(A) It shall be a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to deposit, in an unsanitary manner, upon public or private property within the city, or any area under the jurisdiction of the city, any human excrement, sewage, industrial wastes or contaminated water, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with this chapter. It shall also be a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to construct or maintain within the city, any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage.
(Prior Code, § 8-3.01)
(B) It shall be a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to discharge or cause to be discharged, any storm water, surface water, ground water, roof run-off, subsurface drainage, cooling water or unpolluted industrial process water into any sanitary sewer. It shall also be a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to discharge or cause to be discharged, any of the following described waters or wastes into any sewer:
(1) Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150°F;
(2) Any water or waste which may contain more than 50 parts per million by weight of fat, oil, or grease;
(3) Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas;
(4) Any vegetable or organic food material that is not ground garbage;
(5) Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, paunch manure, glass grits, such as brick, cement, onyx, carbides or any other solid or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interference with the proper operation of the sewage works;
(6) Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than five and one-half or higher than nine or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structure, equipment and personnel of the sewage works;
(7) Any waters or wastes containing a substance in sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals or create any hazard in the waters or lands receiving the effluent of the treatment plant;
(8) Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable of creating a public nuisance; and
(9) Any other substance prohibited by federal or state law.
(Prior Code, § 8-3.02) Penalty, see § 10.99