(a) No person shall place, deposit or permit to be deposited in an unsanitary manner upon public or private property within the Village, or in any area under the jurisdiction of such Village, any human excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste.
(b) No person shall discharge to any natural outlet within the Village or in any area under the jurisdiction of such Village, any sanitary sewage, industrial wastes or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this chapter.
(c) Except as hereinafter provided in this chapter, it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage.
(d) Every owner or occupant of any property, which is convenient of access to or bounds or abuts upon any sanitary sewer in this Village, shall make adequate connections with such sanitary sewers. Such sanitary sewer connections must be made within nine months of the sewer availability, according to the regulations of Council and by proper underground connections. In any case where there is failure by the property owner to comply with the foregoing, notice shall be given to such owner, tenant or occupant to make such connections forthwith, and if, within such nine months time of the sewer availability such connection is not made, the Village shall then proceed to make such connection at the expense of the owner and assess it upon the property.
(e) In all cases where property is served by an adequate sanitary sewer, the failure on the part of the property owner to connect into the sanitary sewer within the required nine months shall then necessitate the Village to charge the property owner such sanitary sewer charges as are currently in effect and to collect same according to the regulations of the Department of Water and Wastewater Treatment.
(f) 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.
(g) Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as storm drain or to a natural outlet approved by the Administrator and other regulatory agencies. Unpolluted industrial cooling water or process waters may be discharged on approval by the Administrator to a storm sewer, or natural outlet.
(h) No person shall deposit septage into a public sewer, storm sewer, sanitary sewer or drainage systems. Septage shall be transported to the wastewater treatment plant and disposed of in a manner acceptable to the Administrator.
(i) Each user shall provide protection from accidental discharge of prohibited or limited substances regulated by this chapter. Facilities to prevent accidental discharge of substances shall be provided when required by the Administrator and maintained at the owner or user's own cost and expense. Detailed plans showing facilities and operating procedures to provide this protection shall be submitted to the Administrator for review, and shall be approved by the local government before construction of the facility. Review and approval of such plans and operating procedures shall not relieve the responsibility to modify the facility as necessary to meet the requirements of this chapter.
(j) In the case of an accidental discharge, it is the responsibility of the user to immediately telephone and notify the Administrator of the incident. The notification shall include location of discharge, type of waste, concentration and volume, and corrective actions. Within five days following an accidental discharge; the user shall submit to the Administrator a detailed written report describing the cause of the discharge and the measures to be taken to prevent similar future occurrences. Such notification shall not relieve the user of any expense, loss, damage, or other liability which may be incurred as a result of damage to the wastewater disposal system, fish kills, or any other damage to person or property; nor shall such notification relieve the user of any fines, civil penalties, or other liability which may be imposed by this chapter or other applicable law.
(k) A notice shall be permanently posted on the user's bulletin board or other prominent place advising employees whom to call in the event of a dangerous discharge. Employers shall insure that all employees who may cause such a discharge to occur or suffer from the discharge are advised of the emergency notification procedure.
(Ord. 930-3-93. Passed 3-12-93.)