(A) No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, basement wall seepage or floor seepage, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains, or other surface runoff or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer. Any such connections which already exist on the effective date of this chapter shall be completely and permanently disconnected within sixty (60) days of the effective date of this chapter. The owners of any building sewers having such connections, leaks or defects shall bear all costs incidental to removal of such sources. Pipes, sumps, and pumps for such sources of ground and surface water shall be separate from wastewater facilities. Removal of such sources of water without presence of separate facilities shall be evidence of drainage to public sanitary sewer.
(B) Floor, basement or crawl space drains which are lower than ground surfaces surrounding the building shall not be connected to the building sanitary sewer. No sanitary inlet which is lower than six (6) inches above the top of the two adjacent public sanitary sewer manholes shall be connected by direct drainage to the building sanitary sewer.
(C) Construction of new combined sewers and the introduction of inflow sources to the sanitary sewer system is strictly prohibited by this chapter. All new construction tributary to the combined sewer system must be designed such that inflow contribution to the combined sewer system is minimized and/or delayed as much as is possible. The domestic waste connection(s) of any new buildings constructed after the effective date of this chapter must be distinct from the building inflow connection in order to facilitate disconnection if a storm sewer becomes available.
(Ord. 14:95, passed 5-25-95; Am. Ord. 5:96, passed 3-12-96)