There is hereby adopted in and for the Village the following rules and policies regarding the disposal of various materials, items and substances into the sanitary sewers of the Village:
(a) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any storm water, surface water, ground water, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, cooling water or unpolluted industrial process water into any sanitary sewer.
(b) Storm water and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as storm sewers, or to a natural outlet approved by the Village. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged upon approval of the Village into a storm sewer or natural outlet.
(c) In accordance with subsections (a) and (b) hereof, all property owners are hereby required to disconnect all building downspouts from the sanitary sewer within six months of the adoption of this section.
(d) Failure to remove such downspouts within the time herein specified may result in the Village discontinuing water service to premises found in violation until compliance is accomplished.
(e) Contractors found to be violating this section shall be subject to a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00) for a first offense and not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for a second offense. Any contractor who violates this section within three years of a previous fine, or any contractor who, after receiving an initial fine, fails to remove such drainage from the sanitary sewer within fifteen days of such fine being levied, shall be deemed to have committed a second offense.
(f) The Village Administrator is hereby authorized to direct work crews to identify buildings in violation of this section by use of smoke or dye. The Village Administrator shall be required to provide reasonable notice to owners of buildings in advance of such use of smoke or dye testing.
(g) Owners of structures that are found to be in violation of this section shall have a period of ninety days to remove such drainage from the sanitary sewer. Any owner of a building not in compliance with this section after that time shall be given final notice of noncompliance, indicating that if the condition is not corrected within an additional thirty days, water service will be discontinued without further notice and the property owner will be subject to reconnect charges for water service prior to reconnection. If, after an additional thirty days, noncompliance is not corrected, water shall be disconnected until such time as the property is brought into compliance with this section and the reconnect fee is paid.
(Ord. 1347. Passed 11-24-97.)