1040.01 Definitions.
1040.02 Enforcement.
1040.03 Drawings, plans and specifications for water and sewer lines; responsibilities of Engineer and Water and Sewer Department.
1040.04 Sale, lease or use of facilities; compliance with chapter required.
1040.05 Sewer connection required.
1040.06 Dumping and disposing of sewage.
1040.07 Discharge of surface drainage to sanitary sewers.
1040.08 Inspections.
1040.09 Discharge of harmful matter into sewers; remedy of City.
1040.10 Contract between City and users. (Repealed)
1040.11 Transfers of common-service premises; separate ownership required.
1040.12 Private sales prohibited.
1040.13 Injuring or obstructing facilities.
1040.14 Privies.
1040.15 Temporary service.
1040.16 Liability of City.
1040.17 Sale of assets.
1040.18 Sales outside City.
1040.19 Non-use of facilities due to change of ownership or occupancy; notice to City required.
1040.20 Disconnection and final readings; new customers.
1040.21 Violations; disconnection of service. (Repealed)
1040.22 Waste prohibited; leaks; operation of shut-off cocks.
1040.23 Fire hydrants.
1040.24 Emergency restrictions.
1040.25 Permits and connections.
1040.26 Meters.
1040.27 Cross-connection Rules.
1040.28 Private fire service protection.
1040.29 Water and sewage disposal rates and charges.
1040.30 Delinquency; collections; discontinuance of service.
1040.31 Delinquency; surcharges.
1040.32 Offensive sewage; additional charges, pretreatment or refusal.
1040.33 Commercial and industrial waste pollutant strength surcharge.
1040.34 County standards and regulations.
1040.35 Free service.
1040.36 Purposes of rates and charges; revision. (Repealed)
1040.37 Operating year.
1040.38 Use of moneys; funds.
1040.39 Transfer of moneys; investments.
Stormwater Management
1040.45 Stormwater management.
Illicit Discharge Elimination Program
1040.50 Short title.
1040.51 Statement of purpose.
1040.52 Definitions.
1040.53 Applicability.
1040.54 Enforcement, responsibility for administration.
1040.55 Minimum standards.
1040.56 Discharge prohibitions.
1040.57 Right of entry.
1040.58 Suspension of storm sewer system access.
1040.59 Industrial or construction activity discharges.
1040.60 Requirements to prevent, control, and reduce storm water pollutants by the use of best management practices.
1040.61 Watercourse protection.
1040.62 Notification of spills.
1040.63 Enforcement.
1040.64 Appeal of notice of violation.
1040.65 Enforcement measures after appeal.
1040.66 Cost of the abatement of the violation.
1040.67 Injunctive relief.
1040.68 Violations deemed a public nuisance.
1040.69 Criminal prosecution.
1040.70 Remedies not exclusive.
1040.97 Severability.
1040.98 Chapter a contract; violations as breach; termination and reinstitution of service; removal of curb box.
1040.99 Penalty.
CROSS REFERENCES
Drainage of excavations and foundations - see B. & H. 1438.02
Industrial wastewater control - see S.U. & P.S. Ch. 1042
Municipal utilities - see CHTR. Ch. 14
Notification of utilities before demolition of buildings - see B. & H. 1460.02
Plumbing Code - see B. & H. Ch. 1414
Privately owned utilities- see CHTR. Ch. 15
Regulations for fire hydrants on private property - see S.U. & P.S. Ch. 1044
Water and Sewer Department - see ADM. Ch. 238
As used in this chapter, unless otherwise specifically stated:
(a) "Building Official" means that person appointed to such position by the proper appointing authority.
(b) "Curb box" means the water shutoff installed by the City in a service line nearest the tap into a City water line.
(c) "Customer" means any person making use of the facilities provided for in this chapter.
(d) "Debt service charge" means the charges levied to customers of the wastewater system which are used to pay principal, interest, and administrative costs of retiring the debt incurred for construction of the system. The debt service charge shall be in addition to the user charge.
(e) "Department" means the Water and Sewer Department of the City.
(f) "Domestic equivalent discharge" means the discharge strength characteristics of domestic wastewater (BOD, TSS, P, and FOG) from residential users as a class, as established for the DWSD by the United States District Court on July 10, 1981.
(g) "Domestic wastewater" or "domestic sewage" means water-carried waste from residences, business buildings, institutions, or industrial establishments generated by personal activities (from sources such as kitchens, bathrooms, lavatories and toilets). Strength characteristics of this wastewater shall be deemed to be equal to those of the "domestic equivalent discharge," as established for the DWSD by the United States District Court on July 10, 1981. Domestic wastewater does not include process wastewater from industrial establishments, infiltration or inflow.
(h) "Engineer" means the City Engineer, or his or her designee, which includes any independent or other engineer employed or retained by the City for a specific purpose.
(i) "Facilities" means the water and sanitary sewer lines of the City and all appurtenances thereof or incidental thereto.
(j) "Manager" means the City Manager or his or her designee.
(k) "Normal strength" means sewage or waste, the concentration of which does not exceed BOD of 275 mg/l, SS of 350 mg/l, phosphorus of 12 mg/l, and fats, oils, and greases of 100 mg/l, which has a pH between 6.5 and 9.5 and which does not contain a concentration of other constituents which will interfere with the normal sewage treatment process.
(l) "Operation and maintenance" means all costs, direct and indirect, inclusive of all expenditures attributable to the administration, replacement, and treatment and collection of sewage or wastes, necessary to ensure adequate treatment and collection of sewage or wastes on a continuing basis in conformance with the NPDES permit, and other applicable regulations.
(m) "Replacement" means expenditures and costs for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories, or appurtenances which are necessary during the service life of the system to maintain the capacity and performance for which the system was designed and constructed.
(n) "Sanitary sewer" or "sanitary sewer line" means any sewer provided by the City for the purpose of receiving and transporting sewage.
(o) "Sewage" means any waste in liquid form, including solids which have been mixed with liquids so as to result in a free-flowing consistency, but not including surface drainage.
(p) "Sewer service charge" means the sum of the applicable user charge, surcharges, and debt service charges.
(q) "Superintendent" means the Superintendent of the Water and Sewer Department, or his or her designee.
(r) "User charge" means a charge based on units levied on a user of the system for the user's proportionate share of the cost of operation and maintenance (including replacement) of the system.
(s) "User surcharge" means a charge imposed on a user of the system who discharges sewage or wastes in excess of normal strength.
(Ord. 5. Passed 6-17-52; Ord. 1990-01. Passed 1-2-90; Ord. 1992-10. Passed 1-21-92.)
The City Engineer shall provide drawings, plans and specifications for the laying and connecting of all water and sewer lines for the City, and the Water and Sewer Department shall follow all instructions provided by the Engineer in this connection.
(Ord. 5. Passed 6-17-52.)
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