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. WASTEWATER FACILITIES: The structures, equipment and processes required to collect, carry away and treat domestic and industrial wastes and dispose of the effluent. WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS OR TREATMENT WORKS: An arrangement of devices and structures for treatment of wastewater, industrial wastes and sludge. The phrases hereinafter defined are sometimes used synonymously herein for "waste treatment plant", "wastewater treatment plant", "water pollution control plant" or "sewage treatment plant". WATERCOURSE: A natural or artificial channel for the passage of water, either continuously or intermittently. WPCF: The Water Pollution Control Federation. SECTION 1300.02 - USE OF PUBLIC SEWERS 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit, or permit to be deposited in any unsanitary manner on public or private property within the City or in any area under the jurisdiction of the City, any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste. Generally accepted gardening and agricultural practices are not prohibited hereby. . 2. It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the City or in any area under the jurisdiction of the City any sewage or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance. 3. Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage. . 4. The owner of any building or property which is located within the City and from which wastewater is discharged shall be required to connect to a public sewer at his expense within two (2) years from the date said public sewer is operational, provided that said public sewer is within three hundred (300) feet of the structure generating wastewater and said public sewer is located in a public right-of-way or easement for sewer purposes adjacent to the property. All future buildings constructed on property adjacent to the public sewer shall be required to immediately connect to the public sewer. If sewer connections are not being made pursuant to this paragraph, the City shall serve written notice on the affected property owner stating that if said connection is not made within ninety (90) days after the date of such notice, the connection will be made by the City at the expense of the owner and that if unpaid, the charge for such work will be made a special assessment against the property concerned. Such assessment, when levied, shall be a lien against said property and shall bear interest at the legal rate for local improvements and shall be certified to the