Section
General Provisions
51.001 Definitions
51.002 Discharging objectionable wastes within city
51.003 Owner responsible to install suitable toilet facilities
51.004 Destroying or tampering with municipal sewage works
51.005 Right of entry for purpose of inspection
51.006 Notice of violation
51.007 Jurisdiction to provide sewer service within regulated territory
Private Sewage Disposal System
51.020 Definitions
51.021 Compliance with provisions required
51.022 Permit required before construction commences
51.023 Septic tanks and the like; specifications
51.024 Connecting building sewer to private sewage disposal system
51.025 When no public sewer system is available; specifications
51.026 Approval needed for installation of other systems
51.027 Correction of defects
51.028 Maintenance of private sewage disposal facilities
51.029 Connecting building sewer to public sewer
51.030 Noninterference with additional requirements
51.031 Written order to comply with regulations
51.032 Right of entry for purpose of inspection
51.033 Exceptions
51.034 Notice of violation
Building Sewers and Connections
51.045 Permit required
51.046 Classes of permits; fees
51.047 Costs to be borne by owner
51.048 Separate building sewer required for every building; exception
51.049 Use of old building sewers with new buildings
51.050 Connection of new buildings or subdivision to public combined or sanitary sewer
51.051 Pipe and joint specifications
51.052 Size and slope
51.053 Elevation of building sewer; alignment
51.054 Gravity flow of building drain to public sewer
51.055 Excavations; barricades and lights
51.056 Location of connection
51.057 Inspections; supervision of connections to public sewer
51.058 Contiguous buildings to petition for annexation prior to connection to city sewerage system
51.059 Requirement to install cleanouts
Use of Public Sewers
51.075 Discharge of stormwater and other unpolluted drainage
51.076 Prohibited discharges
51.077 Grease traps and grease interceptors
51.078 Review and approval of certain wastes into public sewers; preliminary treatment
51.079 Pretreatment or control facilities
51.080 Control manhole; measurements, tests and analyses
51.081 Industrial wastes; special agreements
Rates and Charges
51.100 Collection of rates and charges; Board to establish bylaws
51.101 Establishment of rates
51.102 Connection charges
51.103 Annual review of rate provisions
51.104 Penalty for late payment
Sewer Board
51.115 Establishment
51.116 Disputed customer accounts
51.117 Operating reserve account
51.118 Reporting requirements
Sanitary Sewer Connections
51.125 Definitions
51.126 Compliance
51.127 Inspection
51.128 Fine for non-compliance
51.129 Assessment against property
51.130 Non-Reverting Sewer Fund
51.131 Liability of user
51.132 Common Council powers
Residential and Commercial On-Site Sewage Disposal Systems
51.145 Applicability and administration
51.146 Definitions
51.147 Health hazard declared
51.148 Right on entry
51.149 Prohibited acts
51.150 Residential permits
51.151 Commercial permits
51.152 Permit denial
51.153 Permit revocation or modification
51.154 Licenses
51.155 Orders of the Health Officer and Board
51.156 Petition for review
51.157 Enforcement
51.158 Miscellaneous provisions
51.999 Penalty
Cross-reference:
Wastewater pretreatment, see Chapter 52
Statutory reference:
Authority to operate sewer system, see I.C. 36-9-2-17
Control and supervision of sewage works, see I.C. 36-9-23
GENERAL PROVISIONS
For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
B.O.D. (Denoting BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND). The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days at 20°C., expressed in parts per million by weight.
BUILDING DRAIN. That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge from soil waste, and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer, beginning five feet outside the innerface of the building wail.
BUILDING SEWER. The extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal.
COMBINED SEWER. A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
GARBAGE. Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES. The liquid wastes from industrial processes as distinguished from sanitary sewage.
INSPECTOR. The person or persons duly authorized by the city, through the Board of Public Works and Safety, to inspect and approve the installation of building sewers and their connection to the public sewer system.
NATURAL OUTLET. Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or ground water.
PERSON. Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation or group.
pH. The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE. The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food that has been shredded to the degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle greater than one-half inch in dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER. A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights and is controlled by public authority.
SANITARY SEWER. A sewer which carries sewage, and to which storm, surface and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGE. A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together with the ground, surface and storm waters as may be present.
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT. Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage.
SEWAGE WORKS. All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage.
SEWER. A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
STORM SEWER or STORM DRAIN. A sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage, but excludes sewage and polluted industrial wastes.
SUPERINTENDENT. The Superintendent of the Municipal Sewage Works of the city or his or her authorized deputy, agent or representative.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS. Solids that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension in water, sewage or other liquids, and which are removable by laboratory filtering.
WATERCOURSE. A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.
(Ord. G-58-34, passed 6-18-1958)
(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit to be deposited in an 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.
(B) It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the city, or in 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 subsequent provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. G-58-34, passed 6-18-1958; Ord. G-67-293, passed 6-5-1967) Penalty, see § 51.999
(A) The owner of all houses, buildings or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes situated within the city and abutting any street, alley or right-of-way in which there is now located, or may in the future be located, a public sewer of the city, is required at his or her expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein, and to connect the facilities directly with the public sanitary sewer in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, within 90 days after date of official notice to do so; provided that, the public sewer is within 100 feet of the property line.
(B) If it is discovered that the owner's sanitary sewer is connected to the storm sewer as a result of the 1998-99 Storm Water Survey, then any extension of the sewer line to the property line of the owner shall be at the city's expense.
(Ord. G-58-34, passed 6-18-1958; Ord. G-98-279, passed 11-19-1998) Penalty, see § 51.999
No unauthorized person shall maliciously, willfully or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance or equipment which is a part of the municipal sewage works. Any person violating this provision shall be subject to immediate arrest under charge of disorderly conduct.
(Ord. G-58-34, passed 6-18-1958) Penalty, see § 51.999
The Superintendent, inspector and other duly authorized employees of the city bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter upon all properties, at all reasonable times, for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. G-58-34, passed 6-18-1958)
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