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Where required by the city, the owner of any property serviced by a sanitary sewer shall provide protection from an accidental discharge of prohibited materials or other substances regulated by this chapter. Where necessary, facilities to prevent accidental discharges of prohibited materials shall be provided and maintained at the owner’s expense. Detailed plans showing facilities and operating procedures to provide this protection shall be submitted to the Wastewater System Operator for review and approval prior to construction of the facility. Review and approval of such plans and operating procedures shall not relieve any user from the responsibility to modify the user’s facility as necessary to meet the requirements of this chapter. Users shall notify the Wastewater System Operator immediately upon having a slug or accidental discharge of wastewater in violation of this chapter to enable countermeasures to be taken by the Wastewater System Operator to minimize damage to the treatment facilities. Such notification will not relieve any user of any liability for any expense, loss, or damage to the treatment facilities or treatment process, or for any fines imposed on the city on account thereof under any state and/or federal law. A notice shall be permanently posted on the user’s bulletin board or other prominent place advising employees whom to call in the event of a slug or accidental discharge. Employers shall ensure that all employees who may cause or discover such a discharge are advised of the emergency notification procedure.
(Ord. 89, passed 11-22-94) Penalty, see § 51.99
No person having charge of any building or other premises which drains into the public sewer shall permit any substance or matter which may form a deposit or obstruction of flow to pass into the public sewer. Within 30 days after receipt of written notice from the city, the owner shall install a suitable and sufficient catch basin or waste trap, or if one already exists, shall clean out, repair, or alter the same, and perform such other work as the Wastewater System Operator may deem necessary. Upon the owner’s refusal or neglect to install a catch basin or waste trap or to clean out, repair, or alter the same after the period of 30 days, the Wastewater System Operator may cause such work to be completed at the expense of the owner or representative thereof.
(Ord. 89, passed 11-22-94) Penalty, see § 51.99
Whenever any service connection becomes clogged, obstructed, broken or out of order, or detrimental to the use of the public sewer, or unfit for the purpose of drainage, the owner shall repair or cause such work to be done as the Wastewater System Operator may direct. Each day after 30 days that a person neglects or fails to so act shall constitute a separate violation of this section, and the Wastewater System Operator may then cause the work to be done and recover from the owner or agent the expense thereof by an action in the name of the city.
(Ord. 89, passed 11-22-94) Penalty, see § 51.99
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