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It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet, watercourse or storm sewer within the city or in any area under the jurisdiction of said city, any sewage or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this chapter.
('71 Code, § 8-6-2(B)) (Ord. 2566, passed 4-28-86) Penalty, see § 10.99
Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to construct any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage.
('71 Code, § 8-6-2(C)) (Ord. 2566, passed 4-28-86) Penalty, see § 10.99
The owner of all the houses, buildings, or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purposes, 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 any public sanitary sewer of the city, is hereby required, at his expense, to install suitable toilet facilities therein, and to connect such facilities with a building sewer directly with the proper public sewer in a manner approved by the Plumbing Inspector within 90 days after date of the official notice to do so, provided that said public sewer is within 200 feet of the property line. Failure to comply with the 90 day notice shall, in addition to being a violation of the City Code, result in the start of sewer charges as if the property was connected by a building sewer to the public sewer system.
('71 Code, § 8-6-2(D)) (Ord. 2566, passed 4-28-86; Am. Ord. 2909, passed 7-25-94) Penalty, see § 10.99
No unauthorized person shall maliciously, wilfully or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance, or equipment which is a part of the sewage works. Any person violating this provision shall be subject to immediate arrest under charge of disorderly conduct.
('71 Code, § 8-6-6) (Ord. 2566, passed 4-28-86) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) The Superintendent, other duly authorized employees of the city, and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency bearing proper credentials and identification, shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, and testing in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The Superintendent or his representative shall have no authority to inquire into any processes, including metallurgical, chemical, oil refining, ceramic, paper or other industries beyond that point having direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the sewers or waterway or facilities for waste treatment.
(B) While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in division (A) above, the Superintendent or duly authorized employees of the city, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the company and the company shall be held harmless for injury or death to the city's employees and the city shall indemnify the company against loss or damage to its property by the city's employees and against liability claims and demands for personal injury or property damage asserted against the company and growing out of the gauging and sampling operations, except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the company to maintain conditions as required in § 51.066.
(C) The Superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the city bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all private properties through which the city holds a duly negotiated easement for the observation, measurement, sampling, repair and maintenance of any portion of the sewage works lying within said easement. All entry and subsequent work, if any, on said easement, shall be done in full accordance with the terms of the duly negotiated easement pertaining to the private property involved.
(D) Any property owner who refuses to permit the entry of a duly authorized employee of the city for the purpose of inspecting sanitation sewer facilities on his or her property shall be subject to a fine as set forth in § 10.99 and to termination of water service at the location where right of entry is refused.
('71 Code, § 8-6-7) (Ord. 2566, passed 4-28-86; Am. Ord. 3053, passed 4-22-96)
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