Maintenance of privy vaults etc. on watershed; exceptions.
Columbus City Codes § 1111.03
in effect1111.03 - Maintenance of privy vaults etc. on watershed; exceptions.
No person shall maintain any cesspool, vault or other receptacle for drainage or sewage from dwellings, privy vaults or farm buildings on the watershed of any watercourse from which the city takes water for its water supply above the intake of any city water filtration plant, unless such cesspools, vaults, or other receptacles for drainage or sewage be covered and of concrete and watertight, and of sufficient dimensions to store the whole volume of sewage or drainage produced in dwellings, privies or farm buildings connected therewith for a period of one month at a time of maximum flow, as aforesaid, except that persons occupying temporary camps may substitute watertight boxes in place of concrete receptacles for receiving garbage, manure and sanitary sewage, but in all cases the contents of such boxes must be buried as hereinafter required; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to the maintenance of any cesspool, vault or other receptacle for drainage or sewage from dwellings, privy vaults, or farm buildings, from which no filthy or unsanitary matter can flow therefrom into any such watercourse above the intake of such plant or into any ravine, run, swale, draw, sinkhole, stream, ditch or other watercourse from which the water may permanently or at intervals flow directly or indirectly into any such watercourse from which the city takes water above the intake of any such plant; provided further that this section shall apply outside the corporate limits only in those areas in which the city may now or hereafter be authorized by law to regulate.
(Sec. 21.24; Ord. 464-57: Ord. 422-06 § 2 (part).)
Source: City of Columbus, City Codes and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/oh/columbus/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT11WASEELCO_CH1111PRWA_1111.03MAPRVAETWAEXFetched: 10/27/2026