(a) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any unpolluted surface water, ground water, roof runoff, storm water, subsurface drainage, uncontaminated cooling water, or unpolluted industrial process waters, to any sanitary sewer. Any existing roof drain connections to sanitary or combined sewers shall be connected into an available storm sewer or shall be disconnected above ground in an appropriate manner approved by the Village. Discharges from roof drains emptying onto the ground surface shall be at least three feet from adjacent property lines and shall in no way be directed to flood or otherwise cause damage to adjoining property. The owner of any building situated within the Village is required, at his or her expense, to disconnect all existing roof drains from sanitary and combined sewers in accordance with the provisions of this section within 180 days after the date of official notice to do so. Discharge units connecting to a Village sanitary sewer or combination sewer shall be free of all storm water. No new construction of discharge units shall have any storm water connections of roof drains, footer and foundation tiles or any other connection to a sanitary sewer.
(b) Storm water and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as acceptable combined sewers or storm sewers or to a natural outlet approved by the Village and other regulatory agencies.
(Ord. 449. Passed 4-4-83.)