Los Altos Municipal Code Art. 2 Use of Public Sewers Required

It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit, or permit to be deposited upon public or private property within the city any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste.

(Prior code § 5-5.301)

It shall be unlawful to discharge into any stream or watercourse any sewage, industrial wastes, or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

(Prior code § 5-5.302)

Except as herein provided, it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool, seepage pit or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage.

(Prior code § 5-5.303)

No building, industrial facility or other structure shall be occupied until the owner of the premises has complied with all rules and regulations of the city.

(Prior code § 5-5.304)

Except as herein provided, the maintenance or use of cesspools or other local means of sewage disposal constitutes a public nuisance. All buildings inhabited or used by human beings shall be connected, at the owner's expense, with the sewerage system of the city within ninety (90) days from the time when such connection can be made, if the building to be served is within one hundred (100) feet of the system.

(Prior code § 5-5.305)