[Adopted 4-1-1992 (§§ 9-2-1
through 9-2-9 of the 1992 Code of Ordinances); amended in its entirety 12-14-2009 by Ord. No.
348]
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning
of terms used in this article shall be as follows:
BOD (denoting "biochemical oxygen demand")
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.
BUILDING DRAIN
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 feet (1.5 meters) outside the inner face of the building
wall.
BUILDING INSPECTOR
The Building Inspector of the City of Bayfield or his appointed
assistant, agent or representative.
BUILDING SEWER
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal.
CITY
The City of Bayfield, Wisconsin.
GARBAGE
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and
sale of meat, fish, fowl, fruits, vegetables and condemned food.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
Any solid, liquid or gaseous substance discharged, permitted
to flow or escaping from any industrial, manufacturing, commercial
or business establishment or process or from the development, recovery
or processing of natural resources. Industrial wastes, under this
article, shall include all Class "D" manufacturers as identified in
the Standard Industrial Classification Manual.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface water or groundwater.
NORMAL CONCENTRATION
A.
Five-day, 20° C., BOD of not more than 200 mg/l.
B.
A suspended solids content of not more than 250 mg/l.
NORMAL SEWAGE
Sanitary sewage or other wastes in which BOD or suspended
solids concentrations do not exceed normal concentrations.
OWNER
The record holder of property or his/her agent.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, municipal or private corporation,
association, society, institution, enterprise, governmental agency
or other entity.
pH
The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the hydrogen
ion concentration expressed in moles per liter as determined by "standard
methods."
PIKE'S BAY SANITARY DISTRICT
The sanitary district located in the Town of Bayfield adjacent
to the City of Bayfield, in partnership under the auspices of the
Greater Bayfield Wastewater Treatment Plant and Commission. Both entities
jointly share membership on the GBWWTP Commission.
PROPERLY GROUND GARBAGE
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.
PUBLIC SEWER
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal
rights, and is controlled by public authority.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface
and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGE
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.
SEWAGE WORKS
All facilities for the collecting, pumping, treatment and
disposing of sewage.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SLUG
Any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste which
in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow exceeds
for any period longer than 15 minutes more than five times the average
twenty-four-hour concentration or flows during normal operation.
STORM SEWER
A sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage,
but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling
water.
TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS (TSS)
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.
UTILITY OPERATOR
The water specialist employed by the City of Bayfield responsible
for maintenance, upkeep, and repairs of the water and sewer infrastructure.
WATERCOURSE
A natural or artificial channel for passage of water.
Sewer mains will be extended for new customers on the following
basis:
A. Where the cost of the extension is to immediately be collected through
assessment by the municipality against the abutting property, the
procedure set forth under § 66.0703, Wis. Stats., will apply,
and no additional customer contribution to the Utility will be required.
B. Where the City is unwilling or unable to make a special assessment,
the extension will be made on a customer-financed basis as follows:
(1) The applicant(s) will advance as a contribution in aid of construction the total amount equivalent to that which would have been assessed for all property under Subsection
A.
(2) Part of the contribution required in Subsection
B(1) will be refundable. When additional customers are connected to the extended main within 20 years of the date of completion, contributions in aid of construction will be collected equal to the amount which would have been assessed under Subsection
A for the abutting property being served. This amount will be refunded to the original contributor(s). In no case will the contributions received from additional customers exceed the proportionate amount which would have been required under Subsection
A, nor will it exceed the total assessable cost of the original extension.
C. When a new customer(s) is connected to an existing main not financed
by customer contributions, it shall not be considered as a main extension,
and no contribution may be collected from the customer(s). This provision
applies to the mains installed after the effective date of this rule.
D. Connections to City-owned laterals, mains, and other infrastructure
designed to serve sewage treatment for properties outside the City
limits shall be subject to the provisions pertaining thereto in the
Intermunicipal Agreement between the City of Bayfield and the Pikes
Bay Sanitary District for Creation and Operation of the Greater Bayfield
Wastewater Treatment Plant.
E. Maintenance.
(1) The maintenance of all sewer mains is the responsibility of the City
of Bayfield's Sewer Utility.
(2) The maintenance of sewer laterals is the responsibility of the homeowner.
The maintenance responsibility will be from the City's sewer
main to the building the lateral is serving, regardless of the distance
and location of existing lateral.
All septage disposal must conform to the regulations adopted
by the Greater Bayfield Wastewater Treatment Plant Commission, including
fees and surcharges.
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.