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(A) No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with, or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the village.
(B) All disposal by any person into the sewer system is unlawful except those discharges in compliance with federal standards promulgated pursuant to the Federal Act and more stringent state and local standards.
(C) (1) There shall be two classes of building sewer permits:
(a) For residential wastewater service; and
(b) For commercial, institutional/governmental, or industrial wastewater service.
(2) In either class mentioned in division (C)(1) above, the owner or his or her agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the village.
(3) The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Clerk. There shall be two categories of fees associated with the application for sewer service.
(a) Category I: The village shall charge and receive from the applicant a fee in the amount as set forth in § 35.02 for any connection to a pre-existing sewer lateral.
(b) Category II: The village shall charge and receive from the applicant, a fee in the amount as set forth in § 35.02 for any new connection.
(4) In both cases mentioned in division (C)(3) above, said fee amounts include an approval rate permit and inspection fee. Industrial users must provide information describing their wastewater constituents, characteristics, and type of activity.
(D) A building sewer permit will only be issued and a sewer connection shall only be allowed if it can be demonstrated that the downstream sewerage facilities, including sewers, pump stations, and wastewater treatment facilities, have sufficient reserve capacity to adequately and efficiently handle the additional anticipated waste load.
(E) All costs and expense incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the village from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
(F) A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building, except that where one building stands at the rear of another on an interior lot and no private sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley, court, yard, or driveway, the building sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer.
(G) Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the Director of Public Works, to meet all requirements of this chapter.
(H) The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building sewer, and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing, and backfilling the trench, shall all conform to the requirements of the Building and Plumbing Code or other applicable rules and regulations of the village. In the absence of code provisions or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the American Society of Testing Materials, Water Pollution Control Federation Manual of Practice No. 9, and Standard Specifications for Water and Sewer Main Construction in the state shall apply.
(I) Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such building drain shall be lifted by a means which is approved in accordance with division (B) above, and discharged to the building sewer.
(J) No person(s) shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
(K) The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the Building and Plumbing Code, or other applicable rules and regulations of the village, or the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the American Society of Testing Materials, Water Pollution Control Federation Manual of Practice No. 9, and Standard Specifications for Water and Sewer Main Construction in the state. All such connections shall be made gastight and watertight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the Village Clerk before installation.
(L) The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Village Clerk when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the Clerk or his or her representative.
(M) All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways, and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the village.
(Prior Code, § 7-4-10) (Ord. passed 9-10-1984; Ord. passed 8-14-1995)
(A) Storm water and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as combined sewers or storm sewers, or to a natural outlet approved by the village. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged on approval of the village to a storm sewer, combined sewer, or natural outlet.
(B) Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following materials to any sewer:
(1) Any liquid or vapor having a temperature high enough to create damaging or adverse effects on the treatment process or to prevent compliance with IEPA regulations;
(2) Any water or waste which may contain more than 100 parts per million by weight of fat, oil, grease, or hexane extractable material;
(3) Gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil, or other combustible, flammable, or explosive liquid, solid, or gas of whatsoever kind or nature;
(4) Any garbage that has not been properly shredded;
(5) Solid or viscous substances in quantities or of such 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;
(6) Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than five and five-tenths or higher than nine or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to sewers, structures, equipment, and personnel of the sewage works;
(7) Any waters or wastes containing any toxic or poisonous substance in sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process or as would constitute a hazard to humans or animals, or could create any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment plant;
(8) Any waters or wastes containing BOD or suspended solids of such character and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required to handle such materials at the sewage treatment plant, except as may be permitted by specific, written agreement with the District, which agreement may provide for special charges, payments, or provisions of treating and testing equipment;
(9) Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable of creating a public nuisance;
(10) Any waters or wastes containing radioactive material or radioisotopes (giving off radiant energy in the form of alpha, beta, or gamma rays) in sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process, constituting a hazard to humans or animals, or creating any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment plant;
(11) Any amount of the following constituents exceeding that listed below:
Material | Amount |
Material | Amount |
Ammonia nitrogen, total | 50 mg/l |
Arsenic | 0.01 mg/l |
Barium | 1 mg/l |
Boron | 1 mg/l |
Cadmium | 0.01 mg/l |
Chlorides | 250 mg/l |
Chromium (hexavalent) | 0.03 mg/l |
Chromium, total | 1 mg/l |
Copper | 0.02 mg/l |
Cyanide | 0.01 mg/l |
Fluorides | 1.4 mg/l |
Iron, total | 1.5 mg/l |
Lead | 0.05 mg/l |
Manganese | 0.09 mg/l |
Mercury | 0.0005 mg/l |
Nickel | 1 mg/l |
Phenols | 0.3 mg/l |
Phosphorus | 0.05 mg/l |
Selenium | 1 mg/l |
Silver | 0.005 mg/l |
Sulfate | 250 mg/l |
Total solids | 1,800 mg/l |
Zinc | 1 mg/l |
(12) (a) If any waters or wastes are discharged or are proposed to be discharged to the public sewers, which waters contain the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in this section, and/or which are in violation of the standards for pretreatment provided in 40 C.F.R. 403, June 26, 1978, and any amendments thereto, and which in the judgment of the village may have a deleterious effect upon any portion of the sewer system, or which otherwise create a hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance, the village may:
1. Reject the wastes;
2. Require pretreatment to an acceptable condition for discharge to the public sewers;
3. Require control over the quantities and rates of discharge; and/or
4. Require payment to cover the added costs of handling the wastes not covered by existing taxes or sewer charges, under the provisions of § 50.03.
(b) If the village permits the pretreatment or equalization of waste flows, the design and installation of the plants and equipment shall be subject to the review and approval of the village, and subject to the requirements of all applicable codes, ordinances, and laws.
(13) No provision of this section shall be construed to provide lesser discharge standards than are presently or may hereafter be imposed and required by USEPA or IEPA.
(C) Grease, oil, and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion of the Public Works Director they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts, or any flammable wastes, sand, or other harmful ingredients; except that such interceptors shall not be required for private living quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Public Works Director, and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection.
(D) Where preliminary treatment or flow-equalizing facilities are provided, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner at his or her expense.
(E) Each industry shall be required to install a control manhole, and when required by the Public Works Director, the owner of any property serviced by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable control manhole together with such necessary meters and other appurtenances in the building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling, and measurement of the wastes. Such manhole, when required, shall be accessible and safely located, and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the Public Works Director. The manhole shall be installed by the owner at his or her expense, and shall be maintained by him or her so as to be safe and accessible at all times.
(F) (1) The owner of any property serviced by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall provide laboratory measurements, tests, and analyses of water and wastes to illustrate compliance with this chapter and any special conditions for discharge established by any regulatory agencies having jurisdiction over the discharge.
(2) The number, type, and frequency of laboratory analyses to be performed by the owner shall be as stipulated by the District to assure that compliance with the federal, state, and local standards are being met. The owner shall report the results of measurements and laboratory analyses to the District at such times and in such manner as prescribed by the District. The owner shall bear the expense of all measurements, analyses, and reporting required by the District.
(G) All measurements, tests, and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in this chapter shall be determined in accordance with the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, published by the American Public Health Association, and shall be determined at the control manhole provided, or upon suitable samples taken at said control manhole. In the event that no special manhole has been required, the control manhole shall be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in the public sewer to the point at which the building sewer is connected. Sampling shall be carried out by customarily accepted methods to reflect the effect of constituents upon the sewage works and to determine the existence of hazards to life, limb, and property. The particular analyses involved will determine whether a 24-hour composite of all outfalls of a premises is appropriate or whether a grab sample or samples should be taken. Normally, but not always, BOD and suspended solids analyses are obtained from 24-hour composites of all outfalls, whereas pH’s are determined from periodic grab samples.
(Prior Code, § 7-4-11) Penalty, see § 50.99
No unauthorized person shall maliciously, wilfully, or negligently break, damage, destroy, or tamper with any structure, appurtenance, or equipment which is a part of the sewage works. Any person violating this provision shall be subject to immediate arrest under charge of disorderly conduct.
(Prior Code, § 7-4-12) Penalty, see § 50.99
(A) The Public Works Director and other duly authorized employees of the village, the State Environmental Protection Agency, and the United States Environmental Protection Agency, bearing proper credentials and identification, shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, and testing in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(B) While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in division (A) above, the Public Works Director or duly authorized employees of the village, the State Environmental Protection Agency, and the United States Environmental Protection Agency shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the company and the company shall be held harmless for injury or death to the village employees and the village shall indemnify the company against loss or damage to its property by village employees and against liability claims and demands for personal injury or property damage asserted against the company and growing out of the gauging and sampling operation, except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the company to maintain safe conditions.
(C) The Public Works Director and other duly authorized employees of the village bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all private properties through which the village holds a duly negotiated easement for the purposes of, but not limited to, inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, repair, and maintenance or any portion of the sewage works lying within said easement. All entry and subsequent work, if any, on said easement, shall be done in full accordance with the terms of the duly negotiated easement pertaining to the private property involved.
(Prior Code, § 7-4-13)
(A) Any person found to be violating any provision of this chapter except § 50.12 shall be served by the village with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations. The village may revoke any permit for sewage disposal as a result of any violation of any provision of this chapter.
(B) Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit provided for in division (A) above shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined in the amount as set forth in § 35.01 for each violation. Each day in which any such violation shall continue shall be deemed a separate offense.
(C) Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall become liable to the village by reason of such violation.
(Prior Code, § 7-4-14) (Ord. passed 9-10-1984)