[Ord. No. 120.3 Art. I §§1—23, 5-5-1983]
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning
of terms used in this Article shall be as follows:
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five (5)
days at twenty degrees (20°) C, expressed in milligrams per liter.
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
which receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage
pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building
sewer, beginning five (5) feet (1.5 meters) outside the inner face
of the building wall.
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal.
A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage and
sale of produce.
The liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes,
trade, or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other
body of surface or groundwater.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation,
or group.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution.
The wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing
of food that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles
will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing
in public sewers, with no particle greater than one-half (½)
inch (1.27 centimeters) in any dimension.
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal
rights, and which is controlled by public authority.
A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface,
and groundwaters are not intentionally admitted.
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments, together
with such ground, surface, and stormwaters as may be present.
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating
sewage.
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing
of sewage.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
Is mandatory; MAY: Is permissive.
Any discharge of water, sewage, or industrial waste which
in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow exceeds
for any period of duration longer than fifteen (15) minutes more than
five (5) times the average twenty-four (24) hour concentration or
flows during normal operation.
A sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage,
but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling
water.
The Superintendent of Sewage Works and/or of Water Pollution
Control of the City, or his/her authorized deputy, agent, or representative.
Solids that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension
in water, sewage, or other liquids, and which are removable by laboratory
filtering.
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently.
[Ord. No. 120.3 Art. II §1, 5-5-1983]
It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit
to be deposited in any unsanitary manner on public or private property
within the City of Lake Tapawingo, or in any area under the jurisdiction
of said City, any human or animal excrement, garbage, or other objectionable
waste.
[Ord. No. 120.3 Art. II §2, 5-5-1983]
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within
the City of Lake Tapawingo, or in any area under the jurisdiction
of said City, any sewage or other polluted waters.
[Ord. No. 120.3 Art. II §3, 5-5-1983]
Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to construct
or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool, or other
facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage.
[Ord. No. 120.3 Art. II §4, 5-5-1983]
The owner of all houses, buildings, or properties used for human
employment, recreation, or other purposes, situated within the City
and abutting on any street, alley, or right-of-way in which there
is now located or may in the future be located a public sanitary or
combined sewer of the City, is hereby required at his/her expense
to install suitable toilet facilities therein, and to connect such
facilities directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with
the provisions of this Article, within ninety (90) days after date
of official notice to do so, provided that said public sewer is within
one hundred (100) feet (30.5 meters) of the property line.
[Ord. No. 120.3 Art. III §§1—10, 5-5-1983]
A.
No
unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening
into, use, alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof
without first obtaining a written permit from the Board of Aldermen.
B.
There
shall be two (2) classes of building sewer permits:
1.
For residential and commercial service, and
2.
For service to establishments producing industrial wastes.
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In either case, the owner or his/her agent shall make application
on a special form furnished by the City. The permit application shall
be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or other information
considered pertinent in the judgment of the Board of Aldermen. A permit
and inspection fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) for a residential or
commercial building sewer permit and one hundred dollars ($100.00)
for an industrial building sewer permit shall be paid to the City
at the time the application is filed.
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C.
All
costs and expense incident to the installation and connection of the
building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify
the City from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be
occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
D.
Old
building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only
when they are found, on examination and test by the Board of Aldermen,
to meet all requirements of this Article.
E.
The
size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building sewer,
and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing,
testing and backfilling the trench, shall all conform to the requirements
of the Building and Plumbing Code or other applicable rules and regulations
of the City. In the absence of Code provisions or in amplification
thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications
of the A.S.T.M. and W.P.C.F. Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply.
F.
Whenever
possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an
elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings in which any
building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer,
sanitary sewage carried by such building drain shall be lifted by
an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.
G.
No
person shall make connection of roof downspouts, interior and exterior
foundation drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surface runoff
or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain which in turn
is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
H.
The
connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform
to the requirements of the Building and Plumbing Code or other applicable
rules and regulations of the City, or the procedures set forth in
appropriate specifications of the A.S.T.M. and the W.P.C.F. Manual
of Practice No. 9. All such connections shall be made gastight and
watertight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials
must be approved by the Board of Aldermen before installation.
I.
The
applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Sewer Commissioner
when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to
the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision
of the Sewer Commissioner or his/her representative.
J.
All
excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded
with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard.
Streets, sidewalks, parkways, and other public property disturbed
in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory
to the City.
[Ord. No. 958 §1, 2-18-2016]
A.
The Board of Aldermen hereby make the following findings:
1.
The City operates a water system and a low pressure sanitary
sewer collection system.
2.
The sanitary sewerage is treated by the Little Blue Valley Sewer
District, and charges are based on, among other things, the volume
of water to be treated.
3.
Water entering the sanitary sewer collection system by inflow
and infiltration increases the City's treatment costs.
4.
The sewer line running from the building (house) to the grinder
pump unit is the responsibility of the property owner, while the grinder
pump unit is maintained by the City.
5.
A sewer line running from the building to the grinder pump that
is cracked, broken, or otherwise in such disrepair as to facilitate
groundwater and rainwater entering the sewer line leading to the grinder
pump, increases the workload of the grinder pump and shortens its
useful life.
B.
The property owner is responsible for maintaining the sewer service
line from the building to the grinder pump by ensuring that it is
watertight. Failure to keep such service line watertight will give
the City the right to discontinue water service, which shall not be
reconnected until the sewer line has been properly maintained or repaired.
[Ord. No. 120.3 Art. IV §1, 5-5-1983]
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any storm
water, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage,
including interior and exterior foundation drains, uncontaminated
cooling water, or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary
sewer.
[Ord. No. 120.3 Art. IV §2, 5-5-1983]
Storm water and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged
to such sewers as are specifically designated as combined sewers or
storm sewers, or to a natural outlet approved by the Board of Aldermen.
Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged
on approval of the Board of Aldermen, to a storm sewer, combined sewer,
or natural outlet.
[Ord. No. 120.3 Art. IV §3, 5-5-1983]
A.
No
person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following
described waters or wastes to any public sewers:
1.
Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil, or other flammable or explosive
liquid, solid, or gas.
2.
Any waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous solids, liquids,
or gases in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with
other wastes, to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process,
constitute a hazard to humans or animals, create a public nuisance,
or create any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment
plant, including but not limited to cyanides in excess of two (2)
mg/l as CN in the wastes as discharged to the public sewer.
3.
Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5, or having any corrosive
property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment,
and personnel of the sewage works.
4.
Solid or viscous substances in quantities or of such size capable
of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers, or other interference
with the proper operation of the sewage works such as, but not limited
to, ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags,
feathers, tar, plastics, wood, unground garbage, whole blood, paunch
manure, hair and fleshings, entrails and paper dishes, cups, mild
containers, etc., either whole or ground by garbage grinders.
5.
Any waters or wastes having (1) a 5-day BOD greater than three hundred
(300) parts per million by weight, or (2) containing more than three
hundred fifty (350) parts per million by weight of suspended solids,
or (3) having an average daily flow greater than two percent (2%)
of the average sewage flow of the City, shall be subject to the review
of the Board of Aldermen. Where necessary in the opinion of the Board
of Aldermen, the owner shall provide, at his/her expense, such preliminary
treatment as may be necessary to:
a.
Reduce the biochemical oxygen demand to three hundred (300) parts
per million by weight, or
b.
Reduce the suspended solids to three hundred fifty (350) parts per
million by weight, or
c.
Control the quantities and rates of discharge of such waters or wastes.
Plans, specifications, and any other pertinent information relating
to proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted for
the approval of the Board of Aldermen and no construction of such
facilities shall be commenced until said approvals are obtained in
writing.
[Ord. No. 120.3 Art. IV §4, 5-5-1983; Ord. No. 958 §2, 2-18-2016]
A.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged the following
described substances, materials, waters or wastes if it appears likely
in the opinion of the Sewer Commissioner that such wastes can harm
either the sewers, sewage treatment process, or equipment, have an
adverse effect on the receiving stream, or can otherwise endanger
life, limb, public property, or constitute a nuisance. In forming
his/her opinion as to the acceptability of these wastes, the Sewer
Commissioner will give consideration to such factors as the quantities
of subject wastes in relation to flows and velocities in the sewers,
materials of construction of the sewers, nature of the sewage treatment
process, capacity of the sewage treatment plant, degree of treatability
of wastes in the sewage treatment plant, and other pertinent factors.
The substances prohibited are:
1.
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than one hundred
fifty degrees (150°) F. sixty-five degrees Celsius (65° C.).
2.
Any water or waste containing fats, wax, grease, or oils, whether
emulsified or not, in excess of one hundred (100) mg/l or containing
substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between
thirty-two degrees (32°) and one hundred fifty degrees (150°)
F [zero and sixty-five degrees Celsius (0 and 65° C.)].
3.
Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. The installation
and operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a motor of three-fourths
(3/4) horsepower (0.76 hp metric) or greater shall be subject to the
review and approval of the Board of Aldermen.
4.
Any waters or wastes containing strong acid iron pickling wastes,
or concentrated plating solutions whether neutralized or not.
5.
Any waters or wastes containing iron, chromium, copper, zinc,
and similar objectionable or toxic substances; or wastes exerting
an excessive chlorine requirement, to such degree that any such material
received in the composite sewage at the sewage treatment works exceeds
the limits established by the Board of Aldermen for such materials.
6.
Any waters or wastes containing phenols or other taste- or odor-producing
substances, in such concentrations exceeding limits which may be established
by the Board of Aldermen as necessary, after treatment of the composite
sewage, to meet the requirements of State, Federal, or other public
agencies of jurisdiction for such discharge to the receiving waters.
7.
Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration
as may exceed limits established by the Board of Aldermen in compliance
with applicable State or Federal regulations.
8.
Any waters or wastes having a pH in excess of 9.5.
9.
Materials which exert or cause:
a.
Unusual concentrations of inert suspended solids (such as, but
not limited to, Fullers earth, lime slurries, and lime residues) or
of dissolved solids (such as, but not limited to, sodium chloride
or sodium sulfate).
b.
Excessive discoloration (such as, but not limited to, dye wastes
and vegetable tanning solutions).
c.
Unusual BOD, chemical oxygen demand, or chlorine requirements
in such quantities as to constitute a significant load on the sewage
treatment works.
d.
Unusual volume of flow or concentration of wastes constituting
"slugs" as defined herein.
10.
Waters or wastes containing substances which are not amenable
to treatment or reduction by the sewage treatment processes employed,
or are amenable to treatment only to such degree that the sewage treatment
plant effluent cannot meet the requirements of other agencies having
jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving waters.
B.
Notwithstanding any provision contained in the City Code to the contrary,
no person shall discharge or cause or allow to be discharged any of
the following to any public sewer: Any solid or viscous wastes which
will or may cause an obstruction to the flow in a sewer or wastewater
treatment system. Prohibited materials, include, but are not limited
to:
1.
Grease, sand, ashes, mud, feathers;
2.
Animal guts or tissues, paunch manure, bones, hair, hides, or
fleshings, entrails;
3.
Metal, glass, straw, egg shells;
4.
Grass clippings, rags, spent grains, spent hops, waste paper,
wood, plastics, tar;
5.
Asphalt residues, residues from refining or processing of fuel
or lubricating oil;
6.
Pantyhose, elastic bands, disposable sanitary items or diapers,
disposable/flushable wipes, baby/hand wipes, Q-Tips or prophylactics;
7.
Paint or petroleum products, i.e., paint thinner, kerosene or
gasoline, fuel oil, flammable or explosive liquid.
[Ord. No. 120.3 Art. IV §5, 5-5-1983]
A.
If any waters or wastes are discharged, or are proposed to be discharged to the public sewers, which waters contain the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in Section 710.100 of this Article, and which in the judgment of the Board of Aldermen, may have a deleterious effect upon the sewage works, processes, equipment, or receiving waters, or which otherwise create a hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance, the Board of Aldermen may:
B.
If
the Board of Aldermen permits the pretreatment of equalization of
waste flows, the design and installation of the plants and equipment
shall be subject to the review and approval of the Board of Aldermen,
and subject to the requirements of all applicable codes, ordinances
and laws.
[Ord. No. 120.3 Art. IV §6, 5-5-1983]
Grease, oil, and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in
the opinion of the Board of Aldermen, they are necessary for the proper
handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts,
or any flammable wastes, sand, or other harmful ingredients; except
that such interceptors shall not be required for private living quarters
or dwelling units. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity
approved by the Board of Aldermen, and shall be located as to be readily
and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection.
[Ord. No. 120.3 Art. IV §7, 5-5-1983]
Where preliminary treatment or flow-equalizing facilities are
provided for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously
in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner at his/her expense.
[Ord. No. 120.3 Art. IV §8, 5-5-1983]
When required by the Board of Aldermen, the owner of any property
serviced by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install
a suitable control manhole together with such necessary meters and
other appurtenances in the building sewer to facilitate observation,
sampling, and measurement of the wastes. Such manhole, when required,
shall be accessibly and safely located, and shall be constructed in
accordance with plans approved by the Board of Aldermen. The manhole
shall be installed by the owner at his/her expense, and shall be maintained
by him/her so as to be safe and accessible at all times.
[Ord. No. 120.3 Art. IV §9, 5-5-1983]
All measurements, tests, and analyses of the characteristics
of waters and wastes to which reference is made in this Article shall
be determined in accordance with the latest edition of "Standard Methods
for the Examination of Water and Wastewater", published by the American
Public Health Association, and shall be determined at the control
manhole provided, upon suitable samples taken at said control manhole.
In the event that no special manhole has been required, the control
manhole shall be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in
the public sewer to the point at which the building sewer is connected.
Sampling shall be carried out by customarily accepted methods to reflect
the effect of constituents upon the sewage works and to determine
the existence of hazards to life, limb and property. (The particular
analyses involved will determine whether a twenty-four (24) hour composite
of all outfalls of a premises is appropriate or whether a grab sample
or samples should be taken. Normally, but not always, BOD and suspended
solids analyses are obtained from twenty-four (24) hour composites
of all outfalls whereas pH's are determined from periodic grab samples.)
[Ord. No. 120.3 Art. IV §10, 5-5-1983]
No statement contained in this Article shall be construed as
preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the City and
any industrial concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength
or character may be accepted by the City for treatment, subject to
payment therefore, by the industrial concern.
[Ord. No. 120.3 Art. V §1, 5-5-1983]
No unauthorized person shall maliciously, willfully, or negligently
break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface, or tamper with any structure,
appurtenance, or equipment which is part of the sewage works. Any
person violating this provision shall be subject to immediate arrest
under charge of disorderly conduct.
[Ord. No. 120.3 Art. VI §§1—3, 5-5-1983]
A.
The
Mayor and Board of Aldermen and other duly authorized 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 in accordance with the provisions
of this Article. The Mayor and Board of Aldermen or his/her representatives
shall have no authority to inquire into any processes including metallurgical,
chemical, oil, refining, ceramic, paper, or other industries beyond
that point having a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge
to the sewers or waterways or facilities for waste treatment.
B.
While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in Subsection (A) above, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen or duly authorized employees of the City shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the company and the company shall be held harmless for injury or death to the City employees and the City shall indemnify the company against loss or damage to its property by City employees and against liability claims and demands for personal injury or property damage asserted against the company and growing out of the gauging and sampling operation, except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the company to maintain safe conditions as required in Section 710.140.
C.
The
Mayor and Board of Aldermen and other duly authorized employees of
the City bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted
to enter all private properties through which the City holds a duly
negotiated easement for the purposes of, but not limited to, inspection,
observation, measurement, sampling, repair, and maintenance of any
portion of the sewage works lying within said easement. All entry
and subsequent work, if any, on said easement, shall be done in full
accordance with the terms of the duly negotiated easement pertaining
to the private property involved.
[Ord. No. 120.3 Art. VII §§1—3, 5-5-1983; Ord. No. 899 §11, 8-18-2010]
A.
Any person found to be violating any provision of this Article except Section 710.170 shall be served by the City with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations.
B.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this Article shall be subject to the general penalty provisions contained in Section 100.040.
C.
Any
person violating any of the provisions of this Article shall become
liable to the City for any expense, loss, or damage occasioned the
City by reason of such violation.
