(a) Discharge. No person shall cause, allow, or permit any roof drain, surface drain, subsoil drain, drain from any mechanical device, gutter, ditch, pipe, conduit, sump pump, or any other object or thing used for the purposes of collecting, conducting, transporting, diverting, draining, or discharging clear water from any part of any private premises owned or occupied by said person to discharge into a sanitary sewer.
(b) Nuisance. The discharge into a sanitary sewer from any roof drain, surface drain, subsoil drain, drain from any mechanical device, gutter, ditch, pipe, conduit, sump pump, or any other object or thing used for the purposes of collecting, conducting, transporting, diverting, draining, or discharging clear water from any part of any private premises is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and a hazard to the health, safety, and well-being of the residents of the village and to the protection of the property.
(c) Groundwater. Where deemed necessary by the Building Inspector, every house shall have a sump pump installed for the purpose of discharging clear waters from foundation drains and ground infiltration, and where the building is not serviced by a storm sewer shall either discharge into an underground conduit leading to a drainage ditch, gutter, dry well, or shall discharge onto the ground surface in such other manner as will not constitute a nuisance as defined herein.
(d) Stormwater. All roof drains, surface drains, drains from any mechanical device, gutters, pipe, conduits, or any other objects or things used for the purpose of collecting, conducting, transporting, diverting, draining, or discharging stormwaters shall be discharged either to a storm sewer, a dry well, an underground conduit leading to a drainage ditch, or onto the ground surface in such other manner as will not constitute a nuisance as defined herein.
(e) Storm sewer lateral. Where municipal storm sewers are provided and it is deemed necessary by the property owner and/or the village to discharge clear waters from a parcel of land, a storm sewer lateral shall be installed and connected to the storm sewer main at the expense of the owner.
(f) Conducting tests. If the Building Inspector, or his or her designated agent, suspects an illegal clear water discharge, as defined by this chapter or by any other applicable provision of the Administrative Code as it may, from time to time, be amended, he or she may, upon reasonable notice and at reasonable times, enter the private premises where such illegal clear water discharge is suspected and conduct appropriate tests to determine whether such suspected illegal clear water discharge actually exists.
(Prior Code, § 15-1-11)