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CONNECTION WITH MUNICIPAL SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM
For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
AVAILABLE. The system or sewers are AVAILABLE if any premises abuts upon any street, road, alley, public way, or easement in which there is installed a sewer pipe, a main, lateral, or other structure or installation of the system capable of receiving flowable sewage wastes, or if such premises shall be situated within 100 feet of a system installation.
PREMISES. All places and properties where people live or congregate, or where flowable sewage wastes are otherwise generated, which should be drained and disposed of in the interests of public health, safety, and general welfare, and specifically includes, but not by way of limiting the generality of the foregoing: all homes; houses; apartments; hotels; motels; trailer camps; manufacturing, business, commercial, or industrial establishments; and other structures of any and every nature whatsoever.
SYSTEM, SANITARY SEWERS, or SEWERS. The municipal SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM of the city, which is a part of the city’s combined waterworks and sewer system.
(Ord. 3A-1990, passed 7-25-1990)
(A) Where and when the system is capable of receiving and disposing of the flowable sanitary system of, and is available to, any premises not already connected thereto, the city shall give written notice to the owner or occupant of such premises that a sanitary sewer connection is available, and that the premises shall be connected thereto within 90 days after the notice is given. All owners and occupants of premises where sewer service is presently or hereafter available shall, within 90 days from the date of the notice, connect therewith all sanitary sewage drain pipes and sewage outlets of such premises.
(B) All connections to the system shall be made under and in conformity with such regulations as the city may from time to time establish by ordinances or by resolution and municipal order. Failure to effect such connection within the prescribed time is declared to be unlawful and to constitute a public nuisance; and the same shall be abated, subject to the penalties hereinafter prescribed.
(C) No sewer tap or connection shall be made by any person, firm, or corporation except under the direction and supervision of the city’s Water Superintendent and Sewer Superintendent and in conformity with proper health standards. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as requiring the city to furnish a sewer connection or sewer service to any premises where a city sewer facility is not available at the time the application is made.
(Ord. 3A-1990, passed 7-25-1990) Penalty, see § 52.99
From and after the time when a sewer connection is made available to any premises, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to construct or maintain a privy, vault, cesspool, septic tank, or other similar contrivance for the reception of flowable sewage wastes, and all privies, vaults, cesspools, septic tanks and similar contrivances whereby flowable sewage wastes are cast, drained, or deposited into a container above or below the surface of the ground, or upon or into the soil, or into any running or percolating stream of water, or into any cistern or well, are hereby declared to be unlawful and to constitute a public nuisance; and the same shall be removed by the owners or occupants or all premises where the sewer connection is made available.
(Ord. 3A-1990, passed 7-25-1990) Penalty, see § 52.99
All architects, engineers, contractors, builders, or other persons who shall hereafter erect new premises where sewers are available shall, before erecting the same, exhibit to the city, through such officer or employee as may be designated from time to time for the purpose, satisfactory evidence that a means has been or will be provided for connecting all sanitary sewage drains and outlets from the building or structure with the system.
(Ord. 3A-1990, passed 7-25-1990) Penalty, see § 52.99
(A) No substances shall be placed or discharged into the system which will create a combustible, gaseous, explosive, or inflammable condition in the system, nor shall any substance or objects be placed or discharged into the system which will not be dissolved and which will thus cause an obstruction and clogging within the system. No petroleum products shall be placed or discharged into the system.
(B) No surface water drain shall be connected with the system, nor shall any storm or surface water be otherwise introduced into the system.
(Ord. 3A-1990, passed 7-25-1990) Penalty, see § 52.99
Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this subchapter, or failing or refusing to comply with the same, whether or not such person, firm, or corporation shall be the owner or the occupant of the premises involved, shall be proceeded against for committing a nuisance and shall be reported to the appropriate public health authorities.
(Ord. 3A-1990, passed 7-25-1990) Penalty, see § 52.99
(A) Whoever violates any provision of this chapter for which another penalty is not specifically provided shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than $500 for each offense. Each day’s continued violation shall constitute a separate offense.
(B) Any person, firm, or corporation violating any provision of § 52.01, or failing or refusing to comply after the 30-day notice, whether or not that person, firm, or corporation shall be the owner or the occupant of the premises involved, shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. In addition, the employees of the municipal water and sewer system shall cause the storm water drain to be disconnected from the city sanitary sewer system at the expense of the person, firm, or corporation in violation of that section, using either contract labor and equipment or labor and equipment provided by the municipal water and sewer system. The expenses for the disconnection will be added to the water and sewer bill of the person, firm, or corporation in violation. If such expenses remain unpaid for 60 days, that fact shall be certified to the City Clerk/Treasurer in the same manner as unpaid water collection bills, and shall cause water and sewage services to be disconnected.
(Ord. 1-1986, passed 4-28-1986)