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(A) Where a public sanitary sewer or combined sewer is not available under the provisions of § 50.17(D), the building sewer shall be connected with a private disposal system constructed in compliance with state law and the regulations and orders of the Village Council.
(B) (1) At such time as a public sewer becomes available to a property served by a private sewage disposal system, a direct connection shall be made to the public sewer in compliance with the provisions of this chapter as provided in § 50.17(D). Any septic tank, privy, privy vault, cesspool or similar private sewage disposal facility used shall be abandoned and filled with suitable material.
(2) Upon application of the owner of such property, the Village Council may grant a delay of not more than two years before making connection to such a public sewer. Such delay shall be granted only if private facilities are satisfactory and create no nuisance or health hazard.
(C) The owner shall operate and maintain the private sewage disposal facilities in a sanitary manner at all times at no expense to the village.
(D) No statement contained in this section shall be construed to interfere with any additional requirements that may be imposed by the Village Council or the Health Department with respect to private sewage disposal.
(Ord. 17, passed 9-14-81) Penalty, see § 50.99
(A) No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or open into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or any appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Village Clerk or from such other official as the Village Council may designate as its Plumbing Board.
(B) All connections with any sewer in the village shall be made only on written authorization and permits issued by the Village Clerk on such forms and on payment of such fees as shall be established from time to time by the Village Council.
(C) All costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner of the property.
(D) All applicants for sewer connection permits shall, when required, submit plans and specifications of all plumbing connections within such building or premises and such plans and specifications shall meet the requirements of the Village Council. When such plans and specifications have been approved by the Village Council, or by such official as it may designate, a sewer or plumbing permit shall be issued, subject to final inspection and approval when construction is completed.
(E) The applicant for a building sewer permit shall notify the Village Clerk, or such other official as the Village Council shall designate, when the building sewer is ready for inspection. The Village Clerk, or such other official as the Village Council shall designate, shall then inspect the building and plumbing construction therein and if such construction meets the previous requirements as approved in the construction permit, a sewer connection approval shall be issued, subject to the applicable provisions of other sections of this chapter.
(Ord. 17, passed 9-14-81) Penalty, see § 50.99
(A) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any storm water, surface water, ground water, roof runoff, cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters into any sanitary sewer.
(B) Storm water and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged into such sewers as are specifically designated as combined sewers or storm sewers or to a natural outlet approved by the Village Council. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged, upon approval of the Village Council, into a storm sewer, combined sewer or natural outlet.
(C) Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described waters or waste into any public sewer:
(1) Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150° Fahrenheit, or lower than 30° Fahrenheit.
(2) Any water or waste which may contain more than 50 parts per million, by weight, of fat, oil, or grease.
(3) Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil, or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas.
(4) Any garbage which has not been properly shredded.
(5) Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, wood pulp, paunch manure, or any solid or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interference with the proper operation of the sewage works.
(6) Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5 or higher than 9.5 or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazards to the structures, equipment or personnel of the sewage works.
(7) Any waters or wastes containing a toxic or poisonous substance in sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals, fish or aquatic life or create any hazard in any receiving waters or in the sewage treatment plant.
(8) Any waters or wastes containing in excess of three parts per million by weight of cyanide, hexavalent chromium or copper wastes.
(9) Any waters or wastes containing suspended solids of such character or quantity that unusual attention or expense is required to handle such materials at the sewage treatment plant.
(10) Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable of creating a public nuisance.
(Ord. 17, passed 9-14-81) Penalty, see § 50.99
(A) Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when in the opinion of the Village Council they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid waste containing grease in excessive amounts or any flammable waste, sand, or other harmful ingredients, except that such interceptors shall not be required for private living quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Village Council and shall be located so as to be readily accessible for cleaning and inspection. Grease and oil interceptors shall be constructed of impervious materials capable of withstanding abrupt and extreme changes in temperature. They shall be substantially constructed, water-tight, and equipped with easily removable covers which when bolted in place shall be gas-tight and water-tight.
(B) Where installed, all grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be maintained by the owner, at his or her expense, in continuously efficient operation at all times.
(Ord. 17, passed 9-14-81) Penalty, see § 50.99
(A) The admission into the public sewers of any waters or wastes having a five day BOD greater than 300 parts per million by weight; or containing more than 350 parts per million by weight of suspended solids; or containing more than 1,000 parts per million by weight of total solids; or having a chlorine demand of more than 15 parts per million by weight; or containing any quantity or substance having a characteristic described in division (C) of this section; or having a daily average flow greater than 2% of the average daily sewage flow of the village shall be subject to the review and approval of the Village Council. Where necessary in the opinion of the Village Council, the owner shall provide, at his or her expense, such preliminary treatment as may be necessary to reduce the BOD to 300 parts per million, the suspended solids to 350 parts per million, total solids to 1,000 parts per million, and the chlorine demand to 15 parts per million by weight; or reduce objectionable characteristics or constituents to within the maximum limits provided for in division (C) of this section; or control the quantities and rates of discharge of such waters or wastes.
(B) Plans, specifications or any other pertinent information relating to proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted for approval to the Village Council and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced until such approvals are obtained in writing.
(C) Where preliminary treatment facilities are provided for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained in satisfactory and efficient operation by the owner at his or her expense.
(Ord. 17, passed 9-14-81) Penalty, see § 50.99
(A) When required by the Village Council, the owner of any property served by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable control manhole in the building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of wastes. Such manholes, when required, shall be accessibly and safely located, and shall be constructed in accordance with the plans approved by the Village Council. The manhole shall be installed by the owner at his or her expense and shall be maintained by him or her so as to be safe and accessible at all times.
(B) All measurements, tests, and analysis of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in §§ 50.20(C) and 50.22(A) shall be determined in accordance with the Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage and shall be determined at the control manhole provided for in division (A) of this section or upon suitable samples taken at the control manhole, or if no manhole then at a point or location at the entry of the waters and wastes into the public sewer. In the event that no special manhole has been required, the control manhole shall be considered to be the nearest down-stream manhole in the public sewer to the point of which the building sewer is connected.
(Ord. 17, passed 9-14-81) Penalty, see § 50.99
No statement contained in this chapter shall be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the village and any industrial concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted by the village for treatment, subject to the payment by the industrial concern of the estimated cost of such treatment.
(Ord. 17, passed 9-14-81)
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