(a) Prohibition on Unpolluted Water (Clean Water). No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any (unpolluted) surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, storm water, subsurface drainage, uncontaminated cooling water, or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer. Any existing roof drain connections to sanitary sewers shall be connected into an available storm sewer or shall be disconnected above ground in an appropriate manner approved by the Village. Discharges from roof drains emptying onto the ground surface shall be at least three feet from adjacent property line and shall in no way be directed to flood or otherwise cause damage to adjoining property. The owner of any building(s) situated within the Village is required at his expense to disconnect all existing roof drains from sanitary sewers in accordance with the provisions of this section within 180 days after the date of official notice to do so. Discharge units connecting to a Village sanitary sewer shall be free of all storm water. It is prohibited that any new construction of discharge units shall have any storm water connections of roof drains, footer and foundation tiles or any other connection to any sanitary sewer. The Village retains the right to prohibit new taps to the system if said tap would cause the capacity of the system to be exceeded.
(b) Allowable Discharge of Unpolluted Water (Clean Water). Storm water and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as acceptable storm sewers or to a natural outlet approved by the Village and other regulatory agencies.
(c) Wastewater Discharge.
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit, or permit to be deposited in an insanitary manner upon public or private property within the Village, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said Village, any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste.
(2) If shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the Village, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said Village, any sanitary sewage, industrial wastes, or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this chapter, or with the Superintendent.
(3) Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool, or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage.
(4) The owner of all houses, buildings or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purpose, situated within the Village and abutting on any street, alley or right-of-way in which there is now located, or may in the future be located, a public sanitary sewer of the Village, is hereby required at his expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein, and to connect such facilities directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, within 180 days after date of official notice to do so, provided that a foundation wall of the structure from which sewage originates is 200 feet or less from the nearest boundary of the right-of-way within which the sewer is located.
(d) Private Sewage Disposal.
(1) Where a public sanitary sewer is not available under the provisions of Section 204 of the Federal Act, the building sewer shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system complying with the provisions of this section.
(2) There presently are no private sewage units within the corporation; and there are no plans for any in the future.
(3) A permit for a private sewage disposal system shall not become effective until the installation is completed to the satisfaction of the Superintendent. He shall be allowed to inspect the work at any stage of construction and, in any event, the applicant for the permit shall notify the Superintendent when the work is ready for final inspection and before any underground portions are covered. The inspection shall be made within forty-eight hours of the receipt of notice by the Superintendent.
(4) The type, capacities, location, and layout of a private sewage disposal system shall comply with all recommendations of the local health district. No permit shall be issued for any private sewage disposal system employing subsurface soil absorption facilities where the area of the lot is less than 20,000 square feet. No septic tank or cesspool shall be permitted to discharge to any public sewer or natural outlet.
(5) 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 this chapter, and any septic tanks, cesspools, and similar private sewage disposal facilities shall be bypassed, abandoned, and filled with suitable material as approved by the Superintendent.
(6) The owner shall operate and maintain the private sewage disposal facilities in a sanitary manner at all times, at no expense to the Village.
(7) No statement contained in this section shall be construed to interfere with any additional requirements that may be imposed by the County Board of Health or any other governmental agency having jurisdiction.
(e) Building Sewers and Connections.
(1) No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter, or disturb a public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Superintendent.
(2) All costs and expense incident to the installation and connection or the building sewer from the building to the right-of-way line shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the Village from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
(3) A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building, except where one building at the rear of another on an inferior lot and no private sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley, courtyard, or driveway. The building sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer.
(4) No building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and tested by the Superintendent, to meet all requirements of this chapter.
(5) The building service lateral sewer shall be six inches in diameter at a minimum. Sewer lateral pipe to be constructed of polyvinyl chloride pipe; or, other suitable material approved by Superintendent.
A. If the distance of the lateral from the connecting building to the main sewer R-O-W is ten feet or less, PVC Schedule 40 PVC pipe (ASTM D1785) shall be used with PVC Schedule 40 socket fittings (ASTM 2466), socket-cemented pipe.
B. If the distance of the lateral from the connecting building to the main sewer R-O-W is over ten feet in length, PVC 35 SDR sewer pipe (ASTM 3034) shall be used with integral gasketed bell ends. Any fittings required shall be integral gasketed ends per ASTM D-3034.
(6) The size and slope of the building sewer shall be subject to the approval of the Superintendent.
(7) The building sanitary sewer connection shall be brought in to the building at a minimum elevation of four feet above the basement floor. No building sewer shall be laid parallel to or within three feet of any bearing wall, which might thereby be weakened. The building sewer shall be laid at uniform grade and in straight alignment in so far as possible. Changes in direction shall be made only with properly curved pipe and fittings.
(8) In all buildings in which any building sanitary sewer pipe is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such pipe shall be lifted by approved artificial means and discharged to the sewer.
(9) All excavations required for the installation of a building sewer shall be open trench work unless otherwise approved by the Superintendent. Pipe laying and backfill shall be performed in accordance with appropriate ASTM specification for plastic sewer piping except that no backfill shall be placed until the work has been inspected. Approval of bedding materials to be approved by Superintendent or appointed representative.
(10) All joints and connections shall be made watertight.
(11) The applicant for the sewer connection permit shall notify the Superintendent at least forty-eight hours in advance when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the Superintendent or his representative.
(12) All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard. Street, sidewalks, parkways and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the Village.
(13) Each and every building sanitary lateral connection shall incorporate a clean-out within five feet of building of such size and construction as approved by the Superintendent. There shall be no clean-outs installed at right-of-way.
(Ord. 13-032. Passed 11-5-13.)