(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit to be deposited in any insanitary manner upon private property or public property with the city, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said city, any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste.
(B) It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the city, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said city, any sanitary sewage, industrial waste or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with this chapter.
(C) Except as herein provided, it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other facility intended or vised for disposal of sewage.
(D) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any storm water, surface water, ground water, roof run off, subsurface drainage cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters into any sanitary sewer.
(E) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described waters or waste into any public sanitary sewer:
(1) Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150°F;
(2) Any water or waste which contains more than 100 parts per million by weight, or fat, oil or grease;
(3) Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas;
(4) Any garbage that has not been properly shredded;
(5) Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar plastic, wood, paunch manure or other 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 waste having any corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment and personnel of the sewage works;
(7) Any waters or waste which in the opinion of the city contains a toxic or poisonous substance in sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals or create any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment facilities. Any substances which may cause excessive foaming, be toxic to sewer systems, humans and animals including, but not limited to: copper; chromium; cyanide; lead; zinc; arsenic; nickel; phenol detergents; and wastes from nuclear fission;
(8) Any water or wastes containing suspended solids of such character and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required to handle such materials at the treatment facilities;
(9) Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable of creating a public nuisance;
(10) Water added to a wastewater discharge for the sole purpose of dilution as a means to achieve compliance with any pretreatment standard;
(11) No industrial user shall discharge to the city wastewater system any wastewater subject to federal categorical pretreatment standards or other limits established by the city or state; and
(12) Industrial users shall notify the city wastewater treatment plant immediately upon occurrence of a “slug” or accidental discharge of substances regulated by this chapter. The notification shall include location of discharge, date and time thereof, type of waste concentration and volume and corrective action. Any industrial user shall be liable for any expense, loss or damage to the city wastewater collection system or treatment plant, in addition to the amount of any fines imposed on the city on account thereof under state or federal law.
(Ord. 97-02, passed 6-3-1997) Penalty, see § 51.99