(a) All unpolluted drainage shall be discharged into such sewers as are specifically designed and designated as storm sewers.
(b) Storm water, unpolluted cooling water, ground water, rain water, street drainage, subsurface drainage, sub foundation building drainage or yard drainage shall not be discharged through direct or indirect connections to a sanitary sewer.
(c) Any such connection 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 such owner's expense.
(d) Sub foundation building drains connected to sanitary sewers before the effective date of this section may be required to be removed if it is established by the Board of Public Utilities that such connection is detrimental to the satisfactory operation of the sewage works and that such removal is cost-effective. Such connections shall be prohibited after the effective date of this section and shall be considered illegal.
(e) Should the owner of such illegally connected premises fail to remove the connection within ninety days, the Superintendent shall cause the connection to be removed, and the cost thereof shall be billed to the owner of the premises.
(f) No person constructing a sanitary sewer, building or house connection shall leave the same open, unsealed or incomplete in such fashion as to permit storm, surface or subsurface water to enter the sanitary sewer system.
(Ord. 205-00. Passed 12-7-00; Ord. 178-06. Passed 1-4-07; Ord. 182-08. Passed 11-6-08.)