(A) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any storm water, surface water, ground water, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, cooling water or unpolluted industrial process water to any sanitary sewer.
(B) Storm water and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as storm sewers, or to a natural outlet approved by the Village Administrator. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged upon approval of the Village Administrator to a storm sewer or natural outlet.
(C) Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described waters or wastes to any public sewer.
(1) Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150°F.
(2) Any water or waste which may contain more that 25 parts per million, by weight of fat, oil or grease.
(3) Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas.
(4) Any garbage that has not been properly shredded.
(5) Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, paunch manure or any other solid or viscous substances capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interference with the proper operation of the sewage works.
(6) Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 6.5 or higher than 9.0, or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment and personnel of the sewage works.
(7) Any waters or wastes containing a toxic, metal or poisonous substance in sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals, or create any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment plant.
(8) Any waters or wastes containing suspended solids of such character and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required to handle such materials at the sewage treatment plant.
(9) Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable of creating a public nuisance.
(10) No phosphorus that exceeds more than five ppm.
(11) No ammonia that exceeds more than 30 ppm.
(D) (1) Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion of the Village Administrator, they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts or any flammable wastes, sand and other harmful ingredients; except that such interceptors shall not be required for private living quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors shall be a type and capacity approved by the Village Administrator, and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection.
(2) Grease and oil interceptors shall be constructed of impervious materials capable of withstanding abrupt and extreme changes in temperature. They shall be of substantial construction, water-tight and equipped with easily removable covers which, when bolted in place shall be gas-tight and water-tight.
(E) Where installed, all grease, oil, and sand interceptors shall be maintained by the owner, at his or her expense, in continuously efficient operation at all times.
(F) The admission into the public sewers of any waters or wastes having: (a) a five-day biochemical oxygen demand greater that 200 parts per million by weight; or (b) containing more that 240 parts per million by weight of suspended solids; or (c) containing any quantity of substances having the characteristics described in the Ohio EPA Sludge Regulations, Section 503; or (d) having an average daily flow greater that 2% of the average sewage flow of the village, shall be subject to the review and approval of the Village Administrator. Where necessary in the opinion of the Village Administrator, the owner shall provide, at his or her expense, such preliminary treatment as may be necessary to: (a) reduce the biochemical oxygen demand to 200 parts per million and the suspended solids to 240 parts per million by weight; or (b) reduce objectionable characteristics or constituents to within the maximum limits provided for in the Ohio EPA Sludge Regulations, Section 503; or (c) control the quantities and rates of discharge of such waters or wastes. Plans, specifications and any other pertinent information relating to the proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted for the approval of the Village Administrator and of the EPA of the State of Ohio, and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced until such approvals are obtained in writing.
(G) Where preliminary treatment facilities are providing for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in a satisfactory and effective operation by the owner at his or her expense.
(H) When required by the Village Administrator, the owner of any property served by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable control manhole in the building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of the wastes. Such manhole, when required, shall be accessibly and safely located, and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the Village Administrator. The manhole shall be installed by the owner at his or her expense and shall be maintained so as to be safe and accessible at all times.
(I) All measurements, tests, and analyses of the characteristics of water and wastes to which reference is made in the above text shall be determined in accordance with Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage, and shall be determined at the control manhole provided or upon suitable samples taken at said control manhole. In the event that no special manhole has been required, the control manhole shall be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in the public sewer to the point at which the building sewer is connected.
(J) No statement contained in this section shall be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the village and any industrial concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted by the village for treatment, subject to payment therefor by the industrial concern.
(Ord. 2005-3-7, passed 4-12-05) Penalty, see §52.99