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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 3527 05/21/1985 418V ORDINANCE NO. 3527 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ARTICLE III ENTITLED "SEPTIC TANKS" OF CHAPTER 22 OF THE VILLAGE CODE OF MOUNT PROSPECT, ILLINOIS BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT, ILLINOIS: SECTION ONE: Article III entitled "Septic Tanks" of Chapter 22 of the Village Code of Mount Prospect, Illinois, 1981 is hereby amended by deleting said Article III in its entirety and by substituting therefor a new Article III to be entitled "Private Sewage Disposal" and to read as follows: "ARTICLE III PRIVATE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SECTION: 22.301. 22.302. 22.303. Requirements Construction Regulations Penalty Section 22.301 Requirements. A. Every building or structure in the Village used for residence, business, trade, industry or meeting proposes shall be equipped with properly constucted and installed adequate sewage disposal facilities. The plumbing in all'such places shall conform to the ordinances of the Village and the laws of the State relative thereto. B. Any such premises not connected with either a sanitary sewer system or a combined sewer system, which combined system is in turn connected to the intercepter system of the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago, shall be equipped with an adequate septic tank; such tank shall have a capacity of not less than seven hundred fifty (750) gallons for each seven (7) or less persons living or working in such place; and an additional seventy-five (75) gallons for each person in excess of seven (7); provided, that the tank in any premises used for meeting purposes shall have a capacity of not less than one thousand five hundred (1,500) gallons. o construct cesspool, or sewage. Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, other facility intended or used for the disposal of D. Requirements. Before commencement of construction of a private sewage disposal system, the owner shall first obtain a written permit signed by the Director of Code Enforcement and pay all required fees, (provided in Chapter 21, Article VI, Section 21.603 of this Code). The application for such permit shall be made on a form furnished by the Village which the applicant shall supplement by any plans, specifications and other information as deemed necessary by the Director of Code Enforcement. E. At such time as a public sewer becomes available to a property served by a private sewage disposal system (septic tank) as provided in Chapter 22, Article II, Section 22.202 of this Code, a direct connection shall be made to the public sewer in compliance with this Section, and any septic tanks, cesspools and similar private sewage disposal facilities shall be abandoned and filled with suitable material. F. The owner shall operate and maintain the private sewage disposal facility in a sanitary manner at all times and at expense to the Village. no Section 22.302. Construction Regulations A. The type, capacities, location, and layout of a private sewage disposal system shall comply with the regulations contained herein, with all other Village ordinances pertaining thereto, with the private sewage disposal Code promulgated pursuant to the Illinois Private Sewage Disposal Licensing Act and with the regulations of the State of Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. No permit shall be issued for any private sewage disposal system employing subsurface soil absorption facilities where the area of the lot is less than 43,560 square feet. No septic tank or cesspool shall be permitted to discharge to any natural outlet. B. Each such tank shall be located at least twenty feet (20!) from any building, and shall be constructed of twelve gauge steel monolithic concrete, or of brick or concrete blocks adequately coated inside so as to be impervious to water. Baffle shall be located from six inches (6") to nine inches (9") away from the inlet and outlet and must extend twelve inches (12'~) beneath the sewer level in the tank. Each tank must be equipped with a manhole or similar suitably covered opening to permit inspection or cleaning. C. The feeder sewer from the tank to the laterals of the disposal field shall be constructed of vitrified bell-and-spigot tile with cemented joints and shall be laid with a grade of one foot (1') per one hundred feet (100'); disposal field tile shall be located at least seventy-five feet (75') distant from any well and ten feet (10!) from the tank, and thirty feet (30') from any building used for human habitation. No lateral shall be closer than five feet (5!) to any lot line. There shall be at least two hundred feet (200') of disposal field tile, consisting of four inch (4") drain tile laid within open joints. Disposal tiles shall be laid to a depth of not more than two feet (2') on a slope not to exceed six inches (6~) per one hundred feet (100'). D. Backfill in the trench under the tile shall contain at least six inches (6") of coarse gravel or crushed stone. Each backfill shall be well tamped. E. No septic tank or any pipes leading to or from the same shall be covered unless and until such tank and pipes have been inspected and found to be in compliance with the ordinances of the Village and with the State laws pertaining thereto. -2- Section 22.303. Penalty. Any person violating any provision of this Article shall be fined not less than Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for each offense and a separate offense, shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues." SECTION TWO: This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon its passage, approval and publication in pamphlet form in accordance with law. PASSED AND APPROVED this21st day of May , 1985. AYES: Arthur, Farley, Floros, Murauskis, Van Geem, Wattenberg NAYS: None ABSENT:None ATTEST: VILLAGE CLERK -3-