(a) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any storm water, ground water, roof runoff, Cisterns, basement drainage, cooling water, or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer.
(b) Storm water and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as combined sewers or storm sewer, or to a natural outlet approved by the Village Administrator. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged upon approval of the Village Administrator at a storm sewer, or natural outlet.
(c) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following waste materials to any public sewer.
(1) Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil, or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid, or gas.
(2) Any garbage that has not been properly shredded.
(3) Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, paunch manure, or any other solid or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction or the flow in sewers or other interferences with the proper operation of the municipal waste works.
(4) Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable of creating a public nuisance.
(d) The admission of any industrial wastes containing critical characteristics such as: excessive temperatures, oils, fats, or grease; pH lower than 5.5 or higher than 9.5; or having other corrosive properties; toxic or poisonous ingredients; excessive suspended solids; cyanide, free acid or caustic alkaline solutions; or any other constituent critical to municipal waste collection and treatment shall be subject to the review and approval of the Village Council. When in the opinion of the Village Council, preliminary treatment or control of waste are necessary, suitable facilities shall be constructed according to plans approved by the Village Council, or the Village Council may prohibit the discharge of said wastes to any public sewer.
(e) Grease, oil, and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion of the Village Council, they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts, or any flammable wastes, sand and other harmful ingredients; except that such interceptors shall not be required for private living quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Village Council, and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection. Grease and oil interceptors shall be constructed of impervious materials capable of withstanding abrupt and extreme changes in temperatures. They shall be of substantial construction, watertight, and equipped with easily removable covers which when bolted in place shall be gastight and watertight.
(f) Where installed, all grease, oil, and sand interceptors shall be maintained by the owner, at his expense, in continually efficient operation at all times.
(g) The admission into the public sewer of any wastes or water having a five-day biochemical oxygen demand in excess of normal sewage shall be subject to the review and approval of the Village Council. When necessary in the opinion of the Village Administrator, such preliminary treatment as may be needed to control the quantities and rates of discharges or reduce objectionable characteristics or constituents shall be constructed according to plans approved by the Village Council, or the Village Council may prohibit the discharge as said wastes to any public sewer.
(h) Where preliminary treatment facilities are provided for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective operation, by the owner at his expense.
(i) When required by the Village Administrator, the owner of any property served by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable controlled manhole in the building sewer to facilitate 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 approved by the Village Council. The manhole will be installed by the owner at his expense, and shall be maintained by him so as to be safe and accessible at all times.
(j) The lateral sewer from the building served to the main sewer shall be the responsibility of the property owner so served, and he shall keep the same in repair and shall remove any and all obstructions therefrom at his expense the property owner shall install accessible cleanout on the lateral sewer in such manner as to allow a sewer rod and/or cleaning device to travel the entire length of said lateral and into the main sewer.
(k) No statement contained in this article shall be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the Village and any industrial concern whereby any industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted by the Village for treatment, subject to payment therefore by the industrial concern.
(Ord. 15-04. Passed 6-11-15.)