§ 15.72.070. Discharge of waste into any body of water—Permit required.

A.

It is unlawful for any person to dispose of human waste, household waste, business waste or industrial waste, or to pipe or transmit sewage or effluent from any septic tank or other sewer system of any type into any stream, river, lake, pond, marsh, watercourse, waterway, well, cave, sinkhole, open ditch, spring, irrigation or drainage system, or any body or accumulation of water, surface or underground, natural or artificial, public or private, without having first obtained a permit issued by the metropolitan board of health. The board of health is authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations pertaining to the issuance of such permit as it deems necessary to insure that the health of the residents of the metropolitan government is protected.

B.

Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall, upon a judgment of guilty thereof, be penalized not less than nor more than one hundred dollars for each offense. Each day that such condition shall exist shall constitute a separate offense.

(Prior code § 20-1-164)