(a) It shall be unlawful to discharge into any natural outlet within the Village or in any area under the jurisdiction of the Village, any wastewater or other polluted water.
(b) It shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool, or other facility intended or used for the disposal of wastewater without first obtaining the required permits from the Village.
(c) No person, firm, or corporation shall discharge or cause to be discharged any storm water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, cooling water, or unpolluted industrial process water to any sanitary sewer. Where public sewers specifically designated by the Village as storm sewers are reasonably available, any storm water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, cooling water, or unpolluted industrial process waters shall be discharged to such public storm sewers, such connection to be made by the landowner at the landowner's expense. A separate and independent pipeline to the public sewer shall be provided for each lot.
(d) It shall be unlawful to discharge into the building sanitary sewer the surface water which collects in basement or foundation excavations. If the building sanitary sewer is complete before the plumbing can be connected thereto, the building or sewer tapper shall keep the end of the building sanitary sewer tightly closed with a plumber's plug or other watertight plug.
(e) (1) The owner(s) of all houses, building, or properties used for human occupancy, employment recreation, or other purposes, situated within the Village and abutting on any street, alley, or right-of-way in which there is now located or may in the future be located a public sanitary or combined sewer of the Village, is hereby required at the owner's expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein, and to connect such facilities directly to the proper public sewer in accordance with the rules and regulations within sixty days after the date of official notice to do so, provided the foundation wall of the structure from which sewage or other wastes originated is less than ten feet from the nearest boundary of the right-of-way within which the sewer is located. Separate and independent pipeline to the public sewer shall be provided for each lot.
(2) Where a "clean-out" is installed within the village right of way, the village shall assume ownership and maintenance responsibility for the public sewer system ending at the clean-out; and the abutting property owner shall retain maintenance responsibility of the pipeline from the clean-out onto the owner's private property. Where a clean-out is not installed within the village right of way, the village shall assume ownership and maintenance responsibility for the public sewer system to the edge of the right of way; and the abutting property owner shall retain maintenance responsibility of the pipeline on the owner's private property.
(f) No person, firm, or corporation shall be permitted to connect to or discharge wastewater to the Village sewage system unless it has been determined by the Village that there is sufficient capacity in the system to collect, convey, and treat the proposed wastewater discharge of such person, firm, or corporation.
(g) All new or replacement sewers that are now connected to or that will be connected to the Village sewage collections system and thereby discharging to the wastewater treatment plant shall have pipe and joints that meet the requirements of ASTM C700, ASTM C 425, ASTMD 3034, ASTM D 3212, ASTM C76, ASTM C 443, ASNI/AWWA C151/A21.51 AND ANSI/AWWA C111/A21.11, and such pipes shall be a minimum of six inches (6") in diameter from the juncture where they connect to the Village sewer within the right of way, back to within three feet of the foundation on the property owner's land.
(h) (1) The Village Administrator shall adopt regulations describing when a sewage pumping system may be required as a condition of connecting to the public sewer and specifications describing the type of pumping system(s) which will be permitted to connect to the public sewer; and such regulations and specifications shall be maintained for public inspection.
(2) No person, firm, or corporation shall connect a sewage pumping system which is not in compliance with such regulations and specifications to the Village's public sewer system.
(i) The holder of a permit to tap-in into a village sanitary or storm sewer shall notify the administrator or his designee when the permit holder is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the direct inspection of the Village Administrator or his designee and shall not be covered without the inspector's consent.
(j) All excavations by a permit holder for public sewer tap-ins shall, at the permit holder's expense, be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from any attendant hazards; and streets, sidewalks, tree lawns, and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored to their previous condition.
(Ord. 2017-12. Passed 8-28-17.)