(A) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any storm water, surface water, ground water, roof runoff, foundation drainage, cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters into any public sewer.
(B) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged to any public sewer any harmful waters or wastes, whether liquid, solid or gas, capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers, damage or hazard to structures, equipment and personnel of the public sewer or other interference with the proper operation of the public sewer.
(C) Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion of the Inspector, they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amount, or any flammable wastes, sand and other harmful ingredients; except that, the interceptors shall not be required for private living quarters or dwelling units. Where installed, they shall be maintained by the owner, at his or her expense, in continuously efficient operations at all times.
(D) The admission into the public sewers of any waters or wastes having harmful or objectionable characteristics shall be subject to the review and approval of the manager, who may prescribe limits on the strength and character of these waters or wastes. Where necessary, in the opinion of the manager, the owner shall provide, at his or her expense, the preliminary treatment as may be necessary to treat these wastes prior to discharge to the public sewer. Plans, specifications and any other pertinent information relative to proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted for the approval of the manager and any other regulatory agency, and no construction of the facilities shall be commenced until the approval is obtained in writing. Where preliminary treatment facilities are provided for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner at his or her expense.
(E) When required by the manager, the owner of any property served by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install and maintain at his or her expense a suitable control manhole in the building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of the wastes. All measurements, tests and analysis of the characteristics of waters and wastes shall be determined in accordance with Standard Methods for the Examination of Waters and Sewage, and shall be determined at the control manhole or upon suitable samples taken at the control manhole.
(F) In the event that no special manhole has been required, the control manhole shall be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in the public sewer to the point at which the building sewer is connected.
(Ord. 17-03, passed 3-20-2017) Penalty, see § 54.99