The proper maintenance and operation of a building service sewer, house connection or sanitary sewer line up to the point of connection to the Village sanitary sewer system shall be the responsibility of the owner of the premises served by the sanitary sewer system. Maintenance means keeping the sanitary sewer connection, sewer lines or other sewer facilities or structures in satisfactory working condition and good state of repair (including, but not limited to, preventing any obstruction therein, preventing extraneous materials or flows from entering the facilities, protecting the facilities from any damage and keeping the facilities free from defects or malfunctions), and taking all necessary action to assure that the sewer facilities are at all times capable of satisfactorily performing the services and adequately discharging the functions and producing the final results and purposes said facilities are intended to perform, discharge or produce. Sump pumps installed to receive and discharge floor drain flow, laundry tubs or other sanitary sewage shall be connected to the sanitary sewers. A sump pump shall be used for one function only, either the discharge of storm waters, or the discharge of sanitary sewage.
(Ord. 5647, 10-4-21)