Section
General Provisions
52.001 Definitions
Discharge to Public Sewers
52.015 Unlawful deposit of objectionable waste
52.016 Discharge of pollutants to natural outlets
52.017 Sanitary facilities and sewer connection required
52.018 Combined sewer; connection to available storm sewer required
52.019 Service outside city; annexation agreement
52.020 Discharge of unpolluted waters
52.021 Prohibited and restricted discharges
Private Sewage Disposal Systems
52.035 Private sewage disposal restricted
52.036 Permit; application; fee
52.037 Inspection and approval
52.038 Compliance with state law; lot size; discharge to natural outlet prohibited
52.039 Available public sanitary sewer; connection required
52.040 Owner responsibility
52.041 Additional requirements by health officers
52.042 Occupancy; permit required
52.043 Disposal by private waste haulers
Construction and Connections; Building Sewers
52.055 Discharges; standards apply
52.056 Construction; permit required
52.057 Permit classes; application and fees
52.058 Adequate capacity of system facilities required
52.059 Costs and damages; owner responsible
52.060 Separate building sewer required; exception
52.061 Construction and materials; standards
52.062 Elevation; artificial lift
52.063 Unpolluted water; discharge to sanitary sewer prohibited
52.064 Connection to public sewer; standards
52.065 Inspection and supervised connection
52.066 Excavations; barricades; restoration
52.067 Repairs; responsibility
Administration and Enforcement
52.080 Tampering with sewage works unlawful
52.081 Right of entry; safety rules; easements
52.082 Violations; notice to correct; liability for damages
Rates and Charges
52.095 Wastewater service charges; basis
52.096 Flow measurement
52.097 Debt service charge established
52.098 Minimum charge and basic user rate
52.099 Excessive waste surcharges
52.100 Surcharge basis computation
52.101 Wastewater service charge computation
52.102 Billing and payment; late fees and service charges
52.103 Delinquent bill; lien; notice
52.104 Lien foreclosure
52.105 Disposition of revenues
52.106 Accounts; annual audit reports
52.107 Notice of rates
52.108 Access to records
52.109 Appeals of computation
52.999 Penalty
Cross-reference:
Industrial Wastewater Pretreatment, see Chapter 53
GENERAL PROVISIONS
For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ADMINISTRATOR. The Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
APPROVING AUTHORITY. The City Administrator for this city.
BOD or BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND. The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in 5 days at 20°C, expressed in milligrams per liter.
BUILDING DRAIN. The part of the lowest piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer or other approved point of discharge, beginning 5 feet (1½ meters) outside the inner face of the building wall.
CHAPTER. This chapter, as it may be amended.
CHARGES. Include:
(1) BASIC USER CHARGE. The basic assessment levied on all users of the public sewer system;
(2) CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT CHARGE. A charge levied on users to improve, extend, or reconstruct the sewage treatment works;
(3) DEBT SERVICE CHARGE. The basic assessment levied on all users of the public sewer system;
(4) LOCAL CAPITAL COST CHARGE. Charges for costs other than the operation, maintenance, and replacement costs, such as debt service and capital improvement costs;
(5) REPLACEMENT. Expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories, or appurtenances which are necessary during the useful life of the treatment works to maintain the capacity and performance for which the works were designed and constructed. The term “operation and maintenance” includes REPLACEMENT;
(7) USER CHARGE. A charge levied on users of treatment works for the cost of operation, maintenance, and replacement; and
(8) WASTEWATER SERVICE CHARGE. The charge per quarter or month levied on all users of the wastewater facilities. The service charge shall be computed as outlined in §§ 52.095 et seq. and shall consist of the total of the basic user charge, the local capital cost, and a surcharge, if applicable.
CONTROL MANHOLE. A structure located on a site from which industrial wastes are discharged. Where feasible, the manhole shall have an interior drop. The purpose of a CONTROL MANHOLE is to provide access for the city representative to sample and measure discharges.
DIRECTOR. The Director of the State Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA).
EASEMENT. An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned by others.
EFFLUENT CRITERIA. As defined in any applicable NPDES permit.
FEDERAL ACT. The Federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. §§ 466 et seq.) as amended (Pub. L. 95-217).
FEDERAL GRANT. The federal government participation in the financing of the construction of treatment works as provided for by Title II-Grants for Construction of Treatment Works of the Act and implementing regulations.
FLOATABLE OIL. Oil, fat, or grease in a physical state such that it will separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in an approved pretreatment facility. Wastewater shall be considered free of FLOATABLE FAT if it is properly pretreated and the wastewater does not interfere with the collection system.
GARBAGE. Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage, and sale of food.
GARBAGE, PROPERLY SHREDDED. The wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle greater than ½ inch (1.27 centimeters) in any dimension.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE. Any solid, liquid, or gaseous substance discharged, permitted to flow, or escaping from any industrial, manufacturing, commercial, or business establishment or process or from the development, recovery, or processing of any natural resource as distinct from sanitary sewage.
MAJOR CONTRIBUTING INDUSTRY. An industrial user of the publicly owned treatment works that:
(1) Has a flow of 50,000 gallons or more per average work day;
(2) Has a flow greater than 10% of the flow carried by the municipal system receiving the waste;
(3) Has in its waste, a toxic pollutant in toxic amounts as defined in standards issued under § 307(a) of the Federal Act; or
(4) Is found by the permit issuing authority, in connection with the issuance of the NPDES permit to the publicly owned treatment works receiving the waste, to have significant impact, either singly or in combination with other contributing industries, on that treatment works or upon the quality of effluent from that treatment works.
MAY. The act referred to is permissible.
MILLIGRAMS PER LITER. A unit of the concentration of water or wastewater constituent. It is 0.001 g of the constituent in 1,000 ml of water. It has replaced the unit formerly used commonly, parts per million, to which it is approximately equivalent, in reporting the results of water and wastewater analysis.
NATURAL OUTLET. Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other body of surface or ground water.
NPDES PERMIT. Any permit or equivalent document or requirement issued by the Administrator, or, where appropriated by the Director, after enactment of the Federal Clean Water Act to regulate the discharge of pollutants pursuant to § 402 of the Federal Act.
PERSON. Any and all persons, natural or artificial, including any individual, firm, company,
municipal or private corporation, association, society, institution, enterprise, governmental agency, or other entity.
pH. The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration expressed by 1 of the procedures outlined in the IEPA Division of Laboratories Manual of Laboratory Methods.
POPULATION EQUIVALENT. A term used to evaluate the impact of industrial or other waste on a treatment works or stream. One POPULATION EQUIVALENT is 100 gallons of sewage per day, containing 0.17 pound of BOD and 0.20 pound of suspended solids.
ppm. Parts per million by weight.
PRETREATMENT. The treatment of wastewaters from sources before introduction into the wastewater treatment works.
SEWER. A pipe or conduit for conveying sewage or any other waste liquids, including storm, surface, and ground water drainage.
(1) BUILDING SEWER. The extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal.
(2) COMBINED SEWER. A sewer which is designed and intended to receive wastewater, storm, surface, and ground water drainage.
(3) PUBLIC SEWER. A sewer provided by or subject to the jurisdiction of the city. It shall also include sewers within or outside the city boundaries that serve 1 or more persons and ultimately discharge into the city sanitary (or combined) sewer system, even though those sewers may not have been constructed with city funds.
(4) SANITARY SEWER. A sewer that conveys sewage or industrial wastes or a combination of both, and into which storm, surface, and ground waters or polluted industrial wastes are not intentionally admitted.
(5) STORM SEWER. A sewer that carries storm, surface, and ground water drainage but excludes sewage and industrial wastes other than unpolluted cooling water.
SEWERAGE. The system of sewers and appurtenances for the collection, transportation, and pumping of sewage.
SEWERAGE FUND. The principal accounting designation for all revenues received in the operation of the sewerage system.
SHALL. The act referred to is mandatory.
SLUG. Any discharge of water, sewage, or industrial waste which in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow exceeds for any period of duration longer than 15 minutes more than 5 times the average 24-hour concentration or flow during normal operation.
STATE ACT. The State Anti-Pollution Bond Act of 1970.
STATE GRANT. The state participation in the financing of the construction of treatment works as provided for by the State Anti-Pollution Bond Act and for making such grants as filed with the Secretary of State of this state.
STORM WATER RUNOFF. The portion of the precipitation that is drained into the sewers.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS or SS. Solids that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension in water, sewage, or industrial waste, and which are removable by a laboratory filtration device. Quantitative determination of SUSPENDED SOLIDS shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in the IEPA Division of Laboratories Manual of Laboratory Methods.
UNPOLLUTED WATER. Water quality equal to or better than the effluent criteria in effect or water that would not cause violation in receiving water quality standards and would not be benefitted by
discharge to the sanitary sewers and wastewater treatment facilities provided.
USEFUL LIFE. The estimated period during which the collection system or treatment works will be operated.
USER CLASS. The type of user; residential, institutional/governmental, commercial, or industrial, as defined herein.
(1) COMMERCIAL USER. Includes transient lodging, retail and wholesale establishments, or places engaged in selling merchandise, or rendering services.
(2) INDUSTRIAL USER. Includes establishments engaged in manufacturing activities involving the mechanical or chemical transformation of materials of substance into products.
(3) INSTITUTIONAL/GOVERNMENTAL USER. Includes schools, churches, penal institutions, and users associated with federal, state, and local governments.
(4) RESIDENTIAL USER. Includes all dwelling units such as houses, mobile homes, apartments, permanent multi-family dwellings.
WASTEWATER. The spent water of a community. From this standpoint, it may be a combination of the liquid and water-carried wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants, and institutions, together with any ground water, surface water, and storm water that may be present. The term SEWAGE is used interchangeably with WASTEWATER.
WASTEWATER FACILITIES. The structures, equipment, and processes required to collect, carry away, and treat domestic and industrial wastes and transport effluent to a watercourse.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS. An arrangement of devices and structures for treating wastewater, industrial wastes, and sludge. Sometimes used as synonymous with WASTE TREATMENT PLANT or WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT or POLLUTION CONTROL PLANT.
WATER QUALITY STANDARDS. As defined in the Water Pollution Regulations of the state.
WATERCOURSE. A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.
(1969 Code, § 27-16) (Ord. 1989-13, passed 3-13-1989)
DISCHARGE TO PUBLIC SEWERS
It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit, or permit to be deposited in any unsanitary manner on public or private property within the city or in any area under the jurisdiction of the city, any human or animal excrement, garbage, or other objectionable waste.
(1969 Code, § 27-17) (Ord. 1989-7, passed 3-13-1989) Penalty, see § 52.999
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the city, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the city, any sewage or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this chapter.
(1969 Code, § 27-18) (Ord. 1989-7, passed 3-13-1989) Penalty, see § 52.999
The owner of all the houses, buildings, or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purposes, situated within the city and abutting on any street, alley, or right-of-way in which there is now located or may in the future be located any public sanitary (or combined) sewer of the city, is hereby required at his or her expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein, and to connect those facilities directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, within 90 days after date of official notice to do so, provided that the public sewer is within 200 feet of the property line.
(1969 Code, § 27-19) (Ord. 1989-7, passed 3-13-1989; Am. Ord. 2001-9, passed 4-23-2001) Penalty, see § 52.999
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