912.01 Definitions.
912.02 Use of public sewers required.
912.03 Private sewage disposal; permit and fee.
912.04 Building sewer installation and connections; tapping fees.
912.05 Capacity charge for trunk sanitary sewer benefit.
912.06 Waiver of fees for persons with qualified incomes.
912.07 Use of the public sewers regulated.
912.08 Damage or destruction of sewage works.
912.09 Operating upsets.
912.10 Powers and authority of City Engineer and Superintendent.
912.11 Hearing Board.
912.12 Validity.
912.99 Penalty.
CROSS REFERENCES
Power to regulate water closets and privies - see Ohio R.C. 715.40
Compulsory sewer connections - see Ohio R.C. 729.06
Regulations to control house sewers and connections - see Ohio R.C. 729.51
Untreated sewage - see Ohio R.C. 3701.59
Sewerage and drainage generally - see S.U. & P.S. Ch. 913
Sewer rates - see S.U. & P.S. Ch. 915
Wastewater pretreatment - see S.U. & P.S. Ch. 916
(a) Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this chapter shall be as follows:
(1) "BOD (Biochemical Oxygen Demand)" means the same as defined in Section 915.02 (a)(1).
(Ord. 7-86. Passed 2-10-86. )
(Ord. 7-86. Passed 2-10-86. )
(1.5) "CBOD (Carbonaceous Biochemical Oxygen Demand)" means the same as defined in Section 915.02(a)(1.5).
(Ord. 27-94. Passed 8-22-94.)
(Ord. 27-94. Passed 8-22-94.)
(2) "Building (or house) drain" means that part of the lowest horizontal piping of a building drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the buildings and conveys it to a point approximately three feet outside the foundation wall of the building.
(3) "Building (or house) sewer" means the pipe which is connected to the building (or house) drain at a point approximately three feet outside the foundation wall of the building and which conveys the building's discharge from that point to the public sewer, septic tank or other place of disposal.
(4) "Chemical Oxygen Demand" (or COD) of sewage, sewage effluent, polluted waters or industrial wastes is a measure of the oxygen equivalent of that portion of the organic matter in a sample that is susceptible to oxidation by a strong chemical oxidant. The laboratory determination shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in the latest edition of Standard Methods.
(5) "City" means the City of Lancaster, Ohio.
(6) "City Engineer" means the City Engineer of the City or his authorized deputy, agent or representative.
(7) "Combined sewer" means a sewer intended to receive both wastewater and storm or surface water.
(8) "Compatible pollutant" means biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids, pH and fecal coliform bacteria, plus pollutants identified in the NPDES permit if the treatment works were designed to treat such pollutants, and in fact, does remove such pollutants to a substantial degree. The term substantial degree is not subject to precise definition, but generally contemplates removals in the order of eighty percent (80%) or greater. Minor incidental removals in the order of ten to thirty percent (10% to 30%) are not considered substantial. Examples of the additional pollutants which may be considered compatible include: A. Chemical oxygen demand; B. Total organic carbon; C. Phosphorus and phosphorus compounds; D. Nitrogen and nitrogen compounds; and E. Fats, oils and greases of animal or vegetable origin (except as prohibited where these materials would interfere with the operation of the treatment works).
(9) "Debt service costs" means the same as defined in Section 915.02(a)(2).
(10) "Effluent" means the water, together with any wastes that may be present, flowing out of a drain, sewer, receptacle or outlet.
(11) "EPA" means the Environmental Protection Agency.
(12) "Fecal coliform" means any of a number of organisms common to the intestinal tract of humans and animals, whose presence in sanitary sewage is an indicator of pollution.
(13) "Floatable oil" means oil, fat or grease in a physical state such that it will separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in an approved pretreatment facility.
(14) "Garbage" means any solid wastes from the preparation, cooking or dispensing of food and from the handling, storage or sale of produce.
(15) "Hydrogen ion concentration" means the same as defined in subsection (a)(29) hereof.
(16) "Incompatible pollutant" means any pollutant that is not defined as a compatible pollutant, including nonbiodegradable dissolved solids.
(18) "Infiltration" means the water entering a sewer system including building drains and sewers, from the ground, through such means as, but not limited to, defective pipes, pipe joints, connections or manhole walls. (Infiltration does not include and is distinguished from inflow).
(19) "Inflow" means the water discharged into a sewer system including building drains and sewers, from such sources as, but not limited to: roof leaders, cellar, yard and area drain, foundation drains, unpolluted cooling water discharges, drains from springs and swampy areas, manhole covers, cross connections from storm sewers, and combined sewers, catch basins, storm water surface run-off, street wash water or drainage. (Inflow does not include, and is distinguished from infiltration.)
(20) "Infiltration/inflow" means the total quantity of water from both infiltration and inflow without distinguishing the source.
(21) "Inspector" means the person or persons duly authorized by the City, to inspect and approve the installation of building sewers and their connection to the public sewer system.
(22) "Major contributor" means the same as defined in Section 916.02(a)(29).
(23) "NH3-N" means the same as ammonia nitrogen measured as nitrogen. The laboratory determinations shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in the latest edition of Standard Methods.
(24) "Normal domestic sewage" means the same as defined in Section 915.02(a)(7).
(25) “NPDES permit” means the same as defined in Section 915.02(a)(6).
(26) "Operation and maintenance cost" means the same as defined in Section 915.02(a)(9).
(27) “Outlet" means any outlet, natural or constructed, which is the point of final discharge of sewage or of treatment plant effluent into any watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or ground water.
(28) "Person" means the same as defined in Section 915.02(a)(11).
(29) "pH" means the logarithm (to the base of ten) of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration of a solution expressed in gram-atoms per liter of solutions.
(30) "Pretreatment" means the same as defined in Section 916.02(a)(43).
(31) "Properly shredded garbage" means the waste from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food that has been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle greater than one- half inch in any dimension.
(32) "Receiving stream" means the watercourse, stream or body of water receiving the waters finally discharged from the sewage treatment plant.
(33) "Replacement” means the same as defined in Section 915.02(a)(12).
(34) "Residential user" means the same as defined in Section 915.02(a)(19)A.
(35) "Sanitary sewage" means sewage discharged from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings (including apartment houses, hotels and motels), office buildings, factories or institutions and free from storm water, surface water and industrial wastes.
(36) "Sewage" means the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments singular or in any combination, together with such ground, surface and storm waters as may be present.
(37) "Sewage treatment plant" means the arrangement of devices, structures and equipment used for treatment and disposing of sewage and sludge.
(38) "Sewage works" means the organization and all facilities for collecting, transporting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage and sludge, namely the sewerage system and the sewage treatment plant.
(39) "Sewer" means a pipe or conduit for carrying sewage or other waste liquids.
A. "Private sewer" means a sewer which is not owned by a public authority.
B. "Public sewer" means a sewer in which all owners of abutting property have equal rights and which is controlled by public authority.
C. "Sanitary sewer" means a sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface and ground waters and unpolluted industrial waste waters are not intentionally admitted.
D. "Storm sewer" means a sewer which carries storm and surface water drainage but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling water.
(40) "Sewerage system or sewage system" means the network of sewers and appurtenances used for collecting, transporting and pumping sewage to the sewage treatment plant.
(41) "Shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissible.
(42) "Slug" means any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste which in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow exceeds for any period of duration longer than fifteen minutes more than five times the average twenty-four hour concentration or flows during normal operation.
(43) "Standard Methods" means the laboratory procedures set forth in the latest edition, at the time of analysis, of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater", prepared and published jointly by the American Public Health Association, the American Water Works Association and the Water Pollution Control Federation and "Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for Analysis of Pollutants", Regulation 40 CFR Part 136, published in the Federal Register on October 16, 1975.
(44) "Superintendent" means the same as defined in Section 916.02(a)(55).
(45) "Surcharge" means the same as defined in Section 915.02(a)(3).
(46) "SS (Suspended Solids)" means the same as defined in Section 915.02(a)(13).
(47) "Tonal revenue" means that revenue obtained from monthly billing for the use of and service rendered by the sewage works and does not include user capacity charge, permit or inspection fees or other charges.
(48) "Total solids" means the sum of suspended and dissolved solids.
(49) "Toxic amount" means concentrations of any pollutant or combination of pollutants, which upon exposure to or assimilation into any organism will cause adverse effects, such as cancer, genetic mutations and physiological manifestations, as defined in standards issued pursuant to Section 307 (a) of PL 92-500.
(50) "Unpolluted water" means water of a quality equal to or better than the effluent criteria in effect, or water that would not cause violation of receiving water quality standards and would not be benefited by discharge to the sanitary sewers and wastewater treatment facilities provided.
(51) “User charge” means the same as defined in Section 915.02(a)(18).
(52) "User capacity charge" means the connection fee when new customers are connected to the sewer system.
(53) "Volatile organic matter" means the material in the sewage solids transformed to gases or vapors when heated at 550 degrees Centigrade for fifteen to twenty minutes.
(54) "Watercourse" means a channel in which a flow of water occurs either continuously or intermittently.
(Ord. 7-86. Passed 2-10-86.)
(Ord. 7-86. Passed 2-10-86.)
(a) No person shall deposit or permit to be deposited in any unsanitary manner on public or private property within the City, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the City, any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste.
(b) No person shall discharge to any natural outlet within the City or in any area under the jurisdiction of the City, any sewage or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this chapter.
(c) No person shall place, deposit or permit to be deposited in any unsanitary manner on public or private property within the jurisdiction of the City, any wastewater or other polluted waters except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with provisions of this chapter and NPDES permit.
(d) Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other facilities intended or used for the disposal of sewage.
(e) The owner of all 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 a public sanitary or combined sewer, is hereby required at his 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 chapter within ninety days after the date of official notice to do so, provided that such public sewer is within 100 feet of the property line.
(Ord. 7-86. Passed 2-10-86.)
(a) Where a public sanitary or combined sewer is not available under the provisions of Section 912.02(e), the building sewer shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system complying with the provisions of this section.
(b) Before commencement of construction of a private sewage disposal system, the owner shall first obtain a written permit signed by the City Health Department. The application for such permit shall be made on a form furnished by the City, which the applicant shall supplement by any plans, specifications and other information as deemed necessary by the City Health Department. A permit fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) shall be paid to the City at the time application is filed. A layout fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) shall be paid at the time of inspection.
(c) A permit for a private sewage disposal system shall not become effective until the installation is completed to the satisfaction of the City Health Department . The Director or his/her designee shall be allowed to inspect the work at any stage of construction and, in any event, the applicant for the permit shall notify the City Health Department when the work is ready for final inspection, and before any underground portions are covered. The inspection shall be made within seventy-two hours of the receipt of notice by the City Health Department
(d) The type, capacities, location, and layout of a private sewage disposal system shall be approved and shall comply with all recommendations of the City Department of Health. No septic tank or cesspool shall be permitted to discharge to any natural outlet.
(e) At such time as a public sewer becomes available to a property served by the private sewage disposal system, as provided in Section 912.02(e) hereof, a direct connection from the user side of the septic tank shall be made to the public sewer in compliance with this chapter within ninety days, and any septic tanks, cesspools, and similar private sewage disposal facilities shall be cleaned of sludge, demolished, and filled with clean bank-run gravel or dirt, as approved by the City Health Department.
(f) The owner shall operate and maintain the private sewage disposal facilities in a sanitary manner at all times, at no expense to the City.
(g) No statement contained in this section shall be construed to interfere with any additional requirements that may be imposed by the City, County, or State health office with legal jurisdiction.
(h) Where subdivisions were platted prior to the effective date of all City ordinances prescribing lot size for sewage disposal systems, such subdivisions with lot sizes smaller than those required by present ordinances shall be approved for septic tank and sewage disposal systems under ordinances or rules and regulations of the Health Department, in effect at the time such subdivisions were platted.
(Ord. 52-97. Passed 8-11-97.)
(Ord. 52-97. Passed 8-11-97.)
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