927.30 LIMITED ACCESS TO DISCHARGE RESIDENTIAL TREATED WASTEWATER INTO THE STORM SEWER WATERS.

   (a)   Dover City Council modifies its wastewater regulations and ordinances to allow in only very limited circumstances wastewater into the storm water collection system of the City of Dover, if and only if the landowner has been permitted by the Tuscarawas County Health Department to discharge final tertiary treated and disinfected wastewater under EPA NPDES standards. This section will create a limited residential discharge exception only under these specified circumstances and if the discharge does not invalidate or cause a violation of a City of Dover EPA NPDES permit for wastewater or storm water. This exception to the ordinances of the City of Dover shall be allowed only under these strict conditions:

      (1)   The effluent from the treatment system must meet the Ohio EPA NPDES Permit standards for tertiary treatment and disinfection at all times.

      (2)   The treatment system shall have a basin or tank from which a sample of the final treatment can be obtained.

      (3)   Employees of the Dover Wastewater Department shall have access to the system at all times for maintenance inspection of the equipment and effluent sampling. A failure to allow access upon any request shall cause notice to be issued that the discharge shall be terminated thirty days from the denial of access and immediately if it determined that the discharge is causing an immediate threat to public health or safety.

      (4)   Upon notification by the City of Dover that the treatment system is not functioning properly or discharging an unsuitable effluent that does not meet said tertiary or disinfection standards, the owner must repair or replace the treatment system within a period of ten days. Failure of the owner to not restore the system shall deny the owner access to the City's storm sewer system.

      (5)   A shut-off valve shall be installed in the treatment system's discharge line prior to entering the storm sewer for the purpose of stopping unacceptable discharge flows from the treatment system.

      (6)   In addition to any damages or costs of cleanup, the owner of the treatment system and landowner shall be liable for any damage or cleanup to the Dover storm water system, Dry Hollow Creek, and drainage or storm waters, storm water sewers, or downstream waters caused by the failure of the treatment system or discharges into these waters or systems.

      (7)   In addition to the costs referenced in subsection (a)(6) hereof, the owner of the treatment system and landowner shall be subject to a civil fine of one hundred dollars ($100.00) per day for the first thirty days and two hundred dollars ($200.00) a day for the next thirty days, and three hundred dollars ($300.00) a day thereafter for not complying with the requirements of this ordinance, its health department permit, the EPA NPDES permit issued to the landowner/owner or the City of Dover.

      (8)   At any such future time that the Ohio EPA determines that the City of Dover has a combined storm sewer and sanitary wastewater system, and must obtain a permit for it, the owner shall remove the discharge line from Dover's storm water system.

      (9)   Also, at any future time when Dover constructs a sanitary sewer line on Park View Drive, the owner shall cease discharge in the storm water system and connect to the sanitary sewer line. If any other permits are allowed by the Tuscarawas County Department of Health for a tertiary and fully disinfected discharge into Dover's storm sewers, the same requirements will also apply. The landowner/owner shall be required to connect to the City of Dover's wastewater system if a wastewater sewer connection by extension becomes available or if the connection violates an EPA NPDES permit for wastewater or storm water issued to the City of Dover.

      (10)   For the privilege of using the City storm sewer system for discharging treated sanitary sewer flows, the Owner shall be invoiced for this service based upon its City water usage, and at the rate that all Dover residents pay for sanitary sewer services.

      (11)   The manufacturer's user information for the system shall be retained on file with the City of Dover service department and wastewater system and the operation of the system as permitted by the Tuscarawas County Health Department is incorporated into and becomes part of the limited privilege to connect to Dover's system(s) to identify the limitations of the system for Walker and future owners.

         (Ord. 11-21. Passed 3-1-21.)