CHAPTER 3
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SEWERS
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SEWERS
SECTION:
9-3-1: Definitions
9-3-2: Powers And Authority Of Inspectors
9-3-3: Hearing Board; Arbitration
9-3-4: Use Of Public Sewers Required
9-3-5: Private Wastewater Disposal
9-3-6: Sanitary Sewers, Building Sewers And Connections
9-3-7: Public Sewer Use Restrictions And Requirements
9-3-8: Tampering With Wastewater Facilities
9-3-9: Violations; Penalties
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meanings of terms used in this chapter shall be as follows:
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD): The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five (5) days at twenty degrees centigrade (20°C), expressed in milligrams per liter.
BUILDING DRAIN: That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer, beginning five feet (5') (1.5 m) outside the inner face of the building wall. (See definitions of Service Connection Or Service Tap and Service Pipe Or Service Line.)
BUILDING SEWER: The extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal, also called "house connection". (See definitions of Service Connection Or Service Tap and Service Pipe Or Service Line.)
CITY ADMINISTRATOR: The mayor of the city or any person authorized by him to act as administrator of the sanitary sewer department.
CITY COUNCIL: The duly elected governing body of the city, including the mayor.
CITY SEWER: The system operated by the city for the collection, transmission, and treatment of sewage.
CITY STANDARDS: Those standards adopted by the city council which pertain to the design, materials, and construction practices for sanitary sewers.
CITY SUPERINTENDENT: The duly appointed city superintendent of the city or any person authorized to perform acts in his behalf.
COLLECTION MAIN OR MAIN: A sewer pipe owned, operated, and maintained by the city, which is used for the collection of sewage and to which service connections are made.
COMBINED SEWER: A sewer intended to receive both wastewater and storm or surface water.
COMMERCIAL SERVICE: Any sewer usage other than solely for residential purposes. Where a single structure has combined business and residential usage, the sewer service shall be considered "commercial service". Schools, hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, churches, trailer parks, apartments, condominiums, and rooming houses having two (2) or more rooms on a rental basis are examples of "commercial services".
DEVELOPER: Any individual, firm, corporation or other entity who causes improvements to be made upon land, with said improvement requiring sewer service.
EASEMENT: An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned by others.
FLOATABLE OIL: Oil, fat, or grease in a physical state such that it will separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in an approved pretreatment facility. A wastewater shall be considered free of floatable fat if it is properly pretreated and the wastewater does not interfere with the collection system.
GARBAGE: The animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking, and serving of foods.
HEARING BOARD: That board appointed according to provisions of section 9-3-3 of this chapter.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES: The wastewater from industrial processes, trade, or business as distinct from domestic or sanitary wastes.
MAY: Is permissive. (See definition of Shall.)
NATURAL OUTLET: Any outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewer flows, into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other body of surface or ground water.
PERMITTEE: Any user which obtains a written permit to cause construction work to be performed in accordance with the permit.
PERSON: Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation, or group.
pH: The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration. The concentration is the weight of hydrogen ions, in grams per liter of solution. Neutral water, for example, has a pH value of 7 and a hydrogenion concentration of 10-7.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE: The wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle greater than one-half inch (1/2") (1.27 cm) in any dimension.
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION: The Montana public service commission.
PUBLIC SEWER: A common sewer controlled by a governmental agency or public utility.
RESIDENTIAL SERVICE: Sewer usage solely for residential purposes.
SANITARY SEWER: A sewer that carries liquid and water carried wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants, and institutions together with minor quantities of ground, storm, and surface waters that are not admitted intentionally.
SERVICE CONNECTION OR SERVICE TAP: The connection at the collection main which connects the customer's service pipe to the main. (See definitions of Building Drain and Building Sewer.)
SERVICE PIPE OR SERVICE LINE: The piping from the service connection at the main to the customer's premises. (See definitions of Building Drain and Building Sewer.)
SEWAGE: The spent water of a community. The preferred term is "wastewater".
SEWER: A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water.
SHALL: Is mandatory. (See definition of May.)
SLUG: Any discharge of water or wastewater which, in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow, exceeds for any period of duration longer than fifteen (15) minutes more than five (5) times the average twenty four (24) hour concentration of flows during normal operation and shall adversely affect the collection system and/or performance of the wastewater treatment works.
STORM DRAIN (Sometimes Termed "Storm Sewer"): A drain or sewer for conveying water, ground water, subsurface water, or unpolluted water from any source.
SUPERINTENDENT: The city superintendent or his authorized deputy, agent, or representative.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS: Total suspended matter that either floats on the surface of, or is in suspension in, water, wastewater, or other liquids, and that is removable by laboratory filtering as prescribed in "Standard Methods For The Examination Of Water And Wastewater" and referred to as nonfilterable residue.
UNPOLLUTED WATER: Water of quality equal to or better than the effluent criteria in effect or water that would not cause violation of receiving water quality standards and would not be benefitted by discharge to the sanitary sewer and wastewater treatment facilities provided.
USER, CUSTOMER, OR CONSUMER: An individual, partnership, association, firm, public or private corporation or government agency receiving sewer service. In the case of a tenant, the property owner is considered the customer or consumer.
WASTEWATER: The spent water of a community. From the standpoint of source, it may be a combination of the liquid and water carried wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants, and institutions, together with any ground water, surface water and storm water that may be present.
WASTEWATER FACILITIES: The structures, equipment, and processes required to collect, carry away, and treat domestic and industrial wastes and dispose of the effluent.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS: An arrangement of devices and structures for treating wastewater, industrial wastes, and sludge. Sometimes used as synonymous with "waste treatment plant" or "wastewater treatment plant" or "water pollution control plant".
WATERCOURSE: A natural or artificial channel for the passage of water either continuously or intermittently. (Ord. 392, 12-18-1995)
A. Right Of Entry: The superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the city bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, and testing pertinent to discharge to the community system in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
B. Authority Limited: The superintendent or other duly authorized employees are authorized to obtain information concerning industrial processes which have a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the wastewater collection system. The industry may withhold information considered confidential. The industry shall establish that the revelation to the public of the information in question might result in an advantage to competitors.
C. City Easement: The superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the city bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all private properties through which the city holds a duly negotiated easement for the purposes of, but not limited to, inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, repair, and maintenance of any portion of the wastewater facilities lying within said easement. All entry and subsequent work, if any, on said easement, shall be done in full accordance with the terms of the duly negotiated easement pertaining to the private property involved. (Ord. 392, 12-18-1995)
A. Council Act As Board: The city council shall act as a hearing board for arbitration of differences between the superintendent and sewer users on matters concerning interpretation and execution of the provisions of this chapter by the superintendent.
B. Cost Of Arbitration: The cost of the arbitration will be divided equally between the city and the sewer user. (Ord. 392, 12-18-1995)
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