(A) Waste disposal. It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit to be deposited in any unsanitary manner on public or private property within the City of Dilworth, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the City of Dilworth, any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste.
(B) Discharge to natural outlet. It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the City of Dilworth, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the City of Dilworth, any sewage or other polluted waters except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this subchapter.
(C) On-site sewage disposal. Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage.
(D) Sewer connection. The owners of all houses, buildings or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes, situated within the City of Dilworth and abutting on any street, alley or right-of-way in which there is now located or may in the future be located a public sanitary or combined sewer of the City of Dilworth, are hereby required at their expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein, and to connect such facilities directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter, within 90 days after date of official notice to do so, provided that said public sewer is within 100 feet of the property line.
(E) Extraneous waters. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged unpolluted water (inflow) from any roof, surface, ground water sump pump, footing tile, swimming pool or other natural precipitation into the sanitary sewer system. Dwellings and other buildings and structures which require, because of infiltration of water into basements, crawl spaces and the like, a sump pump discharge system, shall have a permanently installed discharge line which shall not at any time discharge water into the sanitary sewer system, except as provided in division (F)(3) below. A permanent installation shall be one which provides for year round discharge capability to either the outside of the dwelling, building or structure, or is connected to the City of Dilworth storm sewer or discharges to the curb and gutter or the street. It shall consist of elements that do not allow altering the path of discharge.
(F) Roof surface, ground water sump pump, footing tile or swimming pool.
(1) Before January 1, 1998, any person, firm or corporation having a roof surface, ground water sump pump, footing tile or swimming pool now connected and/or discharging into the sanitary sewer system shall disconnect and/or remove same. Any disconnects or openings in the sanitary sewer shall be closed or repaired in an effective, workmanlike manner, as approved by the City of Dilworth City Engineer or his or her designated agent.
(2) Any persons refusing to allow their property to be inspected, in accordance with § 10.20 of this code of ordinances, for extraneous water connections within 14 days of the date City of Dilworth city employees or its designated representatives are denied admittance to the property, shall immediately become subject to the surcharge hereinafter provided for in § 52.99(B)(7), Any person found to violate this provision shall make the necessary changes to comply with this provision relating to the discharge of unpolluted waters (inflow) into the sanitary sewer system and furnish proof of the changes to the City of Dilworth within 90 days. Each sump pump connection identified may be reinspected by the City of Dilworth, or a licensed plumber, to confirm compliance.
(3) (a) The City of Dilworth City Engineer shall have the authority and duty of hearing and deciding requests for waivers from the applicability of this provision where strict enforcement would cause undue hardship because of circumstances or cause a safety problem.
(b) Application for waivers pursuant to this provision shall be addressed in writing to the City of Dilworth City Administrator. The applications shall, at a minimum, identify the property for which the waiver is being applied, the name of the property owner/applicant, and describe in detail what characteristics of the subject property create an undue hardship. Within a reasonable time, the City of Dilworth City Engineer, with City of Moorhead Public Works approval, shall make a decision on this matter and serve a copy of such order upon the applicant by mail. If the waiver permits the property owner to temporarily pump directly into the sanitary sewer system between the dates of November 1 and March 31, the applicant must agree to pay an additional fee as set by resolution of the City of Dilworth City Council. The holder of a waiver shall allow a City of Dilworth employee to certify that prior to April 1 of each subsequent year their discharge water connection has been removed from the sanitary sewer. Failure to provide such certification will place the waiver holder in violation and subject to the surcharge as outlined in § 52.99(B)(7). Any waiver granted shall be recorded at the office of the County Recorder. The City of Dilworth shall record the waiver, but the property owner is responsible for the filing fee. If the property owner brings the system into total compliance, a release of waiver shall be filed by the City of Dilworth upon request of the property owner upon payment of the filing fee.
(4) Properties identified as having sump pump connections will be reinspected by the City of Dilworth to confirm compliance upon sale of the property.
(G) Disposal of septage. No person shall discharge material originating from septic tanks, sewage holding tanks, vaults, storage compartments or other similar facilities into the Cities of Dilworth/Moorhead wastewater disposal system.
(Ord. 96-2, passed 3-27-1996) Penalty, see § 52.99