The discharge of storm water runoff to sanitary sewers is prohibited and persons presently discharging storm water runoff to sanitary sewers shall cease and desist such practice. All persons connecting to the public sanitary sewerage system shall provide adequate means for excluding storm runoff in the event connection is made to sanitary sewers.
The Sanitary Board may establish by smoke testing, dye testing, on-site inspections, or such other reasonable means, that rain or surface water is being introduced into the sanitary sewer.
If the Sanitary Board establishes that rain or surface water is being introduced into the sanitary sewer and that the customer has been notified of the violation pursuant to Section 929.18 to divert this discharge from the sanitary sewer, the volume of the resulting rain and/or surface water shall be measured or estimated from the total monthly rainfall times the total drainage area in square feet. To the extent permitted by law, the Sanitary Board may adopt charges and fees to assess the customer a surcharge for the resulting volume of discharge at the current base service rate, provided the applicable charges and fees are set forth in the Sanitary Board’s schedule of charges and fees. (Ord. 2022-05. Passed 9-5-22.)