A. Inspection: Inspection of every facility involved with the discharge of wastewater to the city sewer system may be made by the public works administrator, or a duly authorized representative, as often as is deemed necessary for the proper operation of the city sewer system. These facilities shall include, but not be limited to, sewers, clarifiers, grease traps, pollution control devices, all industrial processes, industrial wastewater generation, conveyance and pretreatment facilities, and similar facilities. Inspection may be made to determine whether such facilities comply with the provisions of this article.
B. Required Access For Inspection: No person shall interfere with, delay, or refuse entrance to authorized city personnel attempting to inspect any facility connected directly or indirectly to the city sewer system.
C. Authority To Enter In Emergency: If the public works administrator has reasonable cause to believe that there are violations of this article occurring that are so hazardous, unsafe or dangerous as to require immediate inspection to protect the public health or safety, the public works administrator shall have the right to immediately enter and inspect such property, and may use any reasonable means required to effect such entry and make such inspection, whether such property is occupied or unoccupied and whether or not permission to inspect has been obtained. If the property is occupied, he shall first present proper credentials, as authorized by the public works administrator, to the occupant and demand entry, explaining his reasons therefor and the purpose of his inspection. No person shall fail or refuse to permit reasonable inspection.
D. House Connection Sewers To Serve Only One Lot: No more than one lot shall be connected to any one house connection sewer.
E. Cesspools And Septic Tanks Prohibited: The disposal of sewage by means of septic tanks and cesspools or leach fields is a nonconforming sewer facility in the city and their use is to be discontinued within a time frame deemed reasonable by the city building official.
F. Maintenance Of Sewers, Clarifiers, Sewage Plants, And Appurtenances: All house connection sewers, house sewers, industrial connection sewers, clarifiers, sewage and industrial waste treatment facilities, private pretreatment plants, grease traps, and their appurtenances shall be maintained in good operating condition and in conformity with applicable law by the owner of the property to which such facilities serve.
G. Responsibility For Maintenance: Maintenance and repair of house connection sewers and industrial connection sewers from the point of connection with the internal facility plumbing to the connection to the public sewer shall be the sole responsibility of the property owner.
H. Disconnection Of Unlawful Connection: The director of transportation and engineering may order disconnection of any house connection sewer installed or maintained in violation of the provisions of this article. Reconnection of such a disconnected sewer shall be made only upon issuance of a permit as provided in this article. Before such permit is issued or considered, the applicant shall reimburse the city for all cost resulting from the disconnection.
I. Cost Of Repair To A Public Sewer: Any person, who unlawfully obstructs, damages, destroys, or removes any public sewer, or appurtenance thereof, shall be liable for the reconstruction of the sewer and associated structures and/or the reasonable cost of necessary flushing, cleaning, and inspection.
J. Discharges Of Water On Streets Prohibited: No person shall negligently, wilfully or maliciously discharge, throw or deposit water on any street or alley in such a manner as to obstruct or damage the street or alley, or to create a nuisance or hazard to persons or property, or to prevent or interfere with the free and uninterrupted use of the street by the public.
K. Unlawful Discharge Or Pollution: No person shall discharge any waste or sewage into any watercourse, flood control channel or tributaries or into the ground by percolation or injection.
1. No person shall discharge or deposit waste or sewage which creates a public nuisance, a menace to the public safety, pollution or contamination of underground or surface waters, or impairs the use of any public sewer, storm drain channel, or public or private property.
2. Any person who unlawfully discharges or causes wastewater to be discharged into the public sewer or storm drain systems is in violation of this article and shall be deemed to be liable for all damages, costs, fines or charges incurred. (1962 Code §§ 5-6.01 et seq., 6-1.301 - 6-1.304)