Sec. 28-1295. - Privies.
It shall be the duty of all owners of houses within the watershed of the feeder which supplies water to the water treatment plant or on the watershed of any stream tributary thereto (that is to say, within the watershed drained by the feeder, Tuckahoe Creek, Upper Westham Creek, Lower Westham Creek, and other streams tributary to such creeks and other creeks flowing into the feeder), when the houses are not supplied with such sewage disposal facilities that will not pollute such water supply, to provide such houses with privies. No such facility shall be located within less than 200 feet of the feeder; within less than 200 feet of any of the streams tributary thereto; nor within less than 50 feet of any ravine, gully or ditch which carries or is likely to carry water into the feeder or into the streams after heavy rains. It shall be the duty of the tenant or occupant of any such house to have all deposits in the privies removed at least once a month by the contractor for the removal of night soil, if there is such contractor; if there is no such contractor, such deposits shall be removed by the tenant or occupant at least once a month and buried not less than two feet under the surface of the ground and at a point not less than 100 feet from the feeder or from any of the streams tributary thereto. The tenant or occupant of such house shall keep the privy clean at all times.
(Code 1993, § 29-258; Code 2004, § 106-444; Code 2015, § 28-488; Code 2020, § 28-488)
