(A) (1) The following discharges of storm and drainage water is prohibited.
(a) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any storm water, cooling water, surface water, subsurface drainage, groundwater, roof runoff, yard drainage, yard fountain, pond overflow or any substance other than sanitary sewage into the sanitary sewer collection system.
(b) No roof runoff, sump pump, foundation drain, swimming pool discharge or surface water drainage shall be connected to the sanitary sewer system and no building shall hereafter be constructed nor shall any existing buildings be hereafter altered in a manner that the roof drainage or any other source of discharge or drainage other than sanitary sewer shall connect with the sanitary sewer system inside or outside the building.
(c) Any person having a roof, sump pump, foundation drain, swimming pool discharge, cistern overflow pipe or surface drain now connected and/or discharging into the sanitary sewer system shall disconnect and/or remove same prior to October 1, 1994. Any disconnects or openings in the sanitary sewer shall be closed or repaired in an effective, workmanlike manner.
(d) All sump pumps shall have a discharge pipe installed to the outside wall of the building with one inch inside minimum diameter. The pipe attachment shall be a permanent fitting such as a P.V.C. pipe with glued fittings. The discharge shall not be within ten feet of property lines.
(e) Every person owning improved real estate that discharges into the city's sanitary sewer system shall allow the city employee(s) or authorized agents to inspect the improvements to confirm that there is no sump pump or other prohibited discharge into the sanitary sewer system. Any person refusing to allow the inspection shall immediately become subject to the surcharge hereinafter provided. Any person found to violate this division shall make the necessary changes to comply with this section and the changes shall be verified by an employee or authorized agent of the city.
(f) The City Council shall determine whether or not conditions evidence the violation of this division. Upon identification of the violation, notification by certified mail shall be issued to the owner as shown by the city's tax records of the property which evidences any violation of this division. The notice shall identify the nature of the violation, the requirements of this division and order compliance with this division no later than days after receipt of the above notice.
(g) The owner may appeal the order to the Mayer City Council, provided that any appeal shall be submitted in writing to the city no later than ten days following receipt of the notice of violation.
(h) If the owner requests an appeal in compliance with division (g) above, a hearing shall be scheduled before the City Council. Following the hearing, the Council shall determine whether or not a violation has occurred. Upon finding of a violation, the Council shall order compliance with this division no later than ten days from the date of the order.
(i) If an appeal to the City Council order is not made to a district court within ten days following the City Council's order and a property owner has not brought the property into compliance as ordered, the city shall enforce its order.
(j) A surcharge of $75 per month is hereby imposed and shall be added to every sewer billing mailed on and after October 1, 1994, to property owners who are not in compliance with this division. The surcharge shall be added every month until the property is in compliance. The imposition of the surcharge shall in no way limit the right of the city to seek an injunction in the district court ordering the property owner to disconnect the nonconforming connection from the sanitary sewer system or from pursuing any other legal remedies available. Should a property owner found to be in compliance with this division and during a subsequent inspection found to have connected or reconnected an illegal source of clear water to the sanitary sewer system, the surcharge of $75 per month will be applied for all months between the two inspections.
(2) Temporary variances from the applicability of the provisions of this division may be given where strict enforcement would cause undue hardship because of circumstances unique to the individual property or cause a safety problem. This does not apply to monetary hardship. Application for a temporary waiver should be addressed in writing to the City Council. The application shall identify the property for which the variance is being applied for, the name of the property owner/applicant and describe in detail what characteristics of the subject property create undue hardship or concern. Within 30 days after application, the City Council shall make its order deciding on the matter and serve a copy of the order upon the applicant by mail. Upon approval of an application for variance, the city will allow the property owner to temporarily discharge directly into the sanitary sewer system during the period of November 1 through March 1. Employees or agents of the city will divert the discharge and seal the connection of the discharge to the sanitary sewer using a meter seal. The cost for the connection to the sanitary sewer and subsequent removal will be $25 per occurrence.
('82 Code, § 3.312) (Am. Ord. 86, passed 6-13-94; Am. Ord. 90, passed 11-10-97)
(B) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged into any sanitary sewer, any cooling water from any air conditioning unit providing three tons of refrigeration or larger which does not have a cooling tower or a recirculating system, or any unpolluted industrial or commercial process water, without first having secured a permit to do so from the Council. Cooling and process water free from bacteria and harmful chemicals may be discharged to a storm sewer or natural outlet.
('82 Code, § 3.313)
(C) No person shall place, deposit or permit to be deposited in any unsanitary manner upon 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 which ordinarily would be regarded as sewage or industrial waste.
('82 Code, § 3.314)
(D) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged into any natural outlet within the city, or any area under the jurisdiction of the city, any sanitary sewage, industrial waste or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any wastes into any public storm sewer.
('82 Code, § 3.315)
(E) Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall discharge or cause to be discharged into any public sewer any of the following wastes:
(1) Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 130° F.;
(2) Any water or waste containing more than 100 mg/l by weight of fats, oils or greases;
(3) Any liquids, solids or gases which by reason of their nature or quality may cause fire or explosion, or be in any other way injurious to persons, to the sewage works structures or to the operation of those works;
(4) Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance, which either singly or by interaction with other wastes is capable of creating a public nuisance or hazard to life or preventing entry to sewers for their maintenance and repair;
(5) Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, bones, feathers, rubber, tires, plastic, wood, paunch manure, butcher's offal 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 or sewage treatment works;
(6) Any water or waste having a pH lower than 6.5 or higher than 9.0 or having any corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazards to structures, equipment or personnel of the sewage works, or affecting the biological treatment of the waste;
(7) Any water or waste containing toxic substances in quantities in excess of the following limits and measured at the point of discharge into the sewer system:
(a) Cyanide (CN): none;
(b) Copper (Co): 0.03;
(c) Chromium (hexalent): 0.05;
(d) Cadmium (Cd): 0.4;
(e) Zinc (Zn): 0.3; and
(f) Nickel (Ni): 2.0.
(8) Any substance that will pass through the sewage treatment works and exceed the state or interstate requirements for the receiving stream;
(9) Any water or waste containing suspended solids of such character and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required to handle materials at the sewage treatment plant, without a special permit; or
(10) Any toxic radioactive isotopes, without special permit.
('82 Code, § 3.316) Penalty, see § 10.99