(A) No person shall uncover, make any connections with, open into, use, alter or disturb any part of the POTW, or appurtenance thereof, without first obtaining a written approval from the city.
(B) No person shall maliciously, willfully or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any part of the POTW, or appurtenance thereof.
(C) All users of the POTW within the city shall be in compliance with the requirements of this code.
(D) Users of the sewer system will be required to follow, at their own expense, any policies, procedures or guidelines established by the city to ensure adherence to the proper pretreatment and discharge limitation requirements.
(E) No person shall discharge, or cause to be discharged, any storm water, surface water, ground water, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, cooling water, swimming pool water, or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer, without complying with the requirements of this code.
(F) No person shall discharge, or cause to be discharged, any pollutant or wastewater that causes pass-through or interference of the treatment process.
(G) Any person considered a non-residential or industrial user shall not discharge, or cause to be discharged, any industrial wastewater directly or indirectly to the POTW, without first meeting with city staff to complete an inventory or survey of discharges and potential discharges.
(1) If after conducting the survey city staff determines the user to be a non-significant industrial user, the user may discharge wastewater into the POTW, providing they remain in compliance with this code in its entirety.
(2) (a) If after conducting the survey city staff determines the user to be a significant industrial user, the user will be required to obtain an industrial wastewater permit, and to comply with all of its requirements, before discharge of wastewater into the POTW can occur.
(b) Additionally, any costs associated with adhering to the permit, such as testing, pretreatment, maintenance of facility equipment, and reporting shall be at the user's expense.
(H) No wastewater hauler or septic pumper shall discharge septic waste or other wastes into the POTW without first obtaining approval from the city.
(1) Wastewater haulers or septic pumpers shall be required to discharge hauled waste at city-designated disposal points only.
(2) (a) The Director of Public Works shall develop and administer specific guidelines as to the procedure that shall be followed.
(b) Guidelines shall include, at a minimum, the current fee schedule, disposal procedure, testing requirements, and designation of a disposal site.
(I) It shall be a violation of this code for anyone to discharge wastewater, industrial wastes, industrial process waters, or hauled wastewater anywhere within the city limits other than at a designated POTW disposal site or connection as outlined in this chapter.
(Ord. 1152, passed 11-14-02) Penalty, see § 50.99