§ 13.12.050. Uncontained sewage public nuisance prohibited.  


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  • A.

    The city declares that the deposit or flow of uncontained sewage, whether treated or untreated, onto, under or across any public or private property is a public nuisance and constitutes a hazard to the public health safety. No owner, occupant, or its agent thereof of any dwelling or business may cause, allow, to continue or fail to correct such nuisance. A nuisance will be abated as stated in Section 13.04.080.

    B.

    Sewage Defined. "Sewage" means domestic or nondomestic wastewater derived mainly from dwellings, commercial buildings, institutions, or similar structures including but not limited to human waste.

(Ord. 98-02 (part), 1997: prior code § 18.03.050)