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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
At the time when a public storm sewer becomes available to a property served by a public combined sewage system, the building and property storm sewer discharge shall be connected to the storm sewer within 24 months of the storm sewer becoming available.
(1969 Code, § 27-39) (Ord. 1989-7, passed 3-13-1989; Am. Ord. 1997-32, passed 9-8-1997) Penalty, see § 52.999
(A) The owner of all residential or commercial properties that are located outside the city limits and used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purposes must annex to the city before sewer service will be provided. If the property is ineligible to annex, then the property owner must sign an agreement that he or she will annex to the city. The annexation is to be finalized when the property becomes eligible for annexation. However, the city shall not be required to extend sewers to the subject property if sewers are not already available.
(B) The City Council may, under certain circumstances that it deems beneficial to the interest of the community, and by a unanimous vote, waive the above requirements for annexation.
(1969 Code, § 27-19.1) (Ord. 1992-11, passed 4-27-1992) Penalty, see § 52.999
(A) No person shall discharge, or cause to be discharged, any storm water, surface water, ground water, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, un- contaminated cooling water, or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer.
(B) Storm water and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to sewers as are specifically designated as combined sewers or storm sewers, or to a natural outlet approved by the City Administrator. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged on approval of the City Administrator, to a storm sewer, or natural outlet.
(1969 Code, § 27-66) (Ord. 1989-7, passed 3-13-1989) Penalty, see § 52.999
(A) Prohibited discharges. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described waters or wastes to any public sewers:
(1) Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil, or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid, or gas;
(2) 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;
(3) Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5 or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment, and personnel of the sewage works; or
(4) Solid or viscous substances in quantities or of a size capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers, or other interference with the proper operation of the sewage works, such as, but not limited to, ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, unground garbage, whole blood, paunch manure, hair and fleshings, entrails, and paper dishes, cups, milk containers, and the like, either whole or ground by garbage grinders.
(B) Restricted discharges. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged the following described substances, materials, waters, or wastes if it appears likely in the opinion of the City Administrator that those wastes can harm either the sewers, sewage treatment process, or equipment; have an adverse effect on the receiving stream; or can otherwise endanger life, limb, public property, or constitute a nuisance. In forming his or her opinion as to the acceptability of these wastes, the City Administrator will give consideration to such factors as the quantities of subject wastes in relation to flows and velocities in the sewers, materials of construction of the sewers, nature of the sewage treatment process, capacity of the sewage treatment plant, and maximum limits established by regulatory agencies. The substances prohibited are:
(1) Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150°F (65°C);
(2) Any waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous materials, or oils, whether emulsified or not, in excess of 100 mg/l or containing substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between 32°F and 150°F (0°C and 65°C);
(3) Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. The installation and operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a motor of 3/4 horsepower (0.76 hp metric) or greater shall be subject to the review and approval of the City Administrator;
(4) Any waters or wastes containing strong acid, iron pickling wastes, or concentrated plating solution whether neutralized or not;
(5) Any waters or wastes containing iron, chromium, copper, zinc, or similar objectionable or toxic substances, or wastes exerting an excessive chlorine requirement, to such a degree that any such material received in the composite sewage at the sewage treatment works exceeds the limits established by the City Administrator for those materials;
(6) Any waters or wastes containing phenols or other taste- or odor-producing substances, in concentrations exceeding limits which may be established by the City Administrator as necessary after treatment of the composite sewage, to meet the requirements of the state, federal, or other public agencies of jurisdiction for such discharge to the receiving waters;
(7) Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of a half-life or concentration as may exceed limits established by the City Administrator in compliance with applicable state or federal regulations;
(8) Any wastes or waters having a pH in excess of 9.5;
(9) Any mercury or any of its compounds in excess of 0.0005 mg/l as Hg at any time except as permitted by the City Administrator in compliance with applicable state and federal regulations;
(10) Any cyanide in excess of 0.025 mg/l at any time except as permitted by the City Administrator in compliance with applicable state and federal regulations;
(11) Materials which exert or cause:
(a) Unusual concentrations of inert suspended solids (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 BOD, chemical oxygen demand, or chlorine requirements in quantities so as to constitute a significant load on the sewage treatment works; or
(d) Unusual volume of flow or concentrations of wastes constituting slugs as defined herein.
(12) 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 a degree that the sewage treatment plant effluent cannot meet the requirements of agencies having jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving waters.
(1969 Code, § 27-67) (Ord. 1989-7, passed 3-13-1989) Penalty, see § 52.999
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