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913.049 VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 913.020 THROUGH 913.049, INCLUSIVE.
   Violators of any provision under Sections 913.020 through 913.049 shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00), nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), and not more than thirty days in jail. Each violation shall be considered a separate offense.
(Ord. 19-91. Passed 3-18-91.)
USE OF PUBLIC SEWERS
913.050 INTRODUCTION; FINDINGS; DECLARATION OF POLICY.
   The City Division of Water Pollution Control, hereby finds that the requirements for the issuance of federal grants and the acceptance of such grants by the Division, under Title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, as amended (Public Law 92-500, as amended) and the regulations of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, for the construction of waste treatment works to improve the quality of effluent discharges from the City sewer system establish the necessity for direct and indirect contributors into the wastewater collection and treatment system to develop certain limitations on the quality and quantity of discharge to the POTW.
(Ord. 19-91. Passed 3-18-91.)
913.051 DEFINITIONS.
   Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this Sub-Chapter shall be defined in Sub-Chapter 913.010.
(Ord. 19-91. Passed 3-18-91.)
913.052 PURPOSE AND INTENT.
   The purpose of this Sub-Chapter is to provide the legislative enactments required under Public Law 92-500, as amended, and applicable federal regulations for the acceptance of construction grants, to prevent the introduction of pollutants into the City wastewater system which will interfere with the operation of the system or contaminate the resulting sludge, to prevent the introduction of pollutants into the City wastewater system which will pass through the system, inadequately treated, into receiving waters or the atmosphere or otherwise be incompatible with the system, to improve the opportunity to recycle and reclaim wastewaters and sludges from the system and to provide for equitable distribution of the cost of the City wastewater system. (Ord. 19-91. Passed 3-18-91.)
913.053 PROHIBITION OF UNSANITARY DEPOSITS.
   It shall be unlawful for any person to place, 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.
(Ord. 19-91. Passed 3-18-91.)
913.054 PROHIBITION OF DRAINAGE INTO SANITARY SEWERS.
   No person in constructing a sanitary sewer, building or house connection, shall leave same open, unsealed, or incomplete in such a fashion as to permit storm, surface, or subsurface water to enter such sewers.
(Ord. 19-91. Passed 3-18-91.)
913.055 PROHIBITION OF UNPOLLUTED WATER IN SANITARY SEWERS.
   No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, uncontaminated cooling water, or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer.
(Ord. 19-91. Passed 3-18-91.)
913.056 UNPOLLUTED WATER DISCHARGES.
   Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as combined sewers or storm sewers, or to a natural outlet approved by the Superintendent of Water Pollution Control or the Director of Utilities. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged, on approval of the City Water Pollution Control Board, to a storm sewer or natural outlet.
(Ord. 19-91. Passed 3-18-91.)
913.057   SANITARY SEWER LATERAL RESPONSIBILITY.
   (a)    The City of Lorain is responsible for any sanitary sewer lateral connection under the pavement and one foot (1') back of the existing curb where the sanitary sewer main lies underneath roadway/pavement.
   (b)    For sanitary sewer lateral connections that exist within alleyways or in easements where the connection to the sanitary main is where no pavement exists, the property owner is responsible for the sanitary sewer lateral up to the existing connection at the sanitary sewer mam.
   (c)    In the event that a property owners' sanitary sewer lateral traverses underneath the pavement to the opposite side of the street to a sanitary main that lies within the public right-of-way to what is commonly referred to as a "tree lawn". The property owner with the long connection to the main is only responsible for their portion up to the pavement before it traverses underneath said pavement. The property owner on the short connection is responsible for their sanitary sewer lateral up to its connection to the sanitary main.
   (d)    The City is not responsible for the removal of deposits within the sanitary sewer lateral including but not limited to calcium buildup, roots, etc. and the property owner will be responsible for clearing such a blockage between the building and the sanitary sewer main. For clarification on sewer blockages, Section 913.032, can be referenced.
(Ord. 73-23. Passed 4-3-23.)
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