(a) The Village may request any property owner utilizing the Village’s sanitary sewer system to run a test to determine the combination of storm water into a property owner’s sanitary sewer system.
(b) Should the property owner refuse to allow the Village to access the property for purposes of said testing, the Village shall presume said contamination is taking place, and shall assess a fee that is two times the current rate of sanitary sewer for said property owner. Said fee shall apply whether said property owner is incurring the inside or outside fee rate i.e. If incurring the outside rate, and a denial of testing occurs from the property owner, that owner shall incur two times the current outside rate, until said testing is permitted.
(c) The Village shall cover all expenses incurred in testing for the flow of storm water in the sanitation on any given property.
(d) Should the Village discover that there is storm water intake into sanitary sewer said property owner shall be given three (3) months to correct said issue at their expense. Said plan of action for correction must be approved by the Village Administrator. During said time, the property owner will not be subject to the rate double effect described in subsection (b) herein. After that three (3) months, said time may be extended by the Village Administrator or Mayor, for good cause shown, but at the time said time is no longer extended, and the problem has not been corrected, the property owner is subject to the doubling effect described in subsection (b) hereof.
(e) The Council of the Village authorizes the Fiscal Officer to make publication and approval from the earliest period prescribed by law.
(Ord. 1199-2022. Passed 11-8-22.)