(a) No person, firm or corporation shall cause any connection to be made to the sanitary sewers of the Village of Shawnee Hills for the purpose of disposal of any wastes other than sanitary or industrial wastes. It shall be the duty of any inspector appointed by the Village to determine that none of the above excluded wastes or waters are being disposed of into the sanitary system. The provision of the City of Columbus Chapters 1145 and 1147 shall govern the use of public sewers within the Village of Shawnee Hills
(b) No person shall discharge or cause to discharge any storm water, surface water, ground water, roof run-off, sub-surface drainage, or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer.
(c) Storm water and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as storm sewers, or to a natural outlet approved by the Village.
(d) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any waters or wastes into any public sewers as described in the City of Columbus Code 1145.20 – 1145.29 and any future amendments.
(e) If any waters or wastes are discharged or are proposed to be discharged to the public sewers, which waters contain the substance or posses the characteristics which, in the judgement of the Village, may, have a deleterious effect upon the sewage works, processes, equipment or receiving waters, 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 in accordance with guidelines adopted herein for discharge into the public sewers.
(3) Require control over quantities and rates of discharge
(4) Require payment to cover the added cost of handling and treatment of the wastes not covered by existing taxes or sewer charges
(f) (1) Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion of the Village, they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease in harmful amounts, or any flammable wastes, sand and other harmful or excessive 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 Village, shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection. Maintenance and cleaning of such units shall be done by and at the cost of the person or firm contributing the waste involved.
(2) Grease and oil interceptors shall be constructed of impervious materials capable of withstanding abrupt and extreme changes in temperature. They shall be of substantial construction, watertight, and equipped with easily removable covers which, when bolted in place, shall be gas-tight and water- tight. When installed, all grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be maintained by the owner, at his expense, in continuously efficient operation at all times.
(3) All Commercial businesses shall provide a sampling manhole between the structure and the main. Permission is given to the Village or its duly authorized representative to enter the premises and extract samples. The City of Columbus Standard Type “C” manhole as per their standard construction drawing AA-S102 shall be used. This can be used in place of the clean out if placed within five (5) feet of the building as per Section 925.02 (S).
(g) No statement contained in these sections shall be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the Village and any industrial concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted by the Village, subject to payment therefore by the industrial concern.
(h) No statement contained in these sections shall be construed to interfere with any additional requirements that may be imposed by the Ohio Environmental Protection agency or the Ohio Department of Health.
(Ord. 12-2001. Passed 9-10-01.)