§ 53.003 ABBREVIATIONS.

   The following abbreviations shall have the designated meaning:

   ASTM. American Society for Testing and Materials.

   BMP. Best management practices.

   BOD. Biochemical oxygen demand.

   BPJ. Best professional judgment.

   C.F.R. Code of Federal Regulations.

   CIU. Categorical industrial user.

   COD. Chemical oxygen demand.

   CWA. Clean Water Act (33 USC §§ 1251 et seq.).

   CWF. Combined wastestream formula.

   EPA. Environmental Protection Agency.

   FR. Federal register.

   gpd. Gallons per day.

   IU. Industrial user.

   IUP. Industrial user permit.

   L. Liter.

   mg. Milligrams.

   mg/l. Milligrams per liter.

   NPDES. National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.

   KPDES. Kentucky Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.

   O & M. Operations and maintenance.

   POTW. Publicly owned treatment works.

   QA. Quality assurance.

   QC. Quality control.

   RCRA. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.

   SIC. Standard industrial classification.

   SIU. Significant industrial user.

   s.u. Standard units.

   SWDA. Solid Waste Disposal Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 6901, et seq.

   TSS. Total suspended solids.

   TTO. Total toxic organics.

   U.S.C. United States Code.

(Ord. 16-10, passed 11-21-2016; Ord. 21-03, passed 4-19-2021; Ord. 22-05, passed 3-21-2022)

USE OF PUBLIC SEWERS

§ 53.015 MANDATORY SEWER CONNECTIONS.

   (A)   The owner(s) of all houses, buildings, or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purposes, situated within the city and abutting on any street, alley, or right-of-way in which there is now located or may in the future be located a public sanitary sewer of the city, is (are) hereby required at the owner's expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein, and to connect such facilities directly with the proper sewer in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, within 90 days after date of official notice to do so, provided that said public sewer is within 400 feet of the property line.

   (B)   It shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool, or other facility intended or used for the disposal of wastewater where public sanitary sewer service is available, as defined in division (A) of this section, except as provided for in §§ 53.030 and 53.031.

   (C)   At such time as a public sewer becomes available to a property served by a private wastewater disposal system, a direct connection shall be made to the public sewer system within 60 days in compliance with this chapter, and any septic tanks, cesspools and similar private wastewater disposal facilities shall be cleaned of sludge and filled with suitable material or salvaged and removed.

(Ord. 16-10, passed 11-21-2016; Ord. 21-03, passed 4-19-2021; Ord. 22-05, passed 3-21-2022)

§ 53.016 PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED AREAS AND UNDEVELOPED AREAS.

   Properties must be located inside the city in order to receive sewer service. The POTW Director/General Manager of the city and the city's Engineer shall review plans submitted by the applicant to determine potential impacts to the city's existing collection system as well as the most appropriate appurtenances needed to convey the discharge to the city's system before granting approval to accept the discharge. In addition, plans for sewer lines and other appurtenances necessary to convey the discharge to the point of connection to city service shall be made in accordance with §§ 53.045, et seq. and other appropriate written specifications, and approved by the POTW Director/General Manager and the city's Engineer prior to construction. Installations shall be inspected in accordance with §§ 53.045, et seq. All construction and maintenance costs associated with conveying the discharge to the point of connection with city service shall be borne by the property owner. Properties located outside the city limits which receive sewer service shall enter into an inter-jurisdictional agreement with the city before the service is connected. All properties considered for annexation shall have approved sewer lines in place or an enforceable commitment from the property owner to install such sewer lines on a schedule acceptable to the POTW Director/General Manager/City Engineer.

(Ord. 16-10, passed 11-21-2016; Ord. 21-03, passed 4-19-2021; Ord. 22-05, passed 3-21-2022)

§ 53.017 UNLAWFUL DISCHARGE TO STORM SEWERS OR NATURAL OUTLETS.

   (A)   It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit, or permit to be deposited any pollutant in any unsanitary manner on public or private property within the city, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said city except in compliance with the provisions of this chapter.

   (B)   It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the city or in any area under the jurisdiction of said city, any wastewater or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment or management has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this chapter. No provision of this chapter shall be construed to relieve the owner of a discharge to any natural outlet of the responsibility for complying with applicable state and federal regulations governing such discharge.

(Ord. 16-10, passed 11-21-2016; Ord. 21-03, passed 4-19-2021; Ord. 22-05, passed 3-21-2022)