§ 95.19 SEWAGE DISPOSAL; POLLUTION; DISPOSAL OF WASTE.
   (A)   Any toilet, water closet, urinal, privy, cesspool, septic tank, sewer or other means for the depositing, storing, retaining or disposing of sewage or sink or bathroom wastes shall be built or maintained within Zones B, C, D, E or F only after a written permit has been granted by the city based upon a written application disclosing the location and specifications therefor and means for the treatment or disposal of such sewage or sink or bathroom wastes in such manner as may be approved by the appropriate body so as not to pollute or threaten pollution of the reservoir or tend to create a nuisance, and the construction and maintenance thereof shall be subject to supervision by the city. There shall be a fee for said permits as set out in § 38.01 of this code of ordinances.
   (B)   Any private sewage disposal system built or maintained within zones B, C, D, E or F shall be maintained in working order. The city shall require that the owner of record of a private sewage disposal system initiate and keep in force an agreement for inspection and maintenance of the private sewage disposal system in accordance with this section as applicable, and that the owner take action to repair, replace, modify or maintain a private sewage disposal system to ensure its proper operation.
      (1)   Aerobic unit maintenance.
         (a)   The owner of record of any private sewage disposal system which employs an aerobic unit for treatment of wastewater shall initiate and keep in force an agreement for inspection and maintenance of the aerobic unit with an authorized representative of the manufacturer of the aerobic unit or licensed private sewage disposal contractor.
         (b)   The agreement shall provide for inspections of the aerobic unit a minimum of one time per year, and shall provide for the repair, replacement, adjustment, pumping or modification of the aerobic unit and for additional inspections as are necessary to ensure the proper operation of the unit. Inspections intervals shall be at least 180 days apart. Inspection shall meet criteria of the State Department of Public Health Private Sewage Disposal Licensing Act and Code, Service Requirements.
      (2)   Surface discharge.
         (a)   Agreement. The owner of record of any system which is approved to discharge effluent to the surface shall initiate and keep in force an agreement for inspection and maintenance of the system as required in this section.
         (b)   System inspection. Any surface discharging system which does not employ an aerobic unit shall be covered by an agreement with a licensed private sewage disposal system contractor which shall provide for inspection of the system in a minimum of one time per year, and shall provide for the repairs, replacement, adjustment, pumping or modification to the system as is necessary to ensure proper operation. Inspection intervals shall be at least 180 days apart. Inspections shall meet criteria of the State Department of Public Health Private Sewage Disposal Licensing Act and Code, being 225 ILCS 225 and 77 Ill. Admin. Code 905.
      (3)   Septic tank - subsurface seepage field.
         (a)   The owner of record of a septic tank/subsurface seepage field shall initiate and keep in force an agreement for inspection and maintenance of the system with a licensed private sewage disposal contractor.
         (b)   The agreement shall provide for an inspection of the system one time per year by a licensed private sewage disposal contractor and shall provide for the repair, replacement or pumping of the system to ensure the proper operation of the system.
      (4)   Reporting.
         (a)   Maintenance activities conducted on private sewage disposal systems subject to the requirements of this section shall be reported as outlined in this section.
         (b)   Contractors who provided maintenance to private sewage disposal system shall submit to the city reports, as follows:
            1.   Maintenance activity. A report of maintenance activity which includes, the repair, replacement, modification, adjustment or pumping of a private sewage disposal system or component where necessary to ensure its proper operation;
            2.   Malfunction. A report of an observed maintenance of a private sewage disposal system contracted for maintenance where the malfunction allows effluent which is or may be inadequately treated to discharge to the ground surface or to a surface water; and
            3.   Contract cancellation or non-renewal. A report of a cancellation or failure to renew an established maintenance contract, or a refusal of an owner of a private sewage disposal system to undertake necessary repair, replacement, modification or adjustment to the system.
         (c)   Reports. Reports shall be submitted within ten days following the maintenance intervals established by this chapter. Excepting that a report of a discharge of inadequately treated effluent to the ground surface or a surface water shall be reported within 24 hours.
         (d)   Form specification. Reports submitted to the city as required by this section shall be on a form provided or approved by the office.
   (C)   No person shall, within Zone G or in any other part of the drainage area, place, throw, discharge or cause to be discharged any sewage, garbage, decayed or fermented fruit or vegetables, offal, dead body, manure, polluted, filthy, decaying, fermenting, putrescible or oily matter or liquid, or industrial waste into or so as to reach any natural or artificial watercourse or open or covered sewer, ditch, tile or drain flowing directly or indirectly, continuously or intermittently, into and so as to pollute or tend to pollute the reservoir or other waters from which the city obtains a water supply. No person shall construct in Zone G or in any part of the drainage area any open or covered sewer, ditch, tile or drain or make any change therein or connection therewith so as to cause any pollution or polluted or oily water to flow into or reach more quickly, such reservoir or water supply of the city. No person shall within Zone G or in any part of the drainage area construct or cause to be constructed, or use any toilet, water closet, urinal, sink, cesspool, privy, garage, slaughterhouse or other structure, establishment or place which is so situated that polluted or oily liquid therefrom may continuously or intermittently so flow as to ultimately reach and pollute or tend to pollute the waters of such reservoir or other waters from which the city obtains or may obtain a water supply unless there is constructed, maintained and operated such sewage treatment and disposal units and facilities for the treatment of disposal thereof, approved by the city, whereby such polluted or oily liquid is treated, or caused to be treated, so as not to pollute or tend to pollute or threaten pollution of the waters of such reservoir or water supply of the city. No connection for water service shall be installed or water service furnished by the city at any place in the drainage area (being that entire area of land which drains into the artificial water supply to the city known as Governor Bond Lake or into the Kingsbury Branch or any tributary or other stream above the impounding dam of such public water supply reservoir), unless there are constructed and satisfactorily maintained and operated such approved sewage treatment and disposal units and facilities for the treatment or disposal of the sewage from such premises.
   (D)   No house slop, sink waste, garbage, decayed or fermented fruit or vegetables or other fruit or vegetable refuse, offal, swill, carcass, filthy, decaying, fermenting or putrescible matter of any kind, or unsanitary waste product or polluted or oily liquid or solid shall be thrown into the reservoir or placed, piled or discharged in any manner in Zones A, B, C, D or E, but shall be kept in water-tight closed containers, approved by the city, and, at regular intervals, be buried under the ground and completely covered in level non-eroding soil at least 150 feet from the reservoir or be destroyed by fire or removed from Zone E in time or manner as required by the city; provided, however, that, manure and commercial fertilizer may be used for horticultural purposes in Zone E, but no manure or commercial fertilizer shall be placed, spread or used on or in the grounds within Zone E, in such quantities or in such a manner as to cause to threaten any pollution of the reservoir or bring about any public or private nuisances whatsoever.
(2000 Code, § 95.19) (Ord. 2054, passed 6-11-1985; Ord. 2736, passed 4-10-2007) Penalty, see § 95.99