The Director of Public Works is empowered to compel the owners of any lot or parcel of real property, the property line of which is located within two hundred (200) feet of a public sanitary sewer, to cause to be connected to such public sanitary sewer a sufficient sewer or drain pipe from all buildings and structures located thereon used for human occupancy or for use for any other purposes. It is intended to discontinue the use of septic tanks throughout the City in the interests of the public health and safety, and to carry out such purpose, all buildings on property situated within two hundred (200) feet of a public sanitary sewer shall be required to connect to the same within one year from January 1, 1973. No storm or drainage water shall be connected to the sanitary sewer; provided, further, that the Director of Public Works is empowered to compel the owners of any lot or parcel of real property, upon which pools, ditches, watercourses or waste water pipes are located, which are used as a receptacle or for drainage purposes, the property line of which is located within two hundred (200) feet of a separate storm sewer, to cause to be connected a sufficient sewer or drain pipe from said pools, ditches, watercourses or waste water pipes to the storm sewer. It is unlawful for any person or persons or corporation to make or attempt to make more than one connection to any “Y” or to make more than two such connections at any one standpipe, and no “Y” or standpipe which already has one or two such connections, as the case may be, shall be considered as an accessible point in such sewer as the term is herein used. It is unlawful for any person to connect any basement with a city sewer without installing a back water sewage valve at the outlet.

Any person who fails to comply with the requirements of this section shall be guilty of a violation of this chapter and be subject to a civil infraction in an amount not to exceed $500.00 per violation.

If any connection shall not be made within thirty (30) days after written notice to the owner of such lot or parcel of property, building or structure by the City, the Director of Public Works is authorized to cause the connection to be made and to file a statement of the cost thereof with the City Clerk. Thereupon a warrant in the amount of such cost, payable to the Water and Sewer Department, shall be issued by the City Treasurer under the direction of the City Council and against the “City of Redmond Water and Sewer Revenue Fund.” The amount of such warrant, plus interest at the rate of eight percent per year upon the total amount of such cost and penalty, shall be assessed against the property upon which the building or structure is situated, and shall become a lien thereon as herein provided. The total amount when collected shall be paid into the “City of Redmond Water and Sewer Revenue Fund.” (Ord. 3149 § 2, 2024; Ord. 1682 § 2, 1992).