[Adopted 2-28-1984 by Ord. No. 895 as
Art. I of Chapter 256 of the 1984 Code]
This article is adopted pursuant to and in accordance
with Act 94, Public Acts of 1933, as amended.
A.
For the purpose of this article, certain rules of
construction apply to the text. Words used in the present tense include
the future tense and in the singular include the plural, unless the
context clearly indicates the contrary. The term "shall" is always
mandatory and not discretionary; and the word "may" is permissive.
The word or term not interpreted or defined by this section shall
be used with a meaning of common or standard utilization.
B.
AGENT
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)
BUILDING
BUILDING DRAIN
BUILDING SERVICE DRAIN
BUILDING SERVICE SEWER
BUILDING SEWER
COMBINATION SEWER or COMBINED SEWER
DEPARTMENT
DIRECTOR
DRAIN or STORM DRAIN
DRAINAGE SYSTEM
DRAINAGE WATER
DWELLING UNIT
FLOATABLE OIL
GARBAGE
INDUSTRIAL SEWAGE or INDUSTRIAL WASTE
MG/L
PERSON
pH
POLLUTED WATER
PREMISES
PRIVATE SANITARY SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
PUBLIC DRAIN
PUBLIC SEWER
SANITARY SEWAGE
SANITARY SEWER
SETTLEABLE SOLIDS
SLUG
STANDARD METHODS
STREET
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
SYSTEM
TOTAL SOLIDS
UNPOLLUTED WATER
USER
WASTEWATER OR SEWAGE
WASTEWATER DISPOSAL OUTLET
WASTEWATER SYSTEM OR SEWER SYSTEM
WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS or SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
WATERCOURSE
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise,
the meanings of terms used in this article shall be as follows:
The Macomb County Health Department.
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20° C., expressed in milligrams per liter.
Any structure, including a mobile home, that requires a supply
of potable water and/or a means of disposal of wastewater.
The drainage water pipes in a building which convey roof
drainage, footing drainage water or stormwater to the building service
drain, located five feet (1.52 meters) outside the outer face of the
building.
Any drainage water pipe extension from a building drain outlet
point, located five feet (1.52 meters) outside of a building, to a
point of connection with a public drain or with any private drain
upstream of a public drain.
The sewer extension from a building sewer outlet point, located
five feet (1.52 meters) outside of a building, to a point of connection
with a public sanitary sewer.
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a building plumbing
system that receives the sanitary sewage from pipes inside the walls
of the building and conveys it from the building to the building service
sewer, located five feet (1.52 meters) outside of the outer face of
the building.
A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
The City Department of Water and Sewers charged with operating
and maintaining the wastewater (sewage disposal) system.
The person appointed by the City Council to manage the Department
of Water and Sewers.
[Amended 7-27-1999 by Ord. No. 1125]
A watercourse, ditch, drainage swale or pipe intended for
the conveyance of drainage water.
Any part or all of the property, structures, equipment, drains,
watercourses, materials and appurtenances used in conjunction with
the collection and disposal of drainage water.
Stormwater, subsurface groundwater, melting snow or ice,
roof and/or other surface water runoff or unpolluted water.
A building or a unit thereof (including an apartment, house
trailer or mobile home) that is occupied by one or more persons as
a residence (with a single set of culinary facilities) intended for
a single family.
Oil, fat or grease in a physical state such that it will
separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in an approved pretreatment
facility. Wastewater shall be considered free of floatable oil if
it is properly pretreated and the wastewater does not interfere with
the collection system.
The animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling,
preparation, cooking and serving of foods.
Any liquid contain-ing waterborne process wastes from industrial
sources.
Milligrams per liter.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or other legal entity.
The reciprocal of the logarithm of the hydrogen ion concentration.
The degree of acidity or alkalinity of a solution is measured by pH.
A pH value from zero to seven indicates acidity and from seven to
14 indicates alkalinity. Neutral water has a pH value of seven.
Water which exceeds the water quality standards established
from the receiving waterway.
A parcel of real estate owned by a person served as a single
user by a water supply outlet and/or a wastewater disposal outlet.
Each mobile home park is considered separately as a premises.
Any septic tank with subsurface soil absorption facilities
or any other private wastewater treatment facilities that may be approvable
by the Michigan Water Resources Commission (MWRC) or by its designated
agent, the Macomb County Health Department.
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 1/2 inch (1.27 centimeters)
in any dimension.
A drain under the control of the City or other public agency,
which is located in public easements or public rights-of-way.
A sanitary or combined sewer under the control of the City
or other public agency and located in public easements or public rights-of-way.
Usual domestic sewage or equivalent sewage, not including
industrial sewage, as herein defined.
A pipe or conduit that carries sanitary sewage.
Total particulate matter in water or wastewater that will
settle out of the liquid as prescribed in Standard Methods.
Any discharge of water or wastewater which, in concentration
of any given constituent or in quantity of flow, exceeds for 15 minutes
of duration more than five times the average twenty-four-hour concentration
of flows during normal operation and which adversely affects the collection
system and/or performance of the wastewater treatment works.
The laboratory procedures set forth in the latest edition
of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, as
prepared, approved and published jointly by the American Public Health
Association, the American Water Works Association and the Water Pollution
Control Federation, or methods acceptable to the United States Environmental
Protection Agency.
Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, alley or other right-of-way
that provides for vehicular or pedestrian access to abutting properties
by the general public, and includes the land between the street right-of-way
lines, whether improved or unimproved.
Total suspended matter that either floats on the surface
of or is in suspension in water, wastewater or other liquids and that
is removable by laboratory filtering as prescribed in Standard Methods.
Suspended solids includes settleable solids.
The wastewater system.
Includes total suspended solids and total dissolved solids.
Water that would not cause violation of the water quality
standards established for the receiving waterway.
The owner or occupants of any premises connected with and/or
using any of the facilities operated by the Department of Water and
Sewers.
Spent water which may be a combination of the liquid and
water-carried wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial
plants, institutions or other land uses, including drainage water
inadvertently present in said waste.
The point of connection with the public sanitary sewer.
Any part or all of the property, structures, equipment, sewers,
materials and/or appurtenances used in conjunction with the collection
and disposal of wastewater.
The Detroit Water and Sewer Department regional treatment
plant for treating wastewater and sludge.
[Amended 4-12-2022 by Ord. No. 1323]
A natural or artificial channel for the passage of water,
either continuously or intermittently.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit
or permit to be deposited in any manner upon public or private property
within the City, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said City,
any human or animal excrement, garbage or other waste.
B.
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any watercourse
or drain within the City, or in any area under the jurisdiction of
said City, any wastewater or other polluted water.
C.
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 wastewater.
D.
The City Council finds that a wastewater system is
essential to the health, safety and welfare of the people of the City.
Further, septic tank disposal systems in the City are subject to failure
due to heavy soil conditions prevalent throughout the City. Lastly,
failure or potential failure of septic tank disposal systems poses
a threat to the public health, safety and welfare, presents a potential
for ill health, transmission of disease, mortality and potential economic
blight and constitutes a threat to the quality of surface and subsurface
waters of the City. Therefore, connection to the available wastewater
system at the earliest reasonable date is necessary in the public
interest, which is hereby declared by the City Council to be a matter
of legislative determination. The owner of a structure in which sanitary
sewage originates and which is located within 200 feet of a right-of-way,
easement, highway, street or public way which crosses, adjoins or
abuts upon the property upon which said structure is located, and
within which right-of-way, easement, highway, street or public way
a public sewer is available for connection, shall connect to said
sewer system within 18 months after said sewer becomes available for
connection.
E.
All drainage water and unpolluted water, including
unpolluted cooling water and unpolluted process water, shall be deposited
in an appropriate watercourse or public drain such as storm sewers,
county drain or natural outlet as approved by the City and the appropriate
county and state agencies. Discharge of industrial cooling water and
unpolluted process water to any watercourse is prohibited unless the
discharge of such waters has been approved and permitted by the appropriate
county and state agencies.
[Amended 4-12-2022 by Ord. No. 1323]
F.
No person, firm or corporation shall break, damage,
destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance
or equipment which is a part of the wastewater system or drainage
system.
A.
Where a public sewer is not available under the provisions
of this article, a building sewer shall be connected to a private
sanitary sewage disposal system complying with the provisions of this
article.
B.
No private sanitary sewage disposal system employing
subsurface soil absorption facilities shall be constructed on a parcel
of property which is less than 12,000 square feet in area.
C.
Capacities, location and layout of a private sanitary
sewage disposal system shall comply with all regulations and recommendations
of the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy
(EGLE), and its designated agent, the Macomb County Health Department.
[Amended 8-8-1995 by Ord. No. 1072; 4-12-2022 by Ord. No. 1323]
D.
Before commencement of construction of a private sanitary
sewage disposal system, the owner shall first obtain a written permit
from the agent. The application for such permit shall be made on a
form furnished by the agent, which the applicant shall supplement
with any plans, specifications or other information considered necessary
by the agent.
E.
The agent shall be allowed to inspect the work at
any stage of construction, and the permittee shall notify the agent
when the work is ready for any required inspection, including final
inspection.
F.
The owner shall operate and maintain the private sanitary
sewage disposal system in a sanitary manner at all times at no expense
to the City, such that polluted water shall be prevented from entering
all drains or watercourses.
G.
At such time as a public sewer becomes available to
a property served by a private sanitary sewage disposal system, the
building service sewer shall be connected to said sewer within 18
months after official notice of the availability of said sewer. Any
septic tanks, cesspools and similar private sanitary sewage disposal
facilities shall be abandoned by cleaning and filling same with suitable
material.
H.
Nothing contained in this section shall be construed
to interfere with any additional requirements that may be imposed
by the City Council, other applicable ordinances or laws or the Michigan
Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE).
[Added 8-8-1995 by Ord. No. 1072; amended 4-12-2022 by Ord. No. 1323]
[Amended 6-22-1993 by Ord. No. 1039; 8-8-1995 by Ord. No. 1072]
A.
No person shall uncover, make any connections to,
open, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or public drain or appurtenance
thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Department
of Buildings and Inspection, and in the event work involves areas
within public utility easements or rights-of-way, a written permit
from the Department of Water and Sewers must also be obtained. A permit
fee shall be paid to the City at the time application is made for
the permit for each building service drain or building service sewer
to public facilities. Such charges shall be established by resolution
of the City Council.
B.
There shall be two classes of building service sewer
construction permits: for sanitary sewage service and for industrial
sewage service. In addition, construction of a building service drain
discharging into a public drain or watercourse requires a permit.
In all cases, the owner or his or her agent shall make application
for the permit on a form furnished by the City. The permit application
shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information
considered pertinent by the City.
C.
All costs and expenses incident to the installation
or subsequent repair, maintenance or replacement of the buildings
service sewer or building service drain shall be borne by the owner
or owners of the premises. The owners or owners, jointly and severally,
shall indemnify the City from any loss or damage to the City's wastewater
or drainage systems or to third persons or their property which may
result directly or indirectly by such connections.
D.
A separate building service sewer shall be provided
for every building. Sanitary sewage and industrial sewage shall not
be combined in a single building service sewer. A separate building
service drain shall be provided for each building requiring a drainage
water outlet.
E.
Existing building service sewers may be used in connection
with new buildings only when it is determined by the Plumbing Inspector
that said building service sewers meet the requirements of this article.
F.
The size, slope, alignment, materials and methods of construction of a building service sewer or building service drain, including the connection to a public sewer or public drain 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 Codes (see Chapter 88 and Chapter 221) or other applicable rules and regulations of the City. In the absence of any code provisions, not of particular subject, the materials and procedures set forth in the American Society for Testing and Materials and Water Pollution Control Federation Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply with regard to materials and procedures set forth herein.
G.
No person shall make connection of any roof downspouts,
foundation or footing drains, areaway drains or other sources of surface
runoff and/or groundwater to a building sewer or building service
sewer which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public
sewer.
H.
The permit holder for a building service sewer or
building service drain shall notify the Department of Buildings and
Inspection when the building service sewer is ready for inspection
and connection to a public sewer or drain. The Building Inspector
or representative shall inspect such building and the plumbing construction
therein, and if construction meets all requirements applicable and
as approved in the construction permit, a connection may be constructed
subject to all applicable provisions of this article.
I.
All excavations for building service sewer or building
service drain installation shall be surrounded 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 into their original condition.
J.
All new basement excavation and/or excavations for
foundation walls for a building served by a public sewer shall be
backfilled upon completion of construction of the basement wall or
other foundation wall. The earth surface surrounding such wall shall
be graded so as to direct the drainage water away from such wall to
a point of disposal. During stages of construction of the building,
temporary downspouts and connections thereto directing the stormwater
away from the building shall be provided. The building contractor
shall provide means to ensure drainage away from the building during
the stages of construction, and the owner shall maintain such drainage
during all times the building is connected to a public sewer.
K.
All buildings, including existing and proposed, connected
to a public sewer shall be equipped with adequate eave troughs, gutters,
downspouts, splashguards and similar connections so as to discharge
stormwater through an impermeable structure or impermeable surface
to a location at least five feet (1.52 meters) perpendicularly away
from all building walls. The point of discharge to the ground, whether
hard-surfaced or otherwise, shall slope away from the building so
that surface water will be effectively disposed of away from the building.
Building service drains and other storm drainage facilities shall
be designed, installed and maintained to avoid discharge upon paved
surfaces and public rights-of-way, designed for pedestrian and vehicular
traffic. The property owner and/or occupants, jointly and severally,
shall provide for appropriate design and/or maintenance to avoid hazards
from freezing and thawing.
L.
Responsibility and costs of providing changes to existing building drainage pursuant to this article is decreed to be the joint and several responsibility of the owner, lessee and/or occupant, and the continuation of drainage contrary to the provisions set forth herein is decreed to be a public nuisance to be abated in the manner hereinbefore set forth. After notification, in writing, by the Department of Buildings and Inspection or representative as designated by the City Council, the owner, lessee or occupant shall have 45 calendar days to disconnect stormwater, groundwater or any unpolluted water connections into the public sewer and/or combined sewer. In addition to any other permitted legal remedies, violations pursuant to § 256-11 of this article may issue upon failure to comply within 45 days.
A.
All drainage water shall be discharged into public
drains or watercourses as approved by the City and the appropriate
county and state agencies.
[Amended 4-12-2022 by Ord. No. 1323]
B.
No sanitary sewage, industrial sewage, polluted water
or wastes of any kind, solid or liquid, shall be discharged into a
public drain or watercourse.
A.
Except as otherwise permitted herein, all sanitary
sewage shall be discharged into public sewers. However, no new connections
to public sewers shall be allowed unless sufficient capacity for treatment
of flows from such connections is available. Such flow capacity is
subject to maximum flow limitations contained in contracts or agreements
between the City, Southeast Macomb Sanitary District and the City
of Detroit.
[Amended 4-12-2022 by Ord. No. 1323]
B.
Industrial sewage may be discharged into public sewers
only upon issuance of an industrial sewage permit by the City and
only when such sewage meets the requirements hereinafter described.
C.
Drainage water and uncontaminated water shall not
be discharged into public sewers.
D.
No waste or wastewater containing toxic, poisonous
or corrosive solids, liquids or gases in sufficient quantity, either
singly or by the interaction with other wastes, to injure or interfere
with the wastewater system or the sewage treatment process in use
or proposed to be in use, to constitute a hazard to humans, animals
or public property, to create a public nuisance or to have a deleterious
effect on receiving waters of the sewage treatment plant effluent
shall be placed in or discharged to a public sewer.
E.
No waste or wastewater shall be discharged to the
public sewer which may damage said sewers. By way of example and not
limitation, damage may result from:
(1)
Chemical reactions, either directly or indirectly,
with sewer construction materials which impair the strength or durability
of the wastewater system.
(2)
Mechanical action which destroys or damages the wastewater
system.
(3)
Restriction of the hydraulic capacity of sewer structures
or restriction of the normal inspection or maintenance of the sewer.
(4)
Placing unusual demands on the wastewater treatment
equipment or process or limiting its effectiveness.
F.
No solid or viscous substances in quantity or size
capable of obstructing the flow in pipes or causing other interference
with the operation of the wastewater system, 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, milk
containers, etc., either whole or ground by garbage grinders, shall
be placed in or discharged to a public sewer.
G.
No gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other flammable
or explosive liquid, solid or gas shall be placed in or discharged
to a public sewer.
H.
No waste or wastewater causing excessive discoloration,
such as but not limited to dye wastes or vegetable tanning solutions,
shall be placed in or discharged to a public sewer.
I.
No waste or wastewater shall be placed in or discharged
to a public sewer, which constitutes a slug, either in quantities
of flow or concentration, or both.
J.
No waste or wastewater shall be placed in or discharged
to a public sewer, which has a pH lower than 5.5 or higher than 9.5
or which has any other corrosive property capable of causing damage
or hazard to the wastewater system or treatment works.
K.
The City shall conform its ordinances with all laws,
ordinances, rules, regulations and orders of the City of Detroit and
the State of Michigan with reference to wastewater characteristics,
collection and disposal and water pollution control.
A.
Industrial sewage shall not be discharged into public
sewers except upon issuance of an industrial sewage permit by the
City. Such permits shall be annual permits and shall be subject to
review for past and proposed conformance with all requirements of
this article as a condition of annual renewal. An annual permit fee
shall be paid to the City by the industrial sewage permit holder.
The City Council may, after proper notice and hearing, suspend, revoke
or refuse to renew an industrial sewage permit upon showing by the
Director that the permittee has persistently disregarded the provisions
of this article pertaining to the discharge of industrial sewage.
B.
Compatible wastes which are discharged by industry
in concentrations greatly in excess of domestic sewage will be sampled,
analyzed and treated. The City shall assess and collect surcharges
from the permittee to cover the added cost of handling and treating
the over-limit discharge of compatible waste. Such surcharges shall
be uniform throughout the system and shall be based on samples taken
at the control manhole of each industrial and commercial user. No
costs shall be assessed unless the concentrations are greater than
those found below:
|
Waste
|
Concentration
(milligrams per liter)
| ||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Suspended solids
|
300
| ||
|
BOD
|
300
| ||
|
Hexane soluble (total grease) in supernatant
liquid after 4 hours' settling
|
100
| ||
|
Floating oil
|
Noncollectible
| ||
|
Phenolic compounds
|
0.5
| ||
|
Total solids
|
2,000 (daily average
20,000 (any sample)
| ||
C.
If any water or wastewater is discharged or is proposed
to be discharged which may damage the public sewers as described in
this article or which contains an excess of the substances or exceeds
the limitations enumerated below or which may have a deleterious effect
upon the sewage system, processes, equipment or receiving waters or
which otherwise creates a hazard to life or constitutes a public nuisance,
the City may:
(1)
Reject the waste.
(2)
Require pretreatment of incompatible wastes to an
acceptable condition for discharge to the public sewers and/or require
periodic reports on effluent volume and quality and/or require control
over the quantities and rates of discharge.
(3)
Assess and collect monitoring and surveillance fees
when the limit of incompatible wastes, as defined below, are found
to be exceeded.
|
Soluble Incompatible Pollutants
|
Limits
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Antimony
|
2.0 mg/l
| |
|
Arsenic
|
1.0 mg/l
| |
|
Cadmium
|
2.0 mg/l
| |
|
Chromium, hexavalent (Cr+6)
|
5.0 mg/l
| |
|
Chromium (total)
|
25.0 mg/l
| |
|
Copper
|
3.0 mg/l
| |
|
Cyanide (total)
|
2.0 mg/l
| |
|
Ethyl hexyl phthalate
|
100 parts per trillion
| |
|
Iron
|
50.0 mg/l
| |
|
Lead
|
1.0 mg/l
| |
|
Mercury
|
0.005 mg/l
| |
|
Nickel
|
5.0 mg/l
| |
|
Phosphorus
|
13.0 mg/l
| |
|
Polychlorinated biphenyls
|
100 parts per trillion
| |
|
Selenium
|
1.0 mg/l
| |
|
Silver
|
2.0 mg/l
| |
|
Sulfides
|
10.0 mg/l
| |
|
Thallium
|
0.1 mg/l
| |
|
Zinc
|
15.0 mg/l
| |
|
H2S, SO2, NO (total)
|
10.0 mg/l
| |
|
Explosive substances
|
None detectable
| |
|
Combustibles
|
None detectable
| |
|
Radioactive waste
|
100 microcuries/liter
| |
|
Toxic gases
|
None detectable
| |
|
General Conditions
|
Limits
| |
|
Grease or oil that will solidify or become viscous
at 50° F. or above
|
None detectable
| |
|
Particle size
|
Must pass a one-half-inch sieve in any dimension
| |
|
Specific gravity of suspended solids
|
2.65 maximum
| |
|
Temperature limit
|
150° F.
| |
|
Toxic or irritating substances not otherwise
described
|
None detectable
|
D.
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be installed
by the user when the City determines that they are necessary for the
proper handling of liquid wastes to remove grease in excessive amounts
or to remove any flammable wastes, sand or other harmful ingredients.
Interceptors shall not be required for private dwelling units. All
interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the City,
shall be located so as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning
and inspection and shall be continuously maintained by the user in
an operating condition to accomplish the required result.
E.
Any water or wastewater having an untreated pH lower
than 5.5 or higher than 9.5 shall be pretreated to an acceptable condition
within these limits before discharge to the public sewers.
F.
If the City permits the pretreatment or equalization
of wastewater flows, the design and installation of the pretreatment
facilities and equipment shall be subject to the City's review and
approval and subject to the requirements of all applicable codes,
ordinances and laws. Where pretreatment or flow-equalizing facilities
are provided for any waste or wastewater, the owner shall maintain
these facilities continuously in satisfactory and effective operation
at his or her expense.
G.
Monitoring.
(1)
The City may monitor any discharge of industrial sewage
as frequently as required to provide proper enforcement of this article
and, further, to assess proper charges and fees to industrial waste
dischargers. No monitoring or surveillance fees shall be assessed
to industrial users operating within the limits of this article.
(2)
The Director and other authorized personnel bearing
proper identification shall be permitted to enter upon any premises
or easement for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement,
sampling and testing in accordance with the provisions of this article.
The Director and duly authorized personnel shall have no authority
to inquire into any processes, including metallurgical, chemical,
oil, refining, ceramic, paper or other processes, other than to determine
the type and source of discharge to the sewers. waterways or facilities
for waste treatment.
(3)
While performing the necessary work on private properties,
the City personnel shall observe all safety rules applicable to the
premises established by the company.
(4)
The owner of any property discharging industrial wastewater
to a sewer shall install on the industrial sewage building service
sewer a suitable control manhole or structure, together with necessary
meters, positive control devices and other appurtenances, to facilitate
observation, sampling and measurement of the wastewater. Such structure
shall be accessibly and safely located in a public right-of-way or
easement, allowing continuous access by City personnel, and shall
be constructed in accordance with plans and specifications approved
by the City. The structure shall be installed by the owner at his
or her expense and shall be maintained by him or her so as to be safe
and accessible to authorized personnel at all times.
(5)
All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics
of waters and wastes shall be performed as prescribed by Standard
Methods and shall be determined at the control manhole or from samples
taken from said control manhole and analyzed off the premises. 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 service sewer is connected.
(6)
Sampling shall be conducted in accordance with customarily
accepted methods to determine the effect of constituents upon the
wastewater treatment works and to determine the existence of hazards
to life, limb and property. The analyses will determine whether continuous
monitoring, a twenty-four-hour composite of all outfalls of a premises
or grab sampling is appropriate. BOD and suspended solids analyses
are obtained from twenty-four-hour composites of all outfalls, whereas
pH values are determined from periodic grab samples or by the use
of pH meters.
H.
When the City determines that wastewater or wastes,
either untreated or pretreated, are of a type which may pose a threat
to the public or to the public sewer system as previously described,
such discharges may be required to provide a continuous monitoring
device incorporating a detection and warning system and a positive
control device approved by the City to prevent spills of incompatible
wastewater from entering the sanitary sewer and to provide and maintain
a property damage and personal injury liability insurance policy in
whatever amount deemed necessary, but not less than $1,000,000. Said
liability shall cover claims against the user for damage to the public
sewer system which may be caused by such abnormal and/or deleterious
waste and for claims against said user for personal injury and/or
property damage generally.
I.
All conditions of the Detroit Code of Ordinances, Chapter 56, Article III, Division 3, Sec. 56-3-56 through Sec. 56-3-67, and as amended in the future, as well as the Great Lakes Water Authority Model Resolution for Adoption of the Industrial Pretreatment Program (IPP), regulating discharge of waste into the wastewater system, and all subsequent amendments to said ordinances and resolutions, shall be applicable.
[Amended 4-12-2022 by Ord. No. 1323]
[Added 8-8-1995 by Ord. No. 1072]
In administering the provisions of this article,
the Department of Buildings and Inspection shall provide for administration
and enforcement on private property, and the Department of Water and
Sewers shall provide for administration and enforcement, including
but not limited to taps, on public property.
[Added 8-8-1995 by Ord. No. 1072]
The flow of stormwater shall not be unreasonably
impeded from a neighboring property and no unreasonable discharge
of stormwater shall be permitted upon neighboring property. Provisions
of this section are not intended to modify or abridge any rights of
adjoining property owners as may exist otherwise with respect to stormwater
drainage pursuant to applicable laws, contractual agreement and the
common law.
