§ 51.26 STORM OR SURFACE WATER DISCHARGED INTO SANITARY SEWER PROHIBITED.
   (A)   No person, firm, or corporation shall discharge or cause to be discharged, either directly or indirectly, any storm water, surface water, ground water, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, cooling water, or unpolluted industrial process waters into any sanitary sewer.
   (B)   Any connections made either before or after the effective date of this section shall be considered illegal and shall be subject to immediate removal by the owner of the premises so connected and at the owner's expense.
   (C)   Should the owner of an illegally connected premises fail to remove the connection within thirty (30) days, the city shall cause the connection to be removed and the cost thereof shall be billed to the owner of the premises.
   (D)   No person, firm, or corporation shall discharge or cause to be discharged into any natural outlet or storm sewer any sanitary sewage or other polluted waters. Effluent from privately-owned individual household disposal devices shall not be discharged into storm sewers.
   (E)   Storm water and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged into those sewers that are specifically designated and designed as storm sewers or natural outlet approved by the city.
   (F)   No person, firm, corporation, or municipality constructing a sanitary sewer, building, or house connection shall leave same open, unsealed, or incomplete in a fashion as to permit storm, surface, or subsurface waters to enter those sewers.
   (G)   The city may disconnect the water service in any emergency situation, or to prevent a prohibited substance or property from going into the sewer system, whenever this section is violated.
(Ord. 2-l0-8l, passed l0-22-8l) Penalty, see § 51.99