Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1958-03-27

(5O) feet from any well or spring
used for drinking and culinary
purposes, twenty 600 feet from
any building of human occupan-
cy or street line or less than
five 90 feet from any lot or al
ley line. The construction of the
vault and Superstructure shall
be such as to prevent access
to the vault by flies, insects,
rats, chickens, and other fowls,
and animals. The design of the
privy and privy vault shall be
in accordance with or equal to
the recommendations of the
board of health.
SECTION 8. CHEMICAL PRI-
Wy TANKS. For the purpose Of
these regulations a chemical
privy tank shall be constructed
to be a receptacle supplied reg
ularly with a sufficient amount
of cauStic or other chemical sub
stance to sterilize and deodorize
the contents completely and con-
tinuouSly. This definition does
not include the chemical COM
mode or other portable recepta-
Gle. The requirements for a pri-
Wy and privy vault in regula-
tionS 100 and 110 shall apply to
a chemical privy tank and sup
erstructure for the same, ex-
cept that such chemical privy
tank and superStructure may be
located adjacent to a dwelling
but without a direct entrance
therefrom.
SECTION 8. PRIVIES PROHIB-
TIED: ABANDONED PRIVIES.
No privy, privy vault, or chemi-
cal privy tank shall be installed
on property accessible to a Sani-
tary sewer. Whenever an ap-
proved public sanitary sewer is
made available, any privy, pri-
Wy vault, or chemical privy
tank on such property shall be
abandoned and connection shall
be made direct from the build
ing to the sewer. The issuance
of permits shall be governed by
this regulation. An abandoned
privy vault or chemical privy
tank shall be thoroughly clean
ed, diSinfeCted, and filled to the
ground surface with earth, ash
eS, or other suitable filling ma
terial.
SECTION 10, CLEANING OF
PRIVY VAULTS AND CHEMI-
CAL PRIVY TANKS. Privy
vaults and chemical privy tanks
shall be cleaned thoroughly once
each year or oftener if neceS-
sary. The vault or tank shall not
be permitted to become filled to
the top. The cleaning of a privy
vault and chemical privy tank
and the removal Of the contents
thereof shall be done only at
such times and in such manner
as the board Of health shall
specify. No person shall remove
or permit or cause to be remov-
ed the contents of a privy vault
or chemical privy tank without
a written permit from the board
Of health except that a Scaven-
ger having a permit, as herein
after provided, may be conSid-
cred authorized to do such work
without an additional permit.
Such permit shall state the con-
ditions which such removal and
disposal shall be made.
SECTION II. DISPOSAL OF
HOUSE SLOPS. No person shall
discharge or permit to be dis
charged urine, fecal m t e +,
contents Of a chemical COM
mode, kitchen wastes. laundry
wastes, slOpSink drainage. or
other household wastes onto the
surface of the ground or into a
street, road, alley, open eXea-
walton, abandoned we'll or Cis-
tern, StOrmWater sewer, land
drain ditch, WaterCourSe, or bo-
dy Of water. Such wastes shall
be buried in a suitable place.
deposited in a privy vault or
chemical privy tank, or diSchar-
ged into an approved sanitary
sewer or an approved sewage
disposal system.
SECTION II. DISCHARGE OF
SEWAGE PROHIBITED. No
person shall discharge, or per-
nit or cause to be discharged
untreated sewage, the overflow
drainage or contents of a sew
age tank or other putreScible or
offensive wastes onto the sur
face of the ground or other open
area, or into any street, road,
alley, open excavation, storm
water sewer, land drain ditch,
water course or body of water
unless a written permit therefor
has been obtained from the
board Of health. No person shall
discharge or permit to be dis
charged sewage, the overflow
drainage, or contents of a sew
age tank, or other putreScible
impure or offensive wastes into
an abandoned water supply
well, spring or cistern, or into a
natural. or artificial well, sink
hole, crevice, or other opening
| extending into limestone sand.
stone, or other rock or Shale
formation.
SECTION Is. SEWER CON
NECTTONS REQ UIR ID: A
BANDONED SEWAGE DISPO
SAL EQUIPMENT. No sewage
disposal device or equipment
shall be installed on property &C
ceSSible to an approved public
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