(a) Sanitary sewers shall be designed to maintain a minimum velocity of two (2) feet per second. The design of the overall sewer system shall be in conformance with the requirements of all of the following:
(1) The City Standard Plans and Specifications.
(2) The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA.
(3) The Ohio Department of Health and Recommended Standards for Wastewater Facilities (Great Lakes - Upper Mississippi River Board of State Public Health and Environmental Managers:1990) as may be subsequently updated or amended.
(4) The current rules and regulations of the Utility Department of the City of Chillicothe
(b) Sanitary sewer lines should be located in the street right-of-way, except under special conditions, when this requirement may be waived by Planning Commission. In such cases, the line shall be provided with permanent access easements.
(c) Under no circumstances shall a new septic tank, aeration system, mound (evapo-transpiration) system or similar method of sewage disposal be installed within the City. Only under circumstances of extreme hardship shall sewage lift stations, sewage grinder pumps or individual household sewage disposal systems be permitted in subdivisions established after the effective date of this Ordinance. Such systems shall only be permitted with the approval of the Planning Commission. The Owner/ Developer shall be responsible for all costs associated with any lift station for one (1) year after the system is dedicated to the City, or until not less than or until more than five (5) lots have been developed, whichever comes first.
(d) Minimum line size for gravity sewers shall be eight inches (8"). Downstream sewer pipe sizes shall be greater than or equal to the upstream size unless otherwise approved by the Planning Commission. If larger pipe sizes are required to accommodate future growth, the City may participate in the costs associated with the larger sizes, in accordance with Chapter 1191.
(Ord. 27-11. Passed 3-14-11.)