Stormwater conducted from roofs or other impervious areas shall be dispersed entirely upon the grounds of the owner of the contributing property or it shall be drained or conducted into ditches, storm drains or gutters where available on public property or easements legally useable for that purpose, or into public streams. No stormwater shall be purposely directed onto a neighboring property.
(A) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof run-off, sub-surface drainage, including interior and exterior foundation drains, uncontaminated cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer or combined sewer.
(B) Stormwater and all other unpolluted water shall be discharged to a storm sewer, except that unpolluted cooling or process water shall only be so discharged upon approval by the Council. The Council may also approve discharge of unpolluted water into a natural outlet or a combined sewer, provided the discharge complies with applicable state and federal regulations.
(C) The Superintendent is authorized to grant an exemption from the provisions of this section to permit the connection of downspouts into a combined sewer or to permit any water to be discharged into a combined sewer after written application is made for an exemption. A written permit shall be issued granting the exemption if, in the opinion of the Superintendent:
(1) A reasonably available absorption area is not present for the water;
(2) Allowing the downspout to discharge onto the ground, sidewalk, street or alley will create a hazardous or unsatisfactory condition or the failure to permit the discharge of water as applied for would create a hazardous or unsatisfactory condition; or
(3) Disconnection from the sewer would require major structural alteration.
(1999 Code, § 97.01) (Ord. 2390, passed 10-28-2008; Ord. 2543, passed 9-27-2016) Penalty, see § 53.99