No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any storm water, groundwater, roof runoff, yard drainage, yard fountain, pond overflow or any substance other than sanitary sewage into the sanitary collection system, except as hereinafter permitted in this section by division (F) below.
(A) No roof runoff, sump pump, swimming pool discharge or surface water drainage shall be connected to the sanitary sewer system and no building shall hereafter be constructed nor shall any existing buildings be hereafter altered in a manner so that the roof drainage or any other source of discharge or drainage other than sanitary sewer shall connect with the sanitary system inside or outside the building.
(B) Any person, firm or corporation having a roof, sump pump, swimming pool discharge, cistern overflow pipe or surface drain now connected and/or discharging into the sanitary sewer system shall disconnect and/or remove same prior to November 1, 2010. Any disconnects or openings in the sanitary sewer shall be closed or repaired in an effective, workman-like manner as described in division (C) below.
(C) All sump pumps shall have a discharge pipe installed to the outside wall of the building with a 1-inch inside minimum diameter. The pipe attachment must be a permanent fitting such as PVC pipe outside of the foundation wall. Water must be directed onto resident’s property or the city’s curb and gutter.
(D) (1) Every person owning improved real estate that discharges into the city’s sanitary sewer system shall allow City of Slayton employees to inspect the buildings to confirm that there is no sump pump or other prohibited discharge into the sanitary sewer system.
(2) Any persons refusing to allow their property to be inspected shall immediately become subject to the surcharge hereinafter provided for.
(3) Any property found to violate this section shall make the necessary changes to comply with this section and the changes shall be verified by City of Slayton employees.
(E) A surcharge as set out in § 33.15 is hereby imposed and shall be added to every sewer billing mailed on and after November 1, 2010 to property owners who are not in compliance with this section. The surcharge shall be added every month, until the property is in compliance. Owners are responsible to notify City Hall at a time they feel compliance is met and make arrangements for city employees to inspect. The imposition of a surcharge shall in no way limit the right of the City of Slayton to seek an injunction in District Court ordering the property owner to disconnect the non-conforming connection to the sanitary sewer system or from pursuing any other legal remedies available.
(F) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter to the contrary applications may be made at City Hall for a permit allowing a sump pump to be connected to and discharged into the sanitary sewer system between the dates of November 1 and the following March 31 for any winter season.
(1) If the permit is granted the applicant shall be required, as a condition of the permit, to notify City Hall on or before the March 31 expiration date of the permit that the sump pump has been disconnected from the sanitary sewer system.
(2) Failure by an applicant to whom a permit has been issued to notify City Hall by the March 31 expiration date of the permit that the sump pump on the property has been disconnected from the sanitary sewer system will result in the applicant being in noncompliance with this section and subject to the surcharge in division (D) above and other legal remedies available to enforce the provisions of this section.
(G) Upon verified compliance with this section the city reserves the right to inspect property annually to verify compliance herewith.
(Prior Code, § 15.301) (Am. Ord. 321, passed 2-18-2009) Penalty, see § 10.99