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The written permission to construct a building sewer or to make a connection to a public sewer shall specify the permissible use of the building sewer and connection and such specifications shall be governed by the following requirements.
(a) Sewage, including wastes from water closets, urinals, lavatories, sinks, bathtubs, showers, laundries, cellar floor drains, garage floor drains, bars, soda fountains, drinking fountains, stable floor drains and other objectionable wastes shall be discharged into a sanitary or combined sewer and in no case into a stormwater sewer.
(b) Industrial waste shall not be discharged into a stormwater sewer, but may be discharged into a sanitary sewer if the waste is of such a character as not to be detrimental to the sewerage system or to the sewage treatment works. Where such waste is detrimental to the sewerage system or to the sewage treatment works, it shall be otherwise disposed of in a satisfactory manner or so improved in character as not to be detrimental to the sewerage system or sewage treatment works.
(c) Surface water, rain water from roofs, subsoil drainage, building foundation drainage, cistern overflow, clean water from condensers, waste water from water motors and elevators and any other clean and unobjectionable waste water shall be discharged into a stormwater or combined sewer and in no case into a sanitary sewer.
(d) Connection with a cesspool or a privy vault shall not be made into a sanitary, combined or storm sewer.
(e) No person shall discharge into a building sewer or tap a public sewer for the purpose of discharging into it any waste or drainage water prohibited by this section. Any existing connection in violation of any of the provisions of this section shall be abandoned and removed.
(Ord. 68-59, passed 10-26-1959)
The building sewer and connection shall be of materials and workmanship as specified in Part Fourteen - the Building and Housing Code. The construction and inspection of the building sewer and connection shall be in accordance with Part Fourteen - the Building and Housing Code and the rules and regulations of the Board of Municipal Utilities.
(Ord. 68-59, passed 10-26-1959)
The Director of Municipal Utilities and the Board of Municipal Utilities are hereby authorized and directed to adopt and enforce rules and regulations in accordance with this chapter for the purpose of providing control of the installation of sewer connections and inspection thereof. The Director and the Board shall maintain accurate and complete records of all permits issued for and inspections made of connections to the public sewers. They shall also require the abandonment and removal of connections to the public sewers which violate any of the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 68-59, passed 10-26-1959)
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