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Storm water and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers or drains as are specifically designated as such, or to a natural outlet approved by the Health Officer and Service Director. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process water may be discharged, upon approval of the Health Officer and Service Director, to a storm sewer or natural outlet.
(Ord. 80-8. Passed 6-10-80.)
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged the following substances, materials, water or waste into a sanitary sewer, because such wastes can harm either the sewer, the sewage treatment process or the equipment, can have an adverse effect on the receiving stream, can otherwise endanger life, health or public property or can constitute a nuisance:
(a) Any storm water, surface water, ground water, roof runoff, subsurface drainage (i. e. subsoil drains either under basement floors or around the foundation), uncontaminated water or unpolluted industrial process water. Storm water and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged into storm sewers or a natural watercourse.
(b) Water or waste having a pH lower than 6.0 or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment and personnel of the City;
(c) Solid or viscous substances in such quantities or of such size capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or capable of causing other interference with the proper operation of sewerage facilities, such as, but not limited to, ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, garbage, whole blood, paunch manure, hair and fleshings and paper dishes, cups, milk containers, etc., either whole or ground by garbage grinders;
(d) Water or waste containing iron, chromium, magnesium, copper, zinc and similar objectionable or toxic substances or wastes exerting an excessive chlorine requirement to such a degree that any such material received in the composite sewage at the wastewater treatment plant exceeds the limits established by the City for such substances;
(e) Water or waste containing phenols or other taste or odor producing substances in concentrations which exceed limits which may be established by the City as necessary to meet discharge parameters prescribed by the State, Federal or other public agencies of jurisdiction, and any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such a half-life or concentration which may exceed limits established by the City in compliance with applicable State or Federal regulations;
(f) Water or waste having a pH in excess of 10.5 or any materials which exert or cause waters or wastes to have a pH in excess of 10.5;
(Ord. 94-19. Passed 11-21-94.)
(g) Unusual concentrations of inert suspended solids, such as, but not limited to, Fuller's earth, lime slurries and lime residues, or of dissolved solids, such as, but not limited to, sodium chloride and sodium sulfate;
(h) Waters or waste which causes excessive discoloration, such as, but not limited to, dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions;
(i) Water or waste with unusual biochemical oxygen demand, chemical oxygen demand or chlorine requirements in such quantities as to constitute a significant load on the wastewater treatment plant;
(j) Unusual volume of flow or concentration of wastes which exceeds, for any duration in excess of fifteen minutes, more than five times the average twenty-four hour period concentration or quantity of flow during normal periods;
(k) Water or waste containing substances which are not amenable to treatment by the wastewater treatment processes, except by written approval of the City Manager. Industrial discharges must meet the requirements of any other governmental agencies having jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving waters.
(l) Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150 degrees Fahrenheit (sixty-five degrees Centigrade);
(Ord. 80-8. Passed 6-10-80.)
(Ord. 80-8. Passed 6-10-80.)
(m) Water or waste containing fat, wax, grease or oil, whether emulsified or not, in excess of 100 mg/l, or containing substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between thirty-two degrees Fahrenheit (zero degrees Centigrade) and 150 degrees Fahrenheit (sixty-two degrees Centigrade). Discharges of petroleum oil, nonbiodegradable cutting oil or products of mineral oil origin are prohibited if discharged in amounts that can pass through or cause interference in the wastewater plant.
(n) Pollutants which result in the presence of toxic gases, vapors or fumes within the POTW in a quantity that may cause acute worker health and safety problems.
(o) Any trucked or hauled pollutants, including industrial and septic wastes, into any location of the sewer system or POTW at any time.
(Ord. 91-3. Passed 8-19-91.)
(p) Any garbage that has not been properly shredded (i. e. where the garbage grinder does not shred the garbage sufficiently and the shredded garbage interferes with the flow of sewage);
(q) Water or waste containing strong acid iron pickling wastes or concentrated plating solutions, whether neutralized or not;
(r) Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid, gas or phenols; or
(s) Water or waste containing toxic or poisonous solids, liquids or gases in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with other wastes, which injure or interfere with any wastewater treatment process or constitute any hazard in the receiving waters of the wastewater treatment plant, including, but not limited to, cyanides in excess of two mg/l as CN in the wastes discharged to the sanitary sewer.
(Ord. 80-8. Passed 6-10-80.)
(a) Where a public sanitary sewer is not available under this chapter, the building sewer shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system complying with this chapter.
(b) Before the commencement of construction of a private sewage disposal system, the owner shall first obtain a written permit signed by the Health Officer.
The application for such a permit shall be made on a form furnished by the County Health Department, which application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications and other information as deemed necessary by the Health Officer.
A permit and inspection fee according to the schedule of fees on file shall be paid at the time the application is filed.
(c) A permit for a private sewage disposal system shall not become effective until the installation is completed to the satisfaction of the County Health Officer. He or she shall be allowed to inspect the work at any stage of construction, and, in any event, the applicant for the permit shall notify the Health Officer when the work is ready for final inspection and before any underground portions are covered. The inspection shall be made within seventy-two hours of the receipt of notice by the Health Officer.
(d) The type, capacity, location and layout of a private sewage disposal system shall comply with all recommendations of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. No permit shall be issued for any private sewage disposal system employing subsurface soil absorption facilities where the area in the lot is less than 15,000 square feet in cases where an approved public water supply is available, and less than 31,500 square feet where the water supply must be obtained by a well on the same lot. Such area requirement may be altered by the Health Officer granting the permit when, in his or her judgment, the absorption characteristics of the soil on the lot justify such action. No septic tank or cesspool shall be permitted to discharge into any public sewer. No septic tank or cesspool shall be allowed unless there is, in connection therewith, a proper leaching bed.
(e) If and when a public sewer connection is made available at the adjacent street or right-of-way easement of a property served by a private on-site disposal system, the owner of the property shall be encouraged, but not required, to make a connection to the public sewer and to abandon the on-site disposal system. However, if the on-site disposal system is not an existing system which has the approval of the County Health Department, the property owner will be required to make a direct connection to the public sewer and to abandon the on-site system. On-site systems which are abandoned, if deemed necessary by the County Health Department, shall be pumped out and filled with suitable materials at the expense of the owner.
(f) The owner shall operate and maintain the private sewage disposal facilities in a satisfactory manner, in the opinion of the Health Officer, at all times at no expense to the City.
(g) No statement contained in this section shall be construed to interfere with any additional requirement that may be imposed by the Health Officer.
(Ord. 80-8. Passed 6-10-80.)
(a) There shall be two classes of building sewer permits:
(1) For residential and commercial service; and
(2) For service to establishments producing industrial wastes.
(b) In either case, the owner or his or her agent shall make an application on a special form furnished by the City, which application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications and other information as deemed necessary by the Service Director.
(c) A permit and inspection fee according to the schedule of fees on file shall be paid at the time the application is filed.
(Ord. 80-8. Passed 6-10-80.)
(Ord. 80-8. Passed 6-10-80.)
All costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the City from any loss or damage that may, directly or indirectly, be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer and tap-in to the main.
(Ord. 80-8. Passed 6-10-80.)
(Ord. 80-8. Passed 6-10-80.)
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building. However, where one building stands at the rear of another on an interior lot and no private sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley, court, yard or driveway, the building sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole may be considered as one building. (Ord, 80-8. Passed 6-10-80.)
(a) Sewer Specifications.
(1) All materials and workmanship shall be in strict accordance with the standards established by the Service Director. Generally, the following materials are acceptable:
A. PVC Pipe -ASTM D-3033-75, with wall thickness equivalent to Schedule 40 or thicker;
B. Vitrified clay -ASTM C-700; or
C. Cast iron -ASTM A74-42, or equal.
(2) The size and slope of the building sewer shall be subject to the approval of the Service Director, but in no event shall the diameter be less than four inches, nor shall the slope of such pipe be less than one-fourth inch per foot.
(3) No building sewer shall be laid parallel to and within less than three feet of any bearing wall which might thereby be weakened. The depth shall be sufficient to afford protection from frost. The building sewer shall be laid at a uniform grade and in straight alignment insofar as possible. A change in direction shall be made only with properly curved pipe and fittings.
(4) In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such drain shall be lifted by approved artificial means and discharged to the building sewer.
(5) All excavations required for the installation of a building sewer shall be open trench work, unless otherwise approved by the Service Director. Pipe laying and backfill shall be performed in accordance with ASTM specification (C12-72), except that no backfill shall be placed until the work has been inspected.
(b) Joint Specifications.
(1) All joints and connections shall be made watertight.
(2) All joints in vitrified clay pipe or between such pipe and metals shall be made with watertight "O" ring compression joints or with approved adapters.
(3) Other jointing materials and methods may be used only with the approval of the Service Director.
(Ord. 80-8. Passed 6-10-80.)
(Ord. 80-8. Passed 6-10-80.)
The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall be at the adjacent street or right-of-way easement. Connection at the property line shall be made with a clean-out wye at the owner's expense. Such connection shall be made by cutting a neat hole into the public sewer to receive the building sewer, with entry in the downstream direction at an angle of approximately forty-five degrees. A forty-five degree ell may be used to make such connections, with the spigot end cut so as not to extend past the inner surface of the public sewer. The invert of the building sewer at the point of connection shall be at the same or at a higher elevation than the invert of the public sewer. A smooth, neat joint shall be made, and the connection shall be made secure and watertight by encasement in concrete. Special fittings may be used for the connection only when approved by the Service Director.
The actual tapping of a connection into the sanitary sewer and the connection at the building shall be performed only in the presence of an inspector.
(Ord. 80-8. Passed 6-10-80.)
(Ord. 80-8. Passed 6-10-80.)
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