[CC 1983 §26-14; Ord. No. 472 Art. I §§1 — 7, 9 — 16, 18 — 22, 2-25-1974]
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning
of terms used in this Chapter 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 Celsius (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 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.
pH: 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 (one and twenty-seven hundredths (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 storm waters 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.
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 the Water and Sewer Department 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.
[Code 1961 §21.01; CC 1983 §26-15]
A separate system of sewerage is hereby established. The sewer
system of the City with reference to the connection of dwellings and
other buildings therewith shall be the separate system of sewerage.
[Code 1961 §21.16; CC 1983 §26-16; Ord. No. 472 Art. VI §1, 2-25-1974]
A.
No
person shall destroy, tear up, or otherwise injure any gutter, trench
or channel, dug, made or used for the purpose of carrying off water
or draining any street, avenue, alley or other public place within
the City, nor fill or otherwise obstruct the free passage of water
through any sewer, gutter, trench or channel.
B.
No
unauthorized person shall maliciously, willfully, or negligently break,
damage, destroy, uncover, deface, or tamper with any structure, appurtenance,
or equipment which is a part of the sewage works. Any person violating
this provision shall be subject to immediate arrest under charge of
disorderly conduct.
[CC 1983 §26-17; Ord. No. 472 Art. II §§1, 2, 4, 2-25-1974]
A.
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, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the City, any human
or animal excrement, garbage, or other objectionable waste.
B.
It
shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the City,
or in any area under the jurisdiction of the City, any sewage or other
polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided
in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter.
C.
The
owner of all houses, buildings or properties used for human occupancy,
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 Chapter, within ninety (90) days after date
of official notice to do so, provided that such public sewer is within
one hundred (100) feet of the property line.
[CC 1983 §26-18; Ord. No. 472 Art. VII §§1 — 3, 2-25-1974]
A.
The
Superintendent 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 Chapter.
The Superintendent or his/her representative 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) of this Section, the Superintendent 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 705.320 of this Chapter.
C.
The
Superintendent 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 such easement. All entry and subsequent
work, if any, on such easement, shall be done in full accordance with
the terms of the duly negotiated easement pertaining to the private
property involved.
[CC 1983 §26-19; Ord. No. 472 Art. VIII, §§1, 3, 2-25-1974]
A.
Any person found to be violating any provision of this Chapter, except Section 705.030(B) 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 violating any of the provisions of this Chapter shall become
liable to the City for any expense, loss, or damage occasioned the
City by reason of such violation.
[Code 1961 §21.15; CC 1983 §26-20]
In the event that satisfactory compliance with the various Sections
of this Chapter cannot be obtained within a period of sixty (60) days
following receipt of notification of such violation by the offender,
the Council may order the offending person to disconnect from the
City sewerage system or may order the connection broken by City employees.
The offending person shall be notified at least sixty (60) days in
advance of the date the connection must be broken.
