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ARTICLE II. - USE OF PUBLIC SEWERS WHERE AVAILABLE

Part of the Code of Ordinances of Tiverton, RI.

Local law · Updated June 22, 2026 · 1,537 sections

The text

Sec. 18-2.1. - Unlawful discharges.#

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 town or in any area under the jurisdiction of the town, any human or animal excrement, garbage, or objectionable waste. It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural or manmade outlet within the town any wastewater or other polluted waters, except where in accordance with state law or local ordinance.

(Ord. of 3-26-07(1); Ord. of 7-25-16)

Sec. 18-2.2. - Use of privy, septic tank, etc.#

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 wastewater, except as provided by state law or local ordinance.

(Ord. of 3-26-07(1); Ord. of 7-25-16)

Sec. 18-2.3. - Reserved.#

Editor's note— An ordinance of July 25, 2016, repealed § 18-2.3, which pertained to mandatory connection for buildings, properties and derived from an ordinance of March 26, 2007.

Sec. 18-2.4. - Mandatory connection for car wash, laundry, etc.#

No person shall operate the business of a car wash, public laundry, automatic laundry or laundromat on any lot in the town unless such lot is served by a public sewer system or by a system which reclaims for reuse on the premises at least 80 percent of the water discharged from the washing facilities. This section shall not apply to any business, which shall have been in operation prior to adoption of this chapter and shall not apply to any gasoline station with a car wash stand to accommodate the washing of no more than one car at a time.

(Ord. of 3-26-07(1))