(a) Committing nuisance on sewer works grounds. No person shall throw objects into or recover objects from any reservoirs, or deposit filth or trespass, or commit a nuisance of any kind upon grounds set apart for the use of the city sewer works.
(b) Hunting on sewer works grounds prohibited. No person shall hunt or shoot or otherwise kill any bird or animal on any of the grounds or mutilate or in any other way injure any tree or shrub upon the grounds or upon any property set apart for the use of the city sewer works, or in any way injure any property on the grounds. This shall not apply to extermination of harmful animals or the removal of trees or shrubs by the city or authorized contractors.
(c) Right of entry for inspection. Authorized employees of the Department shall have the right at any reasonable time to enter the premises for the purpose of inspecting any water service branch or fire protection service and any or all piping or equipment connected thereto.
(d) Discharge of nonacceptable industrial wastes prohibited. The discharge of nonacceptable industrial wastes, as hereinafter defined, into the system, whether directly or indirectly, is hereby prohibited. Where investigation reveals the presence in the system of nonacceptable industrial wastes emanating from any lot, land, building or premises, located within or without the corporate limits of the city, the owner, lessor, renter or occupant of the lot, land, building or premises, shall be required to treat, neutralize or in other ways prepare the noxious substance therein, to the satisfaction of Council.
(e) Sanitary sewage and industrial wastes defined. For the purposes of this chapter, the terms SANITARY SEWAGE, ACCEPTABLE INDUSTRIAL WASTES and NONACCEPTABLE INDUSTRIAL WASTES shall be defined as follows.
(1) ACCEPTABLE INDUSTRIAL WASTES. The liquid organic waste materials not containing toxic or explosive elements or other substances injurious to sewers or sewage treatment processes, which result from any commercial, manufacturing or industrial operation or process.
(2) NONACCEPTABLE INDUSTRIAL WASTES. The liquid wastes in which are incorporated minerals, oil, acid, toxic metallic or chemical substances, resulting from any commercial, manufacturing or industrial operation or process.
(3) SANITARY SEWAGE. The waste from water closets, urinals, lavatories, sinks, bath tubs, showers, household laundries, cellar floor drains, bars, soda fountains, cuspidors, refrigerator drips and drinking fountains, and other water-borne waste not constituting an industrial waste.
(f) Turn off and turn on charges. There shall be no charge when the city is requested to turn off the water service at the curb box or removing the water meter. There shall be no sewer charge during the period water service is discontinued except for the sewer surcharge where applicable. A fee shall be charged when the city is requested to restore services. The fees shall be as established and set forth in the fee schedule in Part One - Title Eleven, Chapter 205 of these codified ordinances. The amount of the fee shall be as set by ordinance from time to time.
(Ord. 90-61, passed 5-14-1990)
(g) Sewer charges may be adjusted. The owner of residential property and manufacturing, business and commercial establishments, who use large quantities of water which is not all discharged into the sewer system, may file application for consideration of adjustment of their sewer billing with the Public Utilities Director who shall determine a fair and equitable adjustment of the billing.
(Ord. 90-61, passed 5-14-1990)
Cross-reference:
Fee schedule, see § 205.01