(A) The village shall cause to be made periodic visual outside inspections of all properties within the village, with specific attention to downspouts, roof drains and other visible or outside connections and shall request the property owner or property occupant to permit entry into the premises for the making of additional inspection of the premises to ascertain if illegal connections are present. Upon completion of the visual outside and inside inspection, the village will advise the property owner, in writing, if any illegal connections are observed, and will advise on the matter of corrections for compliance with the provisions of this chapter. Within 90 days after said written notice to the property owner by the village of the presence of illegal connections, the property owner shall, at his/her expense, disconnect all illegal connections observed; and all discharges of extraneous flows into the sanitary sewer system, directly or indirectly, shall be discontinued. The village will, at no expense to the owner, make further inspection of the corrections to insure compliance with this chapter. In the event the property owner fails to provide evidence of corrections within said 90 day period, the village shall commence action to terminate water and sanitary sewer service to the property in non-compliance.
(B) If entrance to property is denied an employee or agent of the village, the village shall serve notice requiring, within a period of 60 days, a written affidavit by a Licensed Professional Engineer that the sanitary sewer system of the subject property complies in all respects to the requirements and specifications of this chapter and that no storm waters, surface waters, ground waters, spring waters, other clear waters, any other extraneous flows of whatsoever nature or any flows other than wastewater are discharged into the sanitary sewer system from the subject property. In the event the property owner fails to provide the aforementioned affidavit within 60 days, the village shall commence action to terminate water and sanitary sewer service to the property remaining in non-compliance.
(C) In the event any property is in non-compliance with the provisions of divisions (A) or (B), that property shall be deemed continuing in non-compliance until there is paid to the village a sum equal to all costs incurred by the village, including but not limited to clerical costs, mailing costs, service fees, attorney's fees, court costs, and all other reasonable fees and expenses incurred in commencing action to terminate the water and sanitary sewer service to the property or in terminating or restoring water and sanitary sewer service to the property in non-compliance.
(D) In addition to visual inspections on the outside and inside of the premises, the village may make other lawful tests and inspections of the sanitary sewer system as it deems necessary in order to locate such illegal connections and sources of extraneous flows as may exist. The village, at its option, may also invoke other legal powers vested in it or implied by the Illinois Compiled Statutes for the protection of the health and welfare of the public, and institute such legal action as it deems necessary to discover and order the disconnection of any illegal connections that may exist.
(Ord. 2016-10, passed 7-26-2016)