Patterson Municipal Code Art. II Use Of Public Sewers Required

It is unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit to be deposited in any unsanitary manner upon public or private property within the city, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the city, any human or animal excrement, refuse or other objectionable waste.

(Ord. 250 § 301, 1974)

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

(Ord. 250 § 302, 1974)

Except as herein provided, it is 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.

(Ord. 250 § 303, 1974)

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.

(Ord. 250 § 304, 1974)

The owner of any building situated within the city and abutting on any street in which there is now located, or may in the future be located, a public sewer of the city, is required at his expense to connect the building directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, within ninety days after the date of official notice to do so, provided that the public sewer is within two hundred feet of the nearest point of the property.

(Ord. 250 § 305, 1974)

It is unlawful to introduce into the city sewage and storm drain systems any material or substance at all except through approved and inspected connections as provided in this chapter.

(Ord. 372 § 1, 1984)

It is unlawful for any person other than a duly authorized employee of the city to remove, replace, disconnect, alter or tamper with any manhole or manhole cover, cleanout (Y), (T), sewage meter, sampling device or any other opening or equipment pertinent to the city sewage and storm drain systems.

(Ord. 372 § 2, 1984)