Section
15-401 Definitions
15-402 Sewer connection required
15-403 Permit; connection fee
15-404 Application
15-405 Costs
15-406 Sewer connection
15-407 Sewer for each building
15-408(1) Same; specifications
15-408(2) Same; specifications; size and slope of building sewer
15-408(3) Same; specifications; elevation
15-408(4) Same; specifications; lift
15-408(5) Same; specifications; cesspool, septic tank or vault
15-408(6) Same; specifications; excavations
15-408(7) Same; specifications; joints
15-409 Sewer excavations: damages
15-410 Failure to connect
15-411 Privy unlawful
15-412 Private sewer system
15-413 Same; permit
15-414 Same; inspection
15-415 Same; discharge
15-416 Same; additional requirements
15-417 Disposal of sewage
15-418 Damage to sewers
15-419 Natural outlet
15-420 Standards
15-421 Old building sewers
15-422 Mud, grease traps
15-423 Roof, foundation drains
15-424 Same; exception
15-425 Prohibited discharges
15-426 Bills
15-427 Delinquent accounts; lien against property; other remedies
15-428 Sewer service charge
For the purpose of this article, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
B.O.D. (DENOTING BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND). The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days at 20°C, expressed in parts per million by weight.
BUILDING DRAIN. The part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system that receives the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer, beginning five feet outside the innerface of the building wall.
BUILDING SEWER. The extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal.
COMBINED SEWERS. Sewers receiving both surface runoff and sewage are not permitted.
INDIVIDUAL DOMESTIC. Any single-family residence, commercial business, office, institution, school, church or public entity having an individual direct or indirect connection to the wastewater facilities of the city and on individual city or private water service meter, or connection to any such water service.
INDUSTRIAL. Any industrial business engaged in the manufacturing or processing of one or more products, and in which wastewaters are produced from such manufacturing or processing and said wastewaters are discharged directly or indirectly to the wastewater facilities of the city.
MULTI-DOMESTIC. Any multi-family residence, apartment or mobile home and any commercial business, office, institution, school, church or public entity having a direct or indirect connection to the wastewater facilities of the city and not having an individual water service meter but is served with city or private metered water by the owner of the property on which it is located.
NORMAL WASTEWATER. The strength of normal wastewater shall be considered within the following ranges:
(1) A five day biochemical oxygen demand of 300 milligrams per liter or less;
(2) A suspended solid concentration of 350 milligrams or less; and
(3) Hydrogen ion concentration of 5.0 to 9.0.
pH. The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.
PUBLIC SEWER. A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights and is controlled by public authority.
SANITARY SEWER. A sewer that carries sewage and to which storm, surface and groundwaters are not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGE. A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together with such ground, surface and stormwaters as may be present.
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT. Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage.
SEWER. A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
STORM SEWER or STORM DRAIN. A sewer that carries storm and surface waters and drainage, but excludes sewage and polluted industrial wastes.
SUPERINTENDENT. The Superintendent of the city or his or her authorized deputy, agent or representative.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS. Solids that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension in water, sewage or other liquids, and which are removable by laboratory filtering.
USER. Any person as defined in § 1-102, including an institution, governmental agency or political subdivision producing wastewater requiring processing and treatment to remove pollutants and having premises connected to the wastewater facilities.
WASTEWATER. Sewage, the combination of liquids and water-carried wastes from residences, commercial and industrial buildings, institutions, governmental agencies, together with any ground, surface or stormwater that may be present.
The owner of all houses, buildings or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purpose, situated within the city 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 city, is hereby required at his or her 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 article, within 90 days after date of official notice to do so; provided, that said public sewer is within 140 feet of the property line.
(a) No person shall uncover, make any connections with, or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the city.
(b) There shall be charged a fee, as set by the governing body, payable at the time of making application for the permit.
(a) Any person desiring to make a connection to the city sewer system shall apply in writing to the City Clerk who shall forward the application to the Utility Superintendent.
(b) The application shall contain:
(1) The legal description of the property to be connected;
(2) The name and address of the owner or owners of the property;
(3) The kind of property to be connected (residential, commercial or industrial); and
(4) The point of proposed connection to the city sewer line.
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