(A) It is unlawful for any person to connect any new building sewer or add any new source to any existing building sewer, which connects to any city sewer or other facility to the city's sewer system without first obtaining a written permit from the city and paying to the city the connection, conveyance, and any other permit fees required thereof.
(B) Domestic and industrial wastewater originating within the city will be accepted into the city's sewer system if there is capacity in the system and the wastewater will not:
(1) Threaten public health;
(2) Detrimentally affect the local environment;
(3) Create a nuisance, including odor and infestation;
(4) Impose excessive collection, treatment or disposal costs upon the city;
(5) Significantly interfere with or impede wastewater treatment processes;
(6) Interfere with or impede wastewater reclamation processes;
(7) Exceed quality limits and quantity requirements established by this chapter or regulations promulgated hereunder;
(8) Significantly contaminate the sludge from the treatment process;
(9) Cause the city's wastewater treatment plant to violate its NPDES permit.
(C) This chapter provides specific limits for prohibited constituents only where they are now reasonably well established. Other constituents will be brought under regulation when specific limits are established. In some cases, the concentration or amount of any particular constituent, which will be judged to be excessive or unreasonable, cannot be foreseen, but will depend on the results of technical determinations relating to the particular situation and actions of regulatory agencies.
(D) It is unlawful for any person to discharge any domestic or industrial wastewater to the ground, into any surface drainage conduit, storm drain or channel, or stream or other watercourse.
(Ord. 1093, passed 2-17-04) Penalty, see § 51.999