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It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit to be deposited, in any unsanitary manner on public or private property within the service area of the village, any wastewater, garbage or other objectionable waste.
(Ord. 130, passed 5-19-1992) Penalty, see § 51.999
(A) (1) It shall be unlawful to discharge wastewater without approval from the village, the Western Upper Peninsula District Health Department (WUPDHD) or the Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
(2) Wastewater discharges to wastewater facilities within the service area of the village are not authorized unless approved by the village in accordance with provisions of this chapter.
(C) Wastewater discharges of a non-sanitary nature, such as automobile washwater from a gasoline station or service garage must be collected and treated in a manner consistent with DNR rules and regulations and the BOCA Building Code.
(D) No person shall connect roof, foundation, seepage, areaway, parking lot, roadway or other surface runoff or groundwater drains to any sanitary sewer or on-site septic system unless such connection is authorized in writing by the village. The roof, foundation, areaway, parking lot, roadway or other surface runoff or groundwater drains shall discharge to natural outlets or storm sewers.
(Ord. 130, passed 5-19-1992) Penalty, see § 51.999
Except as provided in this chapter, it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other facility within the service area of the village intended or used for the disposal of wastewater.
(Ord. 130, passed 5-19-1992) Penalty, see § 51.999
(A) Buildings.
(1) All properties provided a septic tank by the village shall connect all occupied buildings and all building sewers to the septic tank. Building drains shall not be connected to the septic tank.
(2) An unoccupied building may be connected to the village wastewater facilities provided the owner requests such service and complies with the provisions of this chapter.
(3) Buildings within the service area of the village shall not be used for purposes which require sanitary wastewater facilities without said facilities being connected to the village wastewater disposal system.
(4) All buildings within 200 feet of the service area of the village wastewater system which have gravity sewers smaller than eight inches diameter, shall connect all building sewers to the village facilities through a village approved septic tank.
(5) Future construction: the building owner shall be responsible for the installation of all necessary facilities related to the connection to the village system upon the completion of the initial wastewater project proposed by the village. Such facilities shall include the building sewer from the inlet port of the septic tank to the building.
(6) A minimum tank size for a residence shall be 1,000 gallons. All septic tanks residential or commercial shall meet the requirements of the State Department of Public Health Guidelines for Subsurface Sewage Disposal (Dec. 1977), Part VIII.
(B) Special buildings (restaurants, garages, stores and the like).
(1) A grease interceptor conforming to PDI-G101(1) is required for all food service preparation establishments.
(2) An oil separator is required for all floor drains from gas stations or repair garages. The separator shall have a minimum capacity of six cubic feet for the first 100 square feet of area to be drained, plus one cubic foot for each additional 100 square feet of area to be drained into the separator.(2) See Attachment 1 to this chapter, which is adopted by reference as if set out at length herein, for sample specifications.
(3) The village in consultation with an engineer and/or the local Health Department, shall decide which of the special buildings, if any, will need the additional devices.
(4) Commercial businesses with water use greater than a typical residence requires a septic tank or tanks with at least 1,500 gallon capacity. For commercial buildings with water use comparable to a residence, a minimum tank size of 1,000 gallons is required.
(Ord. 130, passed 5-19-1992)
No statements in this chapter shall be construed to interfere with any additional requirements that may be imposed by the village, Western Upper Peninsula District Health Department or any other office or agency having proper jurisdiction:
(A) Testing and Rating Procedures for Grease Interceptors Plumbing and Drainage Institute, 4352 Blvd. Place, Indianapolis, IN 46208; and
(B) BOCA Plumbing Code (1984) P-1002.5.2 Subparagraph 2.
(Ord. 130, passed 5-19-1992)
USE OF THE PUBLIC SEWERS
No person(s) shall discharge or cause to be discharged any unpolluted waters such as storm water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage or cooling water to any sanitary sewer, except that storm water runoff from limited areas, which may be polluted at times, may be discharged to the sanitary sewer by permission of the village.
(Ord. 130, passed 5-19-1992) Penalty, see § 51.999
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