(a) Bylaws, Rules and Regulations. Council shall, in accordance with the statutes of Ohio, make and enforce whatever bylaws, rules and regulations it may deem necessary for the safe, economical and efficient management of the Village’s Sewage Works, for the construction and use of building sewers and connections to the sewerage system, in general, for the implementation of the provisions of this ordinance.
(b) Requirements for Connecting the Public Sewers.
(1) No owner or occupant of any real property shall tap or drain either directly or indirectly into any public sewer until a sewer tap permit has been obtained and until he has satisfied his obligation to pay all assessments, reimbursements or pro rata shares of sewer extension costs lain against that property for public sewers installed to serve it. A tap permit given in error or sewerage service charges billed to a property in error shall not operate to nullify any such obligation that has been duly recorded.
(2) The Village shall have the authority to require an owner of real property to disconnect from a building sewer which drains into a sanitary sewer any downspouts, yard drains or other drains which carry the runoff of natural precipitation. Property owners shall have thirty days after notice to comply with any such requirements. The Village shall not authorize any tap permit which will cause excess flow, BOD and/or Suspended Solid loading of the wastewater treatment plant, force mains, lift stations or sewers.
(c) Extensions of Sewers Outside Corporate Limits. The installation, construction or extension of sewers by the Village outside the corporate limits of New Concord and the connection or extension of sewers into the Village’s sewerage system from, by or for properties located outside such limits shall be prohibited, except upon prior approval by the Village Administrator and by the Council of the Village of New Concord.
(d) Connections to Sewerage System by Certain Out-of-Village Properties. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (c) hereof, the Village shall have the authority to permit a property located outside the corporate limits of New Concord to connect to an existing sewer which is part of the Village’s sewerage system, provided the property abuts, adjoins and is immediately contiguous to the street, alley or easement in which such sewer is located and provided the property owner or occupant has complied with the conditions set out in subsection (b) hereof.
(e) Violations and Penalties.
(1) Any person found to be violating or failing to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter shall be served by the Village with a written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for its satisfactory correction. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in the notice, permanently cease all violations.
(2) Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the stated time limit shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine in an amount of $50.00. Each day in which any such violation shall continue shall be deemed a separate offense. Any person violating any of the provisions of the paragraphs set out above and convicted thereof shall become liable to the Village for any expense, loss or damage occasioned the Village by reason of such violation.
(f) The Village shall prohibit any new connections from inflow sources into the sanitary sewer portions of the sewerage system and shall ensure that new sewers and connections to the sanitary sewers are properly designed and connected.
(g) Terms. The terms of this chapter shall be applicable to all users in the service area.
(h) Amendments. The Village reserves the right to amend this chapter, including the users charges and/or surcharges herein established, in part or in whole, as provided and permitted by the Statutes of the State of Ohio, whenever it may deem it necessary.
(Ord. D-12-94-1. Passed 12-12-94.)