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(a) No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Service Director.
(b) There shall be two classes of building sewer permits:
(1) For residential and commercial service; and
(2) For service to establishments producing industrial wastes.
In either case, the owner or his agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the City. The permit application shall be submitted with any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Service Director.
(3) Permit and inspection fees for a sanitary sewer connection or building sewer shall be as follows:
A. Each sanitary sewer connection: | |
1. For residential or commercial service | $50.00 |
2. For service to establishments producing industrial wastes subject to the requirements of Chapter 917 | 60.00 |
B. Each ten lineal feet or fraction thereof building sewer | 10.00 |
C. Each manhole, inspection chamber, sampling chamber or similar structure | 50.00 |
Such fees shall be paid to the City at the time the application is filed.
The building sewer permit shall be issued to the applicant upon approval of plans submitted for such construction. Construction involving openings or excavations in any street, boulevard, avenue or other public place in the City shall be pursuant to Chapter 901. Construction shall be made in accordance with the plans approved by the City Engineer for such construction which plans shall thereafter remain on file with the City Engineering Department as a permanent public record.
In no case shall such work be commenced and prosecuted unless such permit is issued and is on the premises of and in the possession of the person doing the work authorized by the permit. Each permit shall give the correct name and number of house, building or establishment and the lot or sublot upon which the same is located for the work provided for in the permit. Information shall be so stated on the permit as to sufficiently define by description the premises to be so served and clearly delineate the location of the premises to be so served upon the map of the City's sewage system.
(c) All costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the City for any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
(d) In the case of industrial waste permits, the owner shall provide at his expense a sampling manhole installed between the building and the public sewer connection and shall further provide a list of all chemicals used, manufacturing processes used and composition of the effluent to be discharged, to the Service Director. The owner shall comply with all additional requirements set forth in Chapter 917.
(e) A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for each unit of a condominium building consisting of three units or less, and for every building, except that where one building stands at the rear of an existing building, other than a condominium, on an interior lot and no private sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley, court, yard or driveway, the building sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer.
(f) Old building sewers may not be used in connection with new buildings.
No more than one building sewer may be tied into a riser from the sewer main.
(g) The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements as established by the County Sanitary Engineering Department, or by the ordinances of the City, whichever is more restrictive.
(h) The size, slope, alignment and materials of construction of a building sewer and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing and backfilling the trench shall all conform to the requirements as established by the County Sanitary Engineering Department, or by the ordinances of the City, whichever is more restrictive. All trenches shall include a clay or concrete collar to serve as an anti-seep cut-off wall to prevent migration of groundwater from the public sewer trench to building footer drains.
(i) Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such building shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer. The basement floor of a house or building shall be not less than five feet above the top of the sanitary sewer pipe where the building sewer connects to the public sewer unless the sewage is lifted by an approved means. The basement floor of a house or building shall be not less than one foot above the top of the storm sewer pipe or other approved drainage outlet unless the storm drainage system is equipped with a sump pump with an approved surface relief valve. A surface relief valve may not be added to an existing system unless the City Engineer approves the condition of the existing storm connection to the public storms sewer.
(j) No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, runaway drains or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater to a building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
(k) The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Service Director twenty- four hours before commencement of construction of the building sewer. The construction of the building sewer and the connection to the public sewer shall be made under the supervision of the Service Director or his representative.
(l) All excavations for building sewer installations shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be promptly restored in a manner satisfactory to the City.
(Ord. 2017-83. Passed 12-19-17.)
(Ord. 2017-83. Passed 12-19-17.)
(a) Tap-In Charge Required. Except in the case of property owned by the City, no person, corporation, partnership or association whatsoever shall connect any building or other structure either directly or indirectly with a sewer included in the sanitary sewer system for the purpose of discharging sanitary sewage and industrial wastes therefrom, as prescribed by the Service Director, the construction of which was commenced after the dates set forth in subsection (b) hereof, without first depositing in cash, or by certified check payable to the City, a tap-in charge determined in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) hereof.
(b) Schedule of Tap-In Charge Rates. The Service Director shall not issue a permit for the purpose described in subsection (a) hereof until the applicant for such permit shall have deposited in cash, or by certified check payable to the City, a tap-in charge to be determined in accordance with the following schedules, which are based upon standard costs of constructing a sewer designed to provide immediate local sewer service, except in the case of those sewers for the sanitary sewer system where an aggregate assessment equivalent to the cost of constructing an eight-inch sewer, less the City's portion of such cost, has been levied or will be made pursuant to appropriation proceedings.
SCHEDULE A
(Residential)
For sanitary sewers constructed after February 8, 1965, and prior to the date established in Schedule C hereof:
Single-family residence. | $900.00 base charge |
For single-family residence location lots where the frontage exceeds sixty feet, an additional charge of $15.00 per foot for each foot in excess of sixty feet. Multiple-family residences, including apartments | |
$800.00 base charge for each family unit if there are not more than two family units; $775.00 base charge for each family unit if there are more than two but not more than four family units, and $750.00 for each family unit if there are more than four family units. | |
For multiple-family residences located on lots where the frontage exceeds 120 feet, an additional charge of $15.00 per foot for each foot in excess of 120 feet. |
SCHEDULE B
(Commercial and Industrial Establishments)
For sanitary sewers constructed after February 8, 1965 and prior to the date established in Schedule D hereof, except as hereinafter provided, the following tap-in charges shall be applicable depending upon the size of the water meter installed or to be installed:
Water Meter Size (Inches) | Charge |
5/8 | $900.00 |
3/4 | 1,350.00 |
1 | 2,025.00 |
1-1/2 | 3,600.00 |
2 | 5,400.00 |
However, if the water to be used on the premises is not and will not be measured by a water meter, the Service Director shall, on the basis of accepted engineering practices and, further, on the basis of requirements of similar or comparable establishments, determine the size of a water meter that would be required to serve the premises. The meter size so determined shall be used in calculating the charge under the foregoing Schedule B.
SCHEDULE C
(Residential)
For sanitary sewers constructed after August 1, 1968:
Single-family residence. | $1,200.00 base charge |
For single residences located on lots where the frontage exceeds sixty feet, an additional charge of $15.00 per foot for each foot in excess of sixty feet. |
SCHEDULE D
(Commercial and Industrial Establishments)
For sanitary sewers constructed after August 1, 1968, except as hereinafter provided, the following tap-in charges shall be applicable, depending upon the size of the water meter installed or to be installed:
Water Meter Size (Inches) | Charge |
5/8 | $1,200.00 |
3/4 | 1,800.00 |
1 | 3,000.00 |
1-1/2 | 4,800.00 |
2 | 7,200.00 |
However, if the water to be used on the premises is not and will not be measured by a water meter, the Service Director shall, on the basis of accepted engineering practices and, further, on the basis of requirements of similar or comparable establishments, determine the size of a water meter that would be required to serve the premises. The meter size so determined shall be used in calculating the charge under the foregoing Schedules B and D.
(c) Permit and Charges in Addition to Other Requirements. The permit and charges provided for in subsections (a) and (b) hereof shall be in addition to any other permits and charges required by any other legislation and regulations of the City.
(d) Penalty. Any person, natural or corporate, who violates any provision of subsection (a) or (b) hereof, shall be fined twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per day for any such violation, and each day's continued violation shall constitute a separate offense.
(e) Disposition of Moneys. All charges collected pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) hereof shall be deposited in the Sewer Revenue Fund established by Section 4 of the Mortgage Revenue Bond Ordinance (Ordinance 3146, passed November 3, 1960) authorizing the issuance of one million five hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($1,525,000) first mortgage sewerage system revenue bonds.
(Ord. 2017-83. Passed 12-19-17.)
(a) Tap-In Charge Required. From and after January 1, 1972, no person, corporation, public agency, partnership or association whatsoever shall connect, or cause to be connected, any building or other structure in the City either directly or indirectly with the municipal sanitary sewerage system for the purpose of discharging sanitary sewerage or industrial waste therefrom without first securing from the Service Director a permit for such purpose in a form prescribed by the Director and without first paying a tap-in charge determined in accordance with the provision of subsection (b) hereof.
(b) Schedule of Tap-In Charges Based on Benefited Units. The Service Director shall not issue a permit for the purpose described in subsection (a) hereof until the applicant therefor has paid a tap-in charge to be determined in accordance with the following:
If Permit Obtained From: | Benefited Unit of One | |
Property in City of North Olmsted or City of Fairview Park | Property in Olmsted Township | |
From September 1, 1994 to June 30, 1995 | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,675.00 |
From July 1, 1995 to July 1, 1998 | Tap-in charge to increase ten percent (10%) rounded to nearest dollar, on July 1 of each year to July 1, 1998. | |
From July 2, 1998 and thereafter | Maintain tap-in charge of July 1, 1998 |
Such incremental charges are designed to offset in part the interest costs incurred by the City in issuing notes and bonds and the loan from the Ohio Water Development Authority to pay the cost of construction improvements and extensions to the sewerage system which were not recovered by special assessments.
The number of benefited units for various uses shall be determined according to the following schedule:
TAP-IN SCHEDULE
USE | NO. OF UNITS |
Single family residence | 1.0 |
Two or more family dwellings | |
Efficiency and one bedroom units | 0.50 per unit |
Two bedroom units | 0.75 per unit |
Three or more bedroom units | 1.00 per unit |
Senior residence structures (buildings designed exclusively for the elderly in accordance with the provisions of the Zoning Code for a Senior Residence District) | |
Independent living dwelling units: | |
Two or more bedroom units | 0.35 per unit |
One bedroom units | 0.20 per unit |
Assisted living dwelling units: | |
Two or more bedroom units | 0.40 per unit |
One bedroom units | 0.25 per unit |
Assembly area (with seating) | 0.10 per 100 S.F. |
Beauty and barber shops | 0.15 per 100 S.F. |
Bowling alleys | 0.25 per lane |
Car washes | |
Automatic | 2.50 per bay |
Self-serve | 3.00 per bay |
Churches | 0.015 per seat |
Dance floors and other assembly areas without seats | 0.15 per 100 S.F. |
Day care centers | 0.10 per 100 S.F. |
Drive-in theaters | 0.02 per car space |
Exercise rooms and areas | 0.06 per 100 S.F. |
Factories and laboratories | 0.10 per 100 S.F. |
Food service operations | |
Ordinary restaurants | 0.12 per seat |
24-hour and drive-in restaurants | 0.18 per seat |
Taverns (limited meal service) | 0.10 per seat |
Hazardous material areas | 4.00 per 100 S.F. |
Hospitals | |
In-patient room areas | 0.80 per bed |
Out-patient and treatment areas | 0.60 per 100 S.F. |
Other institutional use | 0.30 per 100 S.F. |
Laundries | 2.00 per washing machine |
Libraries | 0.02 per 100 S.F. |
Motels or hotels | 0.30 per room |
Nursing and rest room patient areas | 0.50 per bed |
Office buildings | |
General | 0.03 per 100 S.F. |
Medical and dental | 0.10 per 100 S.F. |
Parking garage and automobile showroom | 0.15 per 100 S.F. |
Retail stores | |
General merchandise less than 100,000 square feet | 0.06 per 100 S.F. |
Food and grocery stores less than 100,000 square feet | 0.09 per 100 S.F. |
Retail or wholesale stores 100,000 square feet or more | 0.12 per 100 S.F. |
Schools | |
Elementary classrooms | 0.10 per 100 S.F. |
Other classrooms | 0.12 per 100 S.F. |
Swimming pools and deck areas | 0.08 per 100 S.F. |
Trailer homes | 0.80 per trailer |
Vehicle repair areas | |
Light repairs (batteries, mufflers, tires, etc.) | 1.00 per bay |
Major repairs (engine rebuilding, etc.) | 2.00 per bay |
Paint spray areas | 2.50 per bay |
Warehouses or stock rooms | 0.03 per 100 S.F. |
Explanatory Notes:
(1) This schedule establishes a ratio to a standard unit, that of a single-family residence, for the purpose of calculating the sewer tap-in charge. The ratio multiplied by the item measured (square foot, seat bay, etc.) shall be calculated to the nearest one-tenth unit. The tap-in charge will then be calculated by multiplying the number of benefitted units by the rate per unit applicable at such time.
(2) Uses not specifically listed shall be classified in accordance with the most similar listed use. No reduction in square footage shall be made for fixtures or equipment.
(3) For a building with more than one use, the sewer tap-in charge shall be calculated separately for each and summed for a total tap-in charge with the exception that:
A. For non-simultaneous main uses such as found in school and church facilities, as determined by the Service Director, each main use in the facilities shall be separately calculated and the largest individual value shall be used to calculate the fee.
B. For minor accessory uses, such areas may be omitted from the calculations if it is determined that such areas do not have an adverse impact on the volume or type of sewage flow.
C. For a shell building, a base tap-in fee shall be charged for the entire building based on the lowest tap-in ratio for a mixed use building. When a permit is issued for interior plans, if the proposed use has a higher tap-in ratio, the additional fee shall be paid at that time.
(4) When a building or portion of a building is changed from one use to another, additional tap-in fees will be charged if the new use has a higher tap-in ratio or will cause an increase in the strength or amount of pollutants in the sewage. Failure to disclose the actual use of the building or to disclose a change in use of the building will result in the levying of a twenty- five percent surcharge in addition to the normal fee.
(5) For any building subject to the provisions of the Community Reinvestment Act of the State of Ohio for which the calculated tap-in fee exceeds ten thousand dollars ($10,000), the Mayor may negotiate a payment schedule not to exceed ten years.
A. Charges Are Additional. The permits and charges provided for in this section shall not be deemed to preclude the subsequent levy of assessments against benefitted properties to provide funds for the construction of sanitary sewers required to provide local sewer service to such properties, and the permit and charges provided for by this section shall be in addition to any other permits and charges required by any other legislation and regulations of the City, including but not limited to the tap-in charge imposed by Section 911.08 for local sewer service for a connection to a sewer for which the property served by such connection was not specially assessed for local sewer service.
B. Disconnection for Violation. In the event that the Service Director ascertains that any property has been connected directly or indirectly to the municipal sewerage system in violation of the provisions of this section, the Director is authorized to disconnect such property, or have the same disconnected, until such violation ceases. The City shall be reimbursed by the violator for expenses incurred by the City in making such disconnection.
C. Penalty. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) a day for any such violation and each day during or on which such violation continues shall be a separate offense.
D. Disposition of Moneys. All charges collected pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be paid over as received to the Director of Finance for deposit in the Sewer Revenue Fund. Subject to the provisions of any ordinance or indenture of mortgage authorizing the issuance of and securing mortgage revenue bonds for the sanitary sewer system, moneys in such Fund shall be used for the payment of the cost and expense of operation, maintenance, repair and management of the system and for the payment of debt and other charges on bonds, notes and other obligations issued or incurred for the construction of or improvements to the system, and any surplus in the Fund, over and above the requirements hereinbefore mentioned, may be used for enlargements of and replacements to the system and parts thereof.
(Ord. 2017-83. Passed 12-19-17.)
(Ord. 2017-83. Passed 12-19-17.)
No person, corporation, public agency, partnership or association whatsoever shall connect, or cause to be connected, any building or other structure, located in any area of Olmsted Township in which the City, by agreement with Cuyahoga County or otherwise provides sanitary sewer services, either directly or indirectly, with the Municipal sanitary sewerage system for the purpose of discharging sanitary sewage or industrial waste therefrom, without first securing a permit for such purpose in a form prescribed by the Service Director and without first paying a tap-in charge determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 911.09(b). In addition, all such owners of property located in Olmsted Township shall comply with all other provisions of Chapter 911 and any other City ordinances governing the use, operation and maintenance of the City's sanitary sewer system.
(Ord. 2017-83. Passed 12-19-17.)
(Ord. 2017-83. Passed 12-19-17.)
The Service Director shall limit connections into sewer lines if sufficient capacity to handle and treat additional wastewater is unavailable in the system.
(a) Any person applying for a permit to connect to a public sewer shall provide, with the application for such building sewer permit, sufficient data, as required by the Service Director, regarding the location and amount of flow to be conveyed to the public sewer.
(b) Any costs associated with subsection (a) hereof shall be borne by the person applying for the building sewer permit.
(Ord. 2017-83. Passed 12-19-17.)
(a) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater, surface water, ground water, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, uncontaminated cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer.
(b) Stormwater, surface drainage, subsurface drainage, groundwater, roof runoff, cooling 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 City Engineer. No persons shall use any such sewers without first having obtained the consent and permits from the City Engineer.
(1) Industrial cooling water or unpolluted processed waters may be discharged, on approval of the City Engineer, to a storm sewer or natural outlet.
(2) Roof runoff is required to be directed by a downspout or roof drain away from a building by means of underground storm sewer piping. Such storm sewer piping shall be constructed in accordance with standards set by the City Engineer and shall discharge to a storm sewer. In the event that a storm sewer is not readily available, as determined by the City Engineer, to serve storm sewer piping for roof runoff, then such roof runoff may be discharged by underground storm sewer piping to a ditch or stream or to a leaching bed designed and constructed in accordance with standards set by the City Engineer. Splash blocks may only be used when authorized under the provisions of Section 911.19, or for small roof areas such as sheds or garages accessory to existing single family residences when approved by the City Engineer, and no water is allowed to drain onto adjacent property, accumulate in depressions or otherwise become a public hazard or nuisance.
(c) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described waters or wastes into any public sewers:
(1) Any wastewater having a temperature which will inhibit biological activity in the POTW treatment plant resulting in interference; but in no case, wastewater with a temperature at the introduction into the POTW which exceeds forty degrees Centigrade, 104 degrees Fahrenheit.
(2) Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other flammable or explosive liquids, solids or gases which by reason of their nature or quantity are or may be sufficient, either alone or by interaction, to cause fire or explosion or be injurious in any other way to the operation of the POTW. Under no circumstances shall the flashpoint of any discharge be less than 140 degrees Fahrenheit or sixty degrees Centigrade as measured using the closed cup test method specified in 40 CFR 261.21.
(3) Any discharge of petroleum oil, nonbiodegradeable cutting oil or products of mineral oil origin in amounts that can cause interference or pass through; but in no case, water or wastes containing free oils, emulsified oils and grease exceeding an average of 100 parts per million or 833 pounds per million gallons.
(4) Any waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous solids, liquids or gases in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with other wastes, to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals, create a public nuisance or create any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment plant, including cyanides.
(5) Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. The installation and operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a motor of three-fourths horsepower, 0.76 hp metric, or greater shall be subject to the review and approval of the Building Commissioner.
(6) Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar plastics, wood paunch, manure, hair and fleshings, entrails, lime slurry, lime residues, chemical residues, paint residues, cannery waste, bulk solids or any other solid or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interference with proper operation of the sewage works.
(7) Any waters or wastes containing TSS of such character and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required to handle such materials at the sewage treatment plant, or any substance which may cause the POTW's effluent or treatment residues, sludges or scums, to be unsuitable for reclamation and reuse or to interfere with the reclamation process.
(8) Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable of creating a public nuisance, or substances causing the release of noxious or poisonous gases after discharge into the public sewer system, or which result in the presence of toxic gases, vapors or fumes within the POTW in a quantity that may cause acute worker health and safety problems.
(9) Any waters or wastes containing strong acid iron pickling wastes or concentrated plating solutions, whether neutralized or not.
(10) Any waters or wastes containing iron, chromium, copper, zinc and similar objectionable or toxic substances; or wastes exerting an excessive chlorine requirement, to such degree that any such material received in the composite sewage at the sewage treatment works exceeds the limits established by the Service Director as authorized in Chapter 917 for such materials, and which might cause the POTW to violate its NPDES and/or other disposal system permits.
(11) Any waters or wastes containing phenols or other taste or odor-producing substances, in such concentrations exceeding limits which may be established by the Service Director as necessary, after treatment of the composite sewage, to meet the requirements of State, Federal or other public agencies of jurisdiction for such discharge to the receiving waters, and which might cause the POTW to violate its NPDES and/or other disposal system permits.
(12) Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration as may exceed limits established by the Service Director in compliance with applicable State or Federal regulations.
(13) Any waters or wastes having a pH of less than 5.5 or in excess of 9.0. Unless authorized by the Superintendent or Service Director.
(14) Materials which exert or cause:
A. Unusual concentrations of inert TSS such as, but not limited to, Fullers earth, lime slurries and lime residues, or of dissolved solids such as, but not limited to, sodium chloride and sodium sulfate.
B. Excessive discoloration such as, but not limited to, dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions.
C. Unusual biochemical oxygen demand, TSS, or chlorine requirements in such quantities as to constitute a significant load on the sewage treatment works.
D. Unusual volume of flow or concentration of wastes constituting "slugs" as defined in Section 911.03(81).
(15) Waters or wastes containing substances which are not amenable to treatment or reduction by the sewage treatment processes employed or are amenable to treatment only to such degree that the sewage treatment plant effluent cannot meet the requirements of other agencies having jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving waters.
(16) Any water or waste that for a duration of fifteen minutes has a concentration greater than three times that which is specified for TSS and BOD under Section 911.14 and/or which is discharged continuously at a rate exceeding 200 gallons per minute, will be unacceptable.
(d) If any waters or wastes are discharged or are proposed to be discharged to the public sewers, which waters contain the substance or possess the characteristics enumerated in subsection (c) hereof, and which, in the judgment of the Service Director may have a deleterious effect upon the sewage works, processes, equipment or receiving waters, or which otherwise create a hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance, the Service Director may:
(1) Reject the wastes;
(2) Require pretreatment to an acceptable condition in accordance with guidelines adopted in the ordinances of this City for discharge into the public sewers;
(3) Require control over quantities and rates of discharge; and/or
(4) Require payment to cover the added cost of handling and treatment of the wastes not covered by existing taxes or sewer charges under the provisions of subsection (i) hereof.
If the Service Director permits the pretreatment or equalization of waste flows, the design and installation of the plants and equipment shall be subject to the review and approval of the City Engineer and subject to the requirements of all applicable codes, ordinances and laws.
(e) Where preliminary treatment or flow-equalizing facilities are provided for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner at his expense to the approval of the Service Director.
(f) Each person discharging industrial wastes into a public sewer shall construct and maintain one or more control manholes or access points to facilitate observation, measurement and sampling of his wastes, including domestic sewage.
(1) Control manholes or access facilities shall be located and built in a manner acceptable to the Service Director. If measuring devices are to be permanently installed they shall be of a type acceptable to the Service Director.
(2) Control manholes, access facilities and related equipment shall be installed by the person discharging the waste, at his expense, and shall be maintained by him so as to be in safe condition, accessible and in proper operating condition at all times. Plans for the installation of the control manholes or access facilities and related equipment shall be approved by the City Engineer prior to the beginning of construction.
(g) All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in this chapter shall be determined in accordance with "Standard Methods", as defined in Section 911.03(83), and in accordance with 40 CFR 136 entitled "Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for Analysis of Pollutants," and shall be determined at the control manhole provided or upon suitable samples taken at such 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. Sampling shall be carried out by customarily accepted methods to reflect the effect of constituents upon the sewage works and to determine the existence of hazards to life, limb and property. The particular analysis involved will determine whether a twenty-four hour composite of all outfalls of a premise is appropriate or whether a grab sample or samples should be taken. Normally, but not always, BOD and TSS analyses are obtained from twenty-four hour composites of all outfalls, whereas pHs are determined from periodic grab samples.
Within ninety days following the date for final compliance with applicable categorical pretreatment standards or in the case of a new source following commencement of the introduction of wastewater into the treatment facility, any industrial user subject to pretreatment standards and requirements shall submit to the City a report containing the information described in 40 CFR 403.1 (b)(4) - (6).
(h) No statement contained in this section shall be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the City and any industrial concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted by the City for treatment, subject to payment therefor by the industrial concern in proportion to cost and consistent with the user charge system in Chapter 915. No special agreement shall be in violation of any federal or state standards.
(i) No person shall cause the discharge of slugs of water or wastes. Each person producing a discharge into the public sewers in excess of 100,000 gallons in any one day, shall construct and maintain at his own expense, a suitable storage and flow-control facility to insure equalization of discharge over a twenty-four hour period. This facility shall have a capacity of at least fifty percent (50%) of the total normal volume of a twenty-four hour production period, and the outlet to the sewer shall be equipped with a rate-discharge controller or other approved device, the regulation of which shall be directed by the Service Director.
(Ord. 2017-83. Passed 12-19-17.)
(Ord. 2017-83. Passed 12-19-17.)
(a) No person shall connect to the public storm sewer system without first obtaining a permit and paying the fee therefor in accordance with Chapter 901.
(b) Wherever public sewers have been constructed within the Municipality and the cost thereof has been wholly or partly paid out of the funds of the City, or financed through the issuance of bonds, and the owners of any property abutting upon or benefiting from such storm sewers make application to tap such storm sewer, no permit shall be issued to make such connection or connections, nor shall such property owner make such connection or connections, unless he shall have first paid into the City treasury or given security for such payment, satisfactory to the fiscal officer of the City, that portion of the cost of such storm sewer which the property was formerly charged in the form of an assessment, but which assessment the City has been unable to collect due to defects in procedure; the failure to obtain an assessment lien; the setting aside of the assessment lien by any court; or the failure to collect such assessment for any reason. Where a portion of the cost of the sewer to which connections are desired to be made has been assessed against such property and a valid assessment lien continues to be imposed thereon for such cost, or where in the case of an invalid assessment, a valid reassessment for such cost has been levied, such permit shall be issued provided the tap-in connection conforms with other regulations of the City.
(c) No permit to construct any improvements upon the property which is subject to subsection (b) hereof shall be issued until such time as the property owner makes the necessary deposit into the City treasury or gives security for such payment satisfactory to the fiscal officer of the City.
(d) Permit and inspection fees for a storm sewer connection, storm sewer and appurtenances shall be as follows:
(1) Each storm sewer connection | $30.00 |
(2) Each 100 lineal feet or fraction thereof storm sewer pipe | 25.00 |
(3) Each catch basin, manhole, yard drain, drive drain, head wall, end wall, junction chamber or similar structure | 10.00 |
(Ord. 92-3. Passed 2-18-92.)
Where required, in the opinion of the Service Director, to modify or eliminate wastes that are harmful to the structures, processes or operation of the sewage disposal works, the person shall provide at his expense such preliminary treatment or processing facilities as may be determined necessary to render his wastes acceptable for admission to the public sewers.
Applicable concentrations shall be based upon average concentrations weighted in proportion to volume of flow, determined during each billing revised by the most practicable method possible.
Review and acceptance of the Service Director shall be obtained prior to the discharge into the public sewers of any waters or wastes having:
(a) A five-day twenty-degree Centigrade BOD greater than 200 ppm;
(b) A TSS content greater than 250 ppm;
(c) An ether-soluble matter, oil and grease content greater than 100 ppm; or
(d) A chlorine requirement greater than fifty ppm, or
(Ord. 84-40. Passed 4-26-84.)
(e) Any substance having a quantity greater than the characteristics described in Section 917.02(f), or any unlisted material with pretreatment limits (state or federal) at a quantity greater than those limits.
(Ord. 90-121. Passed 10-16-90.)
No unauthorized person shall maliciously, willfully or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance or equipment which is part of the sewage disposal system.
No person shall access the sewer system or POTW for any activity including discharge of trucked or hauled septic or industrial wastes except at locations and at times as designated by the Service Director in writing. Any removal of manhole lids, or other access to the sewer system for the purpose of discharging wastes at times and/or locations other than these designated by the Service Director, or without the expressed written permission by the Service Director, shall be considered a violation and shall be subject to enforcement action including fines and penalties allowed under this chapter.
(Ord. 2017-83. Passed 12-19-17.)
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