(a) No person shall discharge into any natural outlet within the City, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the City, any wastewater or other polluted waters.
(b) No person shall construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other facility intended or used for the disposal of wastewater without first obtaining the required permits from the City.
(c) No person, firm or corporation shall discharge or cause to be discharged any storm water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, cooling water or unpolluted industrial process water to any sanitary sewer.
(d) No person shall discharge into the building sanitary sewer the surface water which collects in basement or foundation excavations. If the building sanitary sewer is complete before the plumbing can be connected thereto, the builder or sewer tapper shall keep the end of the building sanitary sewer tightly closed with a plumber’s plug or other watertight plug.
(e) The owner(s) of all houses, buildings or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes, situated within the City and abutting on any street, alley or right of way in which there is now located or may in the future be located a public sanitary or combined sewer of the City, is hereby required at the owner’s expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein, and to connect such facilities directly to the proper public sewer in accordance with the rules and regulations within thirty days after date of official notice to do so, unless the owner obtains a certificate from the Utility Committee of Council specifically exempting the owner’s compliance with the provisions of this paragraph at a specifically stated site.
(f) The City shall determine the adequacy of the treatment works to receive loadings from new service connections and may refuse such new connection if it is determined that such additional loading will be detrimental to the operation or efficiency of the treatment works.
(Ord. 1328. Passed 12-20-82.)