applicable Federal, State and local laws.