(A) No person(s) shall make connection of roof downspouts, foundation drains, areaway drains, sump pumps or other sources of surface runoff or ground water to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer. In certain locations or situations where surface water discharge would create a safety hazard during freezing weather, connection to the sanitary sewer line may be permitted by the city garage floor drains which connect to the public sanitary sewer are prohibited.
(B) Any person, owner, lessee or occupant who has presently made, or permitted to be made, or shall make or permit to be made, any connection or installation in violation of this section shall immediately remove that connection or correct that installation. If not removed or corrected within ten calendar days after notice of violation has been delivered personally or by certified mail to that person, owner, lessee or occupant, the city shall impose a surcharge of $500 per month on the sewer bill of a property owner who is not in compliance. All properties found during regular or periodic re-inspection programs that are in violation of this section will be subject, at the discretion of the city, to the imposition of the monthly fee for all months between the two most recent inspections.
(C) Employees of the city bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing pertinent to discharge to the community system.
(D) Excess inflow and infiltration (I&I) into the city sewer system caused by roof downspouts, foundation drains, areaway drains, sump pumps or other sources all result in excess water being processed at the wastewater treatment works causing unnecessary cost to the city.
(Ord. 2018-286-1, passed 2-5-2018) Penalty, see § 10.99