CHAPTER 51: SEWERS
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
§ 51.001 DEFINITIONS.
   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)
§ 51.002 DISCHARGING OBJECTIONABLE WASTES WITHIN CITY.
   (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
§ 51.003 OWNER RESPONSIBLE TO INSTALL SUITABLE TOILET FACILITIES.
   (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
§ 51.004 DESTROYING OR TAMPERING WITH MUNICIPAL SEWAGE WORKS.
   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
§ 51.005 RIGHT OF ENTRY FOR PURPOSE OF INSPECTION.
   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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