(A) (1) No person, firm, or corporation shall discharge or cause to be discharged, either directly or indirectly, any storm water, surface water, ground water, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, cooling water, or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer.
(2) Any such connections made either before or after the effective date of these rules and regulations shall be considered illegal and shall be subject to immediate removal by the owner of the premises so connected and at such owner's expense.
(3) Should the owner of such illegally connected premises fail to remove the connection within ninety (90) days, the city shall cause the connection to be removed and the cost thereof shall be billed to the owner of the premises, and shall constitute a lien against the premises.
(B) No person, firm, or corporation shall discharge or cause to be discharged to any natural outlet or storm sewer any sanitary sewage or other polluted waters. Effluent from privately owned individual household disposal devices, shall not be discharged to storm sewers.
(C) Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged into such sewers as are specifically designed and designated as storm sewers or a natural outlet approved by the city.
(D) No person, firm, or corporation constructing a sanitary sewer, building, or house connection shall leave same open, unsealed, or incomplete in such a fashion as to permit storm, surface, or subsurface water to enter such sewers.
(E) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged to any public sewer any of the following described substances, materials, waters, or wastes.
(1) Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150°F. (65°C.).
(2) Any water or wastes which contain grease or oil or other substances that will solidify or become discernibly viscous at temperatures between 30° and 150°F.
(3) Any water or wastes containing edible type oil and grease exceeding an analysis on average of 100 parts per million (833 pounds per million gallons) of either soluble matter.
(4) Any water or wastes containing nonedible type oil or grease such as petroleum or mineral oil or grease.
(5) Any gasoline, benzine, naphtha, fuel oil, or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid, or gas.
(6) Any garbage that has not been properly shredded.
(7) Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, asphaltic materials, paunch manure, hair and fleshings, entrails, lime slurry, lime residues, or viscous substances, capable of causing some obstruction to the flow of sewers or other interference with the proper operation of the sewerage works.
(8) Any long half-life (over 100 days) of toxic radioactive isotopes; without special permit from the city. The radioactive isotopes such as I131 and p32 used at hospitals are not prohibited, if properly diluted at the source and discharged in accordance with Atomic Energy Commission recommendations.
(F) (1) The accidental discharge of any prohibited liquid or solid material into any sewer or natural outlet, either directly or indirectly, shall be reported to the city immediately by the individual company or industry responsible for the discharge.
(2) Although no penalty, as such, will be levied as a result of such accidental discharge, it shall be understood that the individual, company, or industry shall not be relieved of its responsibilities and shall be liable for any expense, loss, or damage occasioned the city by reason of such accidental discharge.
(G) No unauthorized person, firm, or corporation shall maliciously, willfully, or negligently break, damage, destroy, deface, or tamper with any structure, appurtenance, or equipment which is a part of the sewerage facilities. Any person violating this provision shall be subject to immediate arrest under charge of disorderly conduct.
(Ord. 1973-2-1, passed 2-14-73)