(a) Establishment of an Illicit Discharge and Illegal Connection Monitoring Program. The Water Superintendent, Building Inspector, and Consulting Engineer are hereby authorized to establish a program to detect and eliminate illicit discharges and illegal connections to the municipal storm sewer system. This program shall include the mapping of the municipal storm sewer system, including municipal storm sewer system outfalls and home sewage treatment systems; the periodic inspection of storm water outfalls to the municipal storm sewer system; and the periodic investigation of potential residential, commercial, industrial, and institutional facilities for the sources of any dry weather flows found as the result of such periodic inspections.
(b) Inspection of Residential, Commercial, Industrial, or Institutional Facilities.
(1) The Water Superintendent, Building Inspector, and Consulting Engineer, or their designees, shall be permitted to enter and inspect facilities subject to this regulation as may be necessary to determine compliance. Any temporary or permanent obstruction to safe and reasonable access to the facility to be inspected shall be promptly removed by the facility's owner/operator at the request of the Water Superintendent, Building Inspector, or Consulting Engineer.
(2) The Water Superintendent, Building Inspector, and Consulting Engineer shall have the right to require the facility owner/operator to install monitoring equipment as necessary. This sampling and monitoring equipment shall be maintained at all times in safe and proper operating condition by the facility owner/operator at the owner/operator's expense. All devices used to measure storm water flow and quality shall be calibrated to ensure their accuracy.
(3) If the Village is refused access to any part of the facility from which storm water is discharged, and the Water Superintendent, Building Inspector, or Consulting Engineer demonstrates probable cause to believe that there may be a violation of this regulation, or that there is a need to inspect to verify compliance with this regulation or any order issued hereunder, or to protect the public health, safety, and welfare, the Village may seek issuance of a search warrant, civil remedies including but not limited to injunctive relief, and/or criminal remedies from any court of appropriate jurisdiction.
(4) Costs associated with these inspections may be assessed against the facility owner/ operator.
(Ord. 2009-19. Passed 8-4-09.)