(a) No person shall 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 excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste.
(b) No person shall discharge to any natural outlet within the City, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the City, any sanitary wastewater, septic tank effluent, industrial wastes or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this chapter, excepting that nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to control wastes which are discharged pursuant to any NPDES permit issued by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, other than NPDES Permit No. 3PD00030001 for Wastewater Treatment Plant "A" and 3PC00018001 for Wastewater Treatment Plant "B" issued to the City and 3PF00002 for the Southerly Wastewater Treatment Plant as part of the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District.
(c) Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other facility intended or used for the ultimate disposal of wastewater.
(d) Every owner or occupant of any property, which has a structure that has been deemed to be accessible to a sanitary sewer (as defined in Section 1040.01) in the City, shall make adequate connections to such sanitary sewer. Such sanitary sewer connections must be made within ninety days after notice and/or after date of the sewer availability, according to the regulations of Council, and by proper underground connections. Where there is failure by the property owner to comply with the foregoing, the Superintendent shall cause notice to be given to such owner, tenant or occupant to make such connections forthwith, and if, within such ninety day time of the sewer availability, such connection is not made, the City may then proceed to make such connection at the expense of the owner and assess it upon the property. The Law Director is hereby authorized to take all steps necessary to assist the Wastewater Department in implementing such orders. When a property and/or structure is not deemed accessible to the sanitary sewer, the property owner shall allow the Cuyahoga County Board of Health to conduct an evaluation of the existing household sewage treatment system to ensure that it is operating as designed, that it is properly treating household waste water and that it is not creating a public health nuisance.
(e) In all cases where property is served by an adequate and accessible sanitary sewer, the failure on the part of the property owner to connect into the sanitary sewer within the required ninety days shall then necessitate the City to charge the property owner such sanitary sewer charges as are currently in effect and to collect the same according to the regulations of the City.
(f) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged, in any manner, any storm water, surface water, ground water, roof run-off, subsurface drainage, uncontaminated cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer. Existing connections of such nature shall be removed immediately upon being identified. Future connections of such nature are prohibited.
(g) Storm water and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged as provided in Chapter 1481.
(h) No person shall deposit septage wastes into a public sewer, storm sewer, sanitary sewer or drainage system. Septage wastes shall be transported to an approved wastewater treatment plant for proper treatment and disposal. The City Treatment Plants do not accept septage wastes.
(i) Private sewers, as defined in Section 1040.01, that are tributary or potentially tributary to the public sewer system of the City, shall meet the design and construction standards applicable to public sewers constructed by the City. The City shall have sufficient access or right-of-way to private sewers for inspection, supervision, testing and enforcement of all health, sanitation, safety and sewer regulations.
(j) Each user shall provide protection from the accidental discharge of prohibited or limited substances regulated by this chapter. Facilities to prevent accidental discharge of substances shall be provided when required by the Superintendent and maintained at the owner or user's own cost and expense. Detailed plans showing facilities and operating procedures to provide this protection shall be submitted to the Superintendent for review and shall be approved by the local government before the construction of the facility. Review and approval of such plans and operating procedures shall not relieve the responsibility to modify the facility as necessary to meet the requirements of this chapter.
(k) In the case of an accidental discharge, it is the responsibility of the user to immediately telephone and notify the Superintendent of the incident. The notification shall include location and discharge, type of waste, concentration and volume and corrective actions. Within five days following an accidental discharge, the user shall submit to the Superintendent a detailed written report describing the cause of the discharge, mitigations performed or being performed and the measures to be taken to prevent similar future occurrences. Such notification shall not relieve the user of any expense, loss, damage or other liability which may be incurred as a result of damage to the wastewater disposal system, fish kills or any other damage to persons or property, nor shall such notification relieve the user of any fines, civil penalties or other liability which may be imposed by this chapter or other applicable law.
(l) A notice shall be permanently posted on the user's bulletin board or other prominent place advising employees whom to call in the event of a dangerous discharge. Employers shall insure that all employees who may cause such a discharge to occur, or who suffer from the discharge, are advised of the emergency notification procedure.
(Ord. 09-119. Passed 11-17-09.)