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A. Payment Required: Any person desiring to connect a building sewer to a public sewer for property that has not previously been assessed for said sewer or the property owner has not previously paid for said sewer through development fees or otherwise shall first pay a sewer connection fee to the city, which sanitary sewer connection fee may from time to time be established by resolution of the city council.
B. Fee Set By Resolution: The sanitary sewer connection fee shall be as established by resolution of the city council.
C. Private Sewers; Reimbursement Of Portion Of Fee: For all sanitary sewers that were constructed privately and dedicated to the city prior to the adoption of this section and which were the subject of previous resolutions, a portion of the connection fee shall be reimbursed to the person who constructed the sanitary sewer and in the amount and according to the procedure set forth in the original resolution establishing the connection fee.
D. Extension Of Public Sewer: Nothing in this section shall be construed to establish any charge for the extension of a public sewer by the city, or its permittees. (2007 Code § 44-24)
Except as otherwise provided, any person found to be violating any provision of this chapter, except section 13-2-8 of this chapter, shall be served by the city with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a ten (10) day limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations. The provisions hereof shall not apply to sections 13-2A-2 and 13-2A-3 of this chapter. (2007 Code § 44-12)
ARTICLE A. DISCHARGE REGULATIONS
SECTION:
13-2A-1: Discharge Of Stormwater And Other Unpolluted Drainage
13-2A-2: Discharge Of Objectionable Items
13-2A-3: Discharge Of Harmful Substances
13-2A-4: Authority To Regulate Discharge Of Harmful Substances
13-2A-5: Special Agreements Authorized
13-2A-6: Responsibilities Of Owners Of Treatment Or Flow Equalizing Facilities
13-2A-7: Manholes, Meters And Sampling Equipment
13-2A-8: Testing Standards
13-2A-9: Authority To Enter Properties For Testing Discharges
13-2A-10: Authority To Enter On Easement Property For Sewage Works Inspection And Repair
A. Drainage Into Certain Areas Prohibited:
1. Into Sanitary Sewer; Sump Pumps And Sump Pump Connections Prohibited: No person shall discharge, or cause to be discharged, any stormwater, surface water, ground water, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, including interior and exterior foundation drains, floor drains used for collecting stormwater, uncontaminated cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters, to any sanitary sewer. This subsection shall be construed to prohibit such discharge to any sanitary sewer from sump pumps or sump pump connections, and no person shall install, cause to be installed, or permit to be installed any sump pump or sump pump connection that discharges or causes such discharge to any sanitary sewer.
2. Into Storm Sewers Or Natural Outlets: Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as storm sewers, or to a natural outlet approved by the city manager. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged, on approval of the city manager to a storm sewer or natural outlet. (2007 Code § 44-31)
B. Air Conditioning Systems:
1. Except as otherwise specifically authorized or required by this code, it shall be unlawful to discharge any air conditioning water, drip pans, refrigeration water or cooling tower water, directly or indirectly into any sanitary sewer or upon any public property, whether the water originated in a public or private water supply; provided, however, that such water may be discharged into a sanitary sewer if the same comes from equipment so designed that the total rate of discharge of this type of equipment from the premises served on such sewer could not exceed five (5) gallons per minute, but in no event shall the same be discharged either directly or indirectly upon any public roadway, walkway, street, alley or other public property.
2. Separate water meters of the kind and type as specified by the water department may be installed in all instances where water from the public water supply is used for air conditioners, refrigeration or other processing and such clear water wastes are discharged to the storm sewer or disposed of by other means than the sanitary sewer; the purpose of metering such water will be used as a deduct quantity of water used for determination of the sewage service charge. (2007 Code § 44-32)
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described waters or wastes to any public sewers:
A. Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil, or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid, or gas.
B. Any waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous solids, liquids, gases in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with other wastes to injure or interfere with any wastewater treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals, create a public nuisance, or create any hazard in the receiving waters of the wastewater treatment facility, including, but not limited to, cyanides in excess of two (2) milligrams per liter as CN in the wastes as discharged to the public sewer.
C. Any waters or wastes having pH lower than 5.5 or higher than 12 or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment, and personnel of the sewage works.
D. Solid or viscous substances in quantities or of such size capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers, or other interference with the proper operation of the sewage works such as, but not limited to, ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, unground garbage, whole blood, paunch manure, hair and fleshings, entrails and paper dishes, cups, milk containers, etc., either whole or ground by garbage grinders.
E. Any waters or wastes having BOD(c) greater than three hundred (300) parts per million by weight, or containing more than three hundred fifty (350) parts per million by weight of suspended solids, or having an average daily flow greater than two percent (2%) of the average influent at the wastewater treatment facility, shall be subject to the review of the city manager. Where necessary, in the opinion of the city manager, the owner shall provide at the owner's expense such preliminary treatment as may be necessary to reduce the biochemical oxygen demand to three hundred (300) parts per million by weight, or reduce the suspended solids to three hundred fifty (350) parts per million by weight, or control the quantities and rates of discharge of such waters or wastes. Plans, specifications, and any other pertinent information relating to proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted for the approval of the city manager, and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced until said approvals are obtained in writing. (2007 Code § 44-33)
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