(A) Purpose. The Council finds that the city sanitary sewerage collection and treatment facilities are unable to receive and dispose of the present volume of unpolluted water including, but not limited to, cooling water, ground water and natural precipitation now being intentionally pumped or directed into the facilities; that, if allowed to continue, a potential danger to the health of persons and the safety of property exists in the collection of the waters thereby causing raw sewage to back up into basements and onto property of customers; that, if allowed to continue, the potential danger exists of exceeding the capacity of the treatment facilities thereby impairing the proper operation thereof and complete treatment of other sewage; and, that the restricted and regulated installation, use and operation of sump pumps is therefore necessary to protect the health, safety and welfare of customers and residents.
(B) Sump pump drainage. All premises and dwellings upon which sump pumps are, presently or in the future, installed or in use shall have a permanently installed discharge line leading from the sump pump to the outside of the premises or dwelling to a point not more than half the distance to the property line. The type, size and placement of materials used, and the manner of construction of the drain from the discharge on the pump to the discharge end of the drain, shall meet the standards of the State Plumbing Code. All underground drain construction hereafter performed shall be inspected by the city before it is covered.
(C) By-pass construction and use. If, in the opinion of the Public Works Director, it is either impossible or impractical to install a year-round frost-free sump pump drain on certain premises within the established written standards, the Public Works Director may direct the issuance of a written permit (by-pass permit) to install a by-pass for temporarily pumping into the sanitary sewerage system during any time or times as the permanent drain is frozen or in danger of freezing. The time of by-pass use (by-pass time) shall be fixed and determined by the Public Works Director and notice to permit holders of the beginning and ending of the time shall be given through local news media or by mailed notice to
each owner or occupant of premises upon which a written permit has been issued. The construction and use of a by-pass described in this division (C) shall, at no time, be considered a substitute for the construction and use of the permanent drain requirement of division (B) above.
(D) Unlawful acts. On and after the effective date of this section, it is unlawful for any customer or other person:
(1) To fail or refuse to have permanently installed on premises owned by him or her a sump pump drain constructed in accordance with written standards prescribed by the city;
(2) To pump or direct the waters into the sanitary sewerage system, except by-pass permit holders so pumping during a by-pass time; and/or
(3) To hinder, delay or deny a representative of the city access at any and all reasonable times to premises served by the city sanitary sewerage system for the purpose of inspection to determine compliance with this section.
(E) Additional remedy. In any case where access for inspection of premises by a representative of the city to verify compliance with this section is denied, or in any case of failure or refusal to comply with any other provision of this section, the city may discontinue water service to the premises.
(Prior Code, § 3.22) Penalty, see § 10.99