(A) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any storm water, surface water, ground water, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters into any municipal sanitary sewer without an express permit from the Superintendent.
(B) Storm water or other unpolluted drainage including industrial cooling water or unpolluted process water may be discharged into the sewers as are specifically designated as combined sewers or storm sewers, or to a natural outlet approved by the Superintendent.
(C) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described waters or wastes into any municipal sewer:
(1) Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150°F;
(2) Any water or waste which may contain more than 100 parts per million, by weight, of fat, oil or grease;
(3) Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas;
(4) Any garbage, except properly shredded garbage;
(5) Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, paunch manure or any other solid or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interference with the proper operation of the sewage system;
(6) Any waters or wastes containing 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 to create any hazard in the waters of the sewage disposal plant;
(7) Any waters or wastes containing suspended solids of the character and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required to handle the materials at the sewage treatment plant; and/or
(8) Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable of creating a public nuisance.
(D) Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion of the Superintendent, they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts, or any flammable wastes, sand or other harmful ingredients, except that the interceptors shall not be required for private living quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Superintendent, and shall be located so as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection. Grease and oil interceptors shall be constructed of impervious materials capable of withstanding abrupt and extreme changes in temperature. They shall be of substantial construction, water-tight and equipped with easily removable covers which when bolted in place shall be gas-tight and water-tight. All grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be maintained by the owner, at his or her expense, in continuously efficient operation at all times.
(Ord. 54A, passed - -; Am. Ord. 60B, passed 12-5-1975; Am. Ord. 54B1, passed 9-28-1989; Am. Ord. 84A, passed 2-26-1998) Penalty, see § 10.99