Village of Riverwoods v. Untermyer

The Village of Riverwoods (hereinafter the “village”) brought this action against Ethel Untermyer (hereinafter the “defendant”) to recover a fine for defendant’s violation of the village’s Ordinance No. 187, entitled “An Ordinance Regulating the Use of Septic Tanks and Fields and Connection to the Sanitary Sewage System of the Village of Riverwoods.” The village’s complaint alleged that it had been feasible since June 1, 1973, for the defendant to connect her premises into the village’s sanitary sewer system, but that the defendant had continued to dispose of sewage from her premises by means…