2012-12 AMENDING CITY CODE - CHAPTER 66 - REGULATION OF LAKE DECATUR

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Chapter 66 3. BUILDINGS PROHIBITED. No buildings or any structure, tent, camp car or trailer, whether for habitation or otherwise, shall be built or maintained within the limits of Zones A, B or C unless upon permit in writing by the City. No permit will be granted except upon proof of ability to comply with the provisions of Section 4 of this Chapter. 4. DEPOSIT OF WASTE. A. No human wastes or excreta shall be deposited or stored in any manner whatever in Zone A. Such wastes in Zones B and C shall be deposited or stored in one of the ways here following, to-wit: (1) In a water tight receptacle equipped with a power driven pump or ejector for emptying the same through water tight pipes or conduits only into a public sewer or a sewage treatment plant or septic tank located in Zone D, or at a point outside the restricted zone; (2) An approved chemical toilet; (3) An Imhoff-sprinkling filter unit or other method of final treatment, provided that no septic tank shall be placed closer than 200 feet to the high water mark nor any Imhoff- sprinkling filter unit or other method of final treatment closer than 165 feet to said high water mark. B. Any method chosen for deposit of waste, as provided herein, shall be maintained in good working order by the owners, and be at all times subject to the inspection of the City and its officers. C. Any cesspool, privy, urinal, water closet or other place of depositing or storage of human excreta now situated in Zone D must be made sanitary, and comply with the plans and specifications of said City of the Board of Health of the County of Macon or of the State of Illinois, or of equal sanitary construction. D. No cesspool, privy, urinal, water closet or other place for depositing or storing human excreta shall hereafter be constructed within Zone D until a permit in writing has been obtained from the City. E. No sewer or drain conveying sewage or other putrescible wastes shall be constructed in Zones A, B, C or D until a permit in writing has been obtained from the City. All such installations must be approved by the Director of Water Management or designee both before and after installation. 5. DISCHARGE OF WASTE. House slops, sink wastes, laundry or like wastes of any other kind shall not be discharged at any point in Zones A, B or C. In Zone D such slops and wastes other than that including human excrement may be disposed of beneath the ground surface or in such manner that it shall not cause or threaten pollution of the reservoir or any tributary watercourses.