(a) No person shall place, deposit or permit to be deposited in an unsanitary manner upon public or private property within the Village of Richfield, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the Village, any human excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste.
(b) It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the Village of Richfield or in any area under the jurisdiction of the Village, 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 to the NEORSD.
(c) Except as hereinafter provided, in this chapter, it shall be unlawful to 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 located within 200 feet of an accessible sanitary sewer in this Village, shall make adequate connections with such sanitary sewer. Such sanitary sewer connections shall be made within 270 days of the sewer availability, according to the regulations of Council and by proper underground connections. Upon application of the property owner, a ninety day extension for hardship reasons may be granted by the Administrator. The mandates of the Summit County Health Department or the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency may negate any extension. In any case where there is failure by the property owner to comply with the foregoing, notice shall be given to such owner, tenant or occupant to make such connections forthwith, and if, within such 270 days time (or permitted extension) of the sewer availability such connection is not made, the Village may then proceed to make such connection at the expense of the owner and assess it upon the property. Sanitary sewers shall be constructed of material and in accordance with the current specifications of the Village.
(e) In all cases where property is served by an adequate sanitary sewer, the failure on the part of the property owner to connect into the sanitary sewer within the first ninety days after sewer availability shall then necessitate the Village to charge the property owner such sanitary sewer charges as are currently in effect and to collect same according to the regulations of the Village.
(f) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, 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) Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as storm drain or to a natural outlet approved by the Administrator and other regulatory agencies. Unpolluted industrial cooling water or process waters may be discharged on approval by the Administrator to a storm sewer or natural outlet.
(h) It shall be unlawful to deposit septage wastes into a public sewer, storm sewer, sanitary sewer or drainage system. Septage wastes shall be transported to the wastewater treatment plant for proper treatment and disposal.
(i) Private and semi-private sewers, as defined in Section 926.02 that are tributary or potentially tributary to the public sewer system of the Village shall meet the design and construction standards applicable to public sewers constructed by the Village. The Village 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 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 Administrator 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 Administrator for review, and shall be approved by the local government before 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 Administrator 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 Administrator a detailed written report describing the cause of the discharge 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 person 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 suffer from the discharge are advised of the emergency notification procedure.
(Ord. 5-1991. Passed 1-17-91.)