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No unacceptable discharge or obstruction of any kind shall be placed, thrown or deposited in any catch basin. No person shall break, remove, or cause to be broken or removed any portion of any catch basin, manhole, sewer or appurtenance, or obstruct in any way the inlet or outlet of any public sewer.
(Ord. No. 609-17. Passed 6-4-18, eff. 6-5-18)
(a) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged into any sanitary sewer any stormwater, surface or ground water, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, cooling water or unpolluted industrial process water.
(b) Stormwater, surface or ground water, roof runoff and subsurface drainage shall be discharged to storm sewers or combined sewers, or when approved in writing by the Commissioner, to a natural watercourse, or as authorized in division (b) of Section 3133.05 of the Codified Ordinances.
(c) Any person who has received an NPDES permit and written approval from the Commissioner may discharge cooling water and/or unpolluted industrial process water or unpolluted ground water into a storm sewer, a combined sewer or a natural watercourse provided that the discharger is in full compliance with all requirements of the permit, waiver, or order, and other applicable laws and regulations.
(d) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged into the stormwater system, including any local natural watercourse, any sanitary sewage or materials or substances, including but not limited to pollutants or waters containing any pollutants that cause or contribute to a violation of applicable water quality standards, or are deemed to be unacceptable including, without limitation, those that have been determined by the Commissioner of Water Pollution Control to be unacceptable as described in Section 541.11.
(Ord. No. 609-17. Passed 6-4-18, eff. 6-5-18)
Every person owning property in the City of Cleveland through which a watercourse passes, including such person's lessee, shall keep and maintain that part of the watercourse within their property free of trash, debris, excessive vegetation, pollution and other obstacles that would pollute, contaminate, or significantly retard the flow of water through the watercourse. In addition, the owner, including their lessee, shall maintain existing privately owned structures within or adjacent to a watercourse, so that structures will not become a hazard to the use, function, or physical integrity of the watercourse.
(Ord. No. 609-17. Passed 6-4-18, eff. 6-5-18)
(a) A sewer inspector, designated by the Commissioner, shall inspect all new sewers and sewer connections. The sewer builder shall request such an inspection at least six (6) hours on a regular business day before the sewer inspection is desired. The sewer builder shall uncover any work that has been covered, and shall afford the inspector the opportunity to inspect both the interior and the exterior of the pipe.
(b) The Commissioner shall be the final judge of the quality and acceptability of all sewer materials, workmanship and work, and shall have the right to inspect the same at all times.
(c) The Commissioner shall have free access to all buildings and fixtures that are a part of the building's drainage system for the purpose of inspecting the fixtures and determining compliance with this ordinance, and may conduct dye tests, camera inspections and take samples of any wastes entering the building drain. The Commissioner, in his or her sole discretion, may require users to install control manholes to facilitate the sampling, measurement and observation of wastes discharged into the sewer system. An owner or occupant of a property that receives written notice from the Commissioner that such tests or inspections will be performed under this section shall contact the Commissioner to schedule such tests or inspections at the property. The Commissioner may terminate the water service to the premises where the owner and occupant fails to comply with this section.
(d) The actual tapping of a sewer connection to the public sewer shall be done only in the presence of an authorized Water Pollution Control inspector.
(e) The Commissioner shall also have free access to examine and copy any records that must be kept under the condition of an NPDES permit or stormwater pollution prevention plan.
(f) The Commissioner may require the discharger to install monitoring equipment as necessary. A facility's sampling and monitoring equipment shall be maintained at all times in a safe and proper operating condition by the dischargers at its own expense. All devices used to measure flow and quality shall be calibrated to ensure their accuracy.
(Ord. No. 609-17. Passed 6-4-18, eff. 6-5-18)
(a) Every permittee who installs, extends, maintains or repairs a sewer connection shall guarantee that the work performed by him or her will remain in good condition for a period of one (1) year following the inspection required by division (a) of Section 541.09.
(b) If at any time during the one (1) year guarantee period, the Commissioner finds defects or omissions in the permittee's work, or finds that the work is in accordance with the provisions of this chapter or requires repairs for causes which are attributable to the permittee's work, all as determined by the Commissioner, the Commissioner shall notify the permittee to rectify the defects or omissions, or to make the necessary repairs.
(c) If the permittee fails to begin the rectification or repair within five (5) days from the date he or she receives notice under division (b) of this section, the Commissioner may cause the rectification or repair to be effected at the permittee's expense.
(Ord. No. 609-17. Passed 6-4-18, eff. 6-5-18)
(a) No person shall discharge or cause or allow to be discharged into the sewer system or stormwater system, including, but not limited to, any natural watercourse within the City of Cleveland, any pollutants, wastewater, materials, or substances that are not permitted by an NPDES, or are the following types of discharges, which are deemed to be unacceptable by the Commissioner, and thus prohibited, under this chapter:
(1) Constitute a hazard to life and limb of personnel engaged in inspection, maintenance, or operation of the system or to persons who may come in contact with discharges from the sewer system;
(2) Constitutes or creates a substantial potential or actual hazard to human health, safety, property, or the environment if improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of, or otherwise managed;
(3) Contain properties which may be detrimental to the functional integrity or operation of sewers or pumping stations, or which are in any way deleterious to any part of the sewer system including stormwater system;
(4) Produce excessive odors or in any other way constitute or create a public nuisance;
(5) Be in violation of any rule or regulation for sewer use or for the prevention or control of water pollution adopted by the NEORSD, Cuyahoga County or any other agency responsible for sewers, the stormwater system, pumping stations, or other system components into which the wastewater is discharged;
(6) Cause the City to incur unreasonable expense in its handling or treatment;
(7) Be of such a volume or be discharged at such a rate as to exceed the capacity of any part of the sewer system;
(8) Directly or indirectly cause water pollution in violation of any permit conditions or State or Federal regulations;
(9) Contain concentrations of any toxic or deleterious material or substance that are prohibited or are in excess of limits set by other provisions of this chapter; or
(10) Constitutes a discharge of sanitary sewage to a stormwater sewer or a public right-of-way or on to a neighboring property.
(b) No person shall discharge or cause or allow to be discharged into the sewer system or stormwater system, including, but not limited to any natural watercourse in the City of Cleveland, the following types of discharges, which are deemed by the Commissioner to be unacceptable, and thus prohibited, under this chapter:
(1) Liquids, solids, or gases which by reason of their nature or quantity are, or may be sufficient, either alone or by interaction with other substances to cause fire or explosion or be injurious in any other way to the sewerage facilities or to the operation of the system. Materials of this nature include, but are not limited to, hazardous materials or substances, gasoline, kerosene, naphtha, benzene, toluene, xylene, ethers, alcohols, ketones, aldehydes, peroxides, chlorates, perchlorates, bromates, carbides, hydrides and sulfides;
Discharges of this nature must be monitored to ensure that the Lower Explosive Limit (L.E.L.) of the explosion hazard meter located at the point of discharge into the sewer system is never exceeded by five percent (5%) in any two (2) successive readings or by ten percent (10%) in any single reading;
(2) Gaseous, liquid or solid substances which when discharged into the sewer system or local stormwater system, including, but not limited to any watercourse in the City of Cleveland, may alone or by interaction with other substances interfere with any wastewater treatment process, constitute a hazard to human beings or animals, inhibit aquatic life, create a hazard to recreation in the receiving waters or the effluent from the wastewater treatment plant or create a hazard as defined in the Federal Clean Water Act;
(3) Construction materials, ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, asphalt, plastic, wood, paunch manure, bones, hair, hides or fleshing, grass clippings, wastepaper, or any solid or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or of otherwise interfering with the proper operation of the sewer system;
(4) Water or waste containing fats, wax, grease or oils, whether emulsified or not, in excess of one hundred (100) mg/l or which contains substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between one degree Centigrade (1°C) and sixty-five degrees Centigrade (65°C) at the point of discharge into the system;
(5) Water, waste or steam with a temperature in excess of sixty-five degrees Centigrade (65°C) (one hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit (150°F));
(6) Water or waste having a pH lower than 5.5 or higher than 10.0 or which may cause corrosion or deterioration of the system. Materials of this nature include, but are not limited to, acids, alkalies, sulfides, concentrated chloride and fluoride compounds and substances which will react with water to form acidic products;
(7) Water or waste containing total cyanide in excess of five (5) mg/l or containing "readily releasable cyanide" (cyanide released at a temperature of sixty-five degrees Centigrade (65°C) (one hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit (150°F)) and pH of 2.5) in excess of two (2) mg/l;
(8) Radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration that they violate regulations or orders issued by the authority having control over their use and/or may cause damage or hazards to the sewer system, human beings or animals;
(9) Solids, liquids, or gases which, either alone or by interaction with other substances in the sewer system, are capable of producing objectionable odors or colors or which may otherwise constitute or create a public nuisance;
(10) Garbage that has not been ground or comminuted to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely in suspension under flow conditions normally prevailing in the sewer system with no particle greater than one-half (1/2) inch in any dimension;
(11) Wastewater flow rates which exceed the design capacity of any component of the sewer system; or
(12) Water which increases the hydraulic load on the sewer system, including but not limited to cooling, storm, surface, subsurface, drainage, swimming pool or other relatively unpolluted water.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent any agreement or arrangement between the City or the NEORSD and any user of the sewer system in which the user may deposit unacceptable discharges into the system for special treatment subject to applicable payments or surcharges over and above any surcharges for transportation to and treatment in the NEORSD system.
(e) No person shall discharge stormwater, surface water, or ground water to a public right-of-way or on to a neighboring property in violation of Section 541.08 or in a manner that creates a flooding or safety hazard, or public nuisance.
(Ord. No. 609-17. Passed 6-4-18, eff. 6-5-18)
(a) If pollutants or wastewater containing any of the unacceptable substances described in Section 541.11 of this chapter are discharged or proposed to be discharged into the sewer system or stormwater system, including but not limited to any watercourse in the City of Cleveland, or into any sewer system tributary, in addition to any other remedies provided in this chapter, including Section 541.97 or Section 541.99, the Commissioner may:
(1) Prohibit the continued or proposed discharge of such wastewater;
(2) Require the discharger to implement on-site modifications to reduce or eliminate the discharge of such substances in conformity with this chapter;
(3) Require pretreatment or the creation of storage facilities for flow equalization to render the discharge acceptable;
(4) Where applicable, require the installation of grease, oil or sand interceptors; or
(5) Take such other remedial action as the Commissioner deems desirable or necessary to achieve the purposes of this chapter.
(b) Any person whose discharge is determined to be unacceptable within the meaning of this chapter or of the NEORSD Sewer Use Code may apply to the Commissioner for permission to render such discharge acceptable by pretreatment. The Commissioner may approve pretreatment which complies with all requirements and conditions of this chapter and the NEORSD Sewer Use Code.
(c) Where the Commissioner requires pretreatment or equalization of wastewater flows:
(1) Plans, specifications and other pertinent data or information relating to pretreatment or flow equalization facilities required under division (a)(3) of this section shall be submitted to the Commissioner for review and approval prior to their implementation. No subsequent alterations or additions to such facilities shall be made without prior notice to and approval of the Commissioner. Notwithstanding any approval by the Commissioner, discharges from such facilities must comply with applicable codes, ordinances, rules, regulations or orders of all governmental authorities having jurisdiction over unacceptable discharges;
(2) Pretreatment and flow equalization facilities shall be maintained in good working order and operated efficiently by the owner at his or her own expense, and shall comply with the requirements of this chapter and all other applicable codes, ordinances, laws, rules and regulations. If for any reason, a facility does not or cannot comply with any provision of this chapter, the owner or person responsible for the facility shall immediately notify the Commissioner so that action may be taken to protect persons, property and the sewer system.
(Ord. No. 609-17. Passed 6-4-18, eff. 6-5-18)
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