(A) Permits required. It shall be unlawful for any person to make, attempt to make, alter or disturb, or cause to be made any connection with or opening into the public sanitary sewer lines of the city without first securing a written permit from the City Engineer.
(B) Consent of property owners. No such permit shall be issued which would result in an invasion of, or interference with, private property rights without the consent of at least one of the owners of the private property involved or unless the issuance of such permit shall be approved by the Council at a duly held meeting.
(C) Discharge permits; procedure.
(1) Each person discharging anything except domestic sewage into the sewer system on August 9, 1979, shall submit an application for discharge to the office of the City Engineer.
(2) All applicants for permits to discharge anything except domestic sewage to the sewer system shall fill out and file with the City Engineer an industrial waste questionnaire as a prerequisite for the consideration of such a permit. The following is a partial listing of the information to be furnished by the applicant for a permit:
(a) The details of production, number of employees, water consumption and usage, waste disposal facilities, and other pertinent data to enable the City Engineer to properly determine the nature of the waste being discharged;
(b) A plan of the properties showing accurately all sewers, drains, and sewer connections;
(c) A laboratory determination of the characteristics of the sewage, industrial waste, or other waste discharged to the sewer system, when required by the City Engineer. To assist with the development of the industrial waste law and the permit program, such laboratory determination shall be performed at the expense of the applicant;
(d) The installation and maintenance by the discharger, at his own expense, of a suitable control manhole in the portion of the building sewer located on private property to facilitate the observation, sampling, and measurement of the waste. Such manhole, when required, shall be accessible and safely located and shall be constructed in accordance with plans and approved by the City Engineer;
(e) The installation and maintenance by the discharger, at his own expense, of grease, oil, and sand interceptors or traps that are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes, containing grease and excessive amounts of any inflammable waste, and other harmful ingredients. All interceptors or traps shall be of an approved type and capacity and shall be so located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection; and
(f) A plan view and schematic flow diagram of the existing and/or proposed industrial waste pretreatment facilities, showing the sizes and design capacities of the various treatment units and including a verbal description of how such facilities operate.
('66 Code, § 6-4.103) (Ord. 409-C-S, passed 8-9-79) Penalty, see §§ 1-2.01 et seq.