[Adopted 5-21-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-01 as Title 9, Ch. 5 of the 2001 Code]
A.
APPROVING AUTHORITY
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)
BUILDING DRAIN
BUILDING SEWER
CHLORINE REQUIREMENT
COMBINED SEWER
COMMERCIAL USER
COMPATIBLE POLLUTANT
COMPOSITE SAMPLE
EASEMENT
FLOATABLE OIL
FLOW PROPORTIONAL SAMPLE
GARBAGE
GROUND GARBAGE
INCOMPATIBLE POLLUTANT
INDUSTRIAL USER
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
INTERCEPTING SEWER
NATURAL OUTLET
NORMAL DOMESTIC SEWAGE
PERSON
pH
PRETREATMENT
PRIVATE SEWER
PUBLIC AUTHORITY
PUBLIC SEWER
SANITARY SEWAGE
SANITARY SEWER
SEGREGATED DOMESTIC WASTES
SEWAGE
SEWAGE SYSTEM
SEWER
SLUG
STANDARD METHODS
STORM DRAIN
STORMWATER RUNOFF
SUSPENDED SOLIDS (SS)
UNPOLLUTED WATER
USER CLASSES
WASTEWATER
WASTEWATER FACILITIES
WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS
WATERCOURSE
WPDES PERMIT
The following definitions shall be applicable in this
article:
The City Council of the City of Weyauwega or its duly authorized
deputy, agent, or representative.
[Amended 7-9-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-02]
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter in five days at 20° C., expressed as milligrams
per liter. Quantitative determination of BOD shall be made in accordance
with procedures set forth in Standard Methods.
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.
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal, also called a "house connection." Except
as provided in this article, building sewers shall not be subject
to the jurisdiction of the City of Weyauwega, and the City of Weyauwega
shall not be responsible for the construction and/or maintenance of
such sewer.
The amount of chlorine, in milligrams per liter, which must
be added to sewage to produce a specified residual chlorine content
in accordance with procedures set forth in Standard Methods.
Any sewer intended to serve as a sanitary sewer and a storm
sewer.
Any user whose premises is used primarily for the conduct
of a profit-oriented enterprise in the fields of construction, wholesale
or retail trade, finance, insurance, real estate or services and who
discharges primarily normal domestic wastewater. This definition shall
also include multifamily residences having three or more units served
by a single meter and users not classified elsewhere.
[Amended 7-9-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-02]
Biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids, pH or fecal
coliform bacteria, plus additional pollutants identified in the WPDES
permit for the publicly owned treatment works receiving the pollutants
if such works was designed to treat such additional pollutants and
in part does remove such pollutants to a substantial degree.
The combination of individual samples taken at intervals
of not more than one hour in a twenty-four-hour period.
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned
by others.
Oil, fat, or grease in a physical state such that it will
separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in an approved pretreatment
facility. A wastewater shall be considered free of floatable oil if
it is properly pretreated and the sample wastewater does not interfere
with the collection system.
A sample taken that is proportional to the volume of flow
during the sampling period.
The residue from the preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food and from the handling, storage, and sale of food products
and produce.
The residue from the preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food that has been shredded to such degree that all particles will
be carried freely in suspension under the flow conditions normally
prevailing in public sewers, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch
in any dimension.
Any pollutant which is not a compatible pollutant.
Any user whose premises is used primarily for the conduct
of a profit-oriented enterprise in the fields of manufacturing, transportation,
communications, utilities, mining, agriculture, forestry or fishing.
Any trade or process waste as distinct from segregated domestic
wastes or wastes from sanitary conveniences.
A sewer whose primary purpose is to convey sewage from a
collection system or systems to a wastewater treatment plant. Size
of the sewer is not a factor.
Any outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewer overflows,
into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other body of surface water
or groundwater.
Sanitary sewage resulting from the range of normal domestic
activities, in which BOD5 and SS concentrations
do not exceed normal concentrations of:
Any and all persons, including any individual, firm, company,
municipal or private corporation, association, society, institution,
enterprise, governmental agency or other entity.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration.
The concentration is the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter
of solution. Neutral water, for example, has a pH value of seven and
a hydrogen ion concentration of 10-7.[1]
An arrangement of devices and structures for the preliminary
treatment or processing of wastewater required to render such wastes
acceptable for admission to the public sewers.
Any sewer located outside of a public right-of-way or public
easement. Except as provided in this article, a private sewer shall
not be subject to the jurisdiction of the City of Weyauwega and the
City of Weyauwega shall not be responsible for the construction and/or
maintenance of such sewer.
Any user whose premises is used for the conduct of the legislative,
judicial, administrative, or regulatory activities of federal, state,
local, or international units of government; government-owned educational
facilities; government-owned health facilities; or government-owned
recreational facilities. This does not include government-owned or
-operated business establishments.
Any sewer provided by or subject to the jurisdiction of the
City of Weyauwega. It shall also include sewers within or outside
the City boundaries that serve one or more persons and ultimately
discharge into the City of Weyauwega sanitary sewer system, even though
those sewers may not have been constructed with City of Weyauwega
funds.
A combination of water-carried wastes from residences, business
buildings, institutions and industrial plants (other than industrial
wastes from such plants), together with such groundwater, surface
water and stormwater as may be present.
A sewer that carries sanitary and industrial water-carried
wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants, and
institutions, together with minor quantities of groundwater, stormwater
and surface water that are not admitted intentionally.
Wastes from nonresidential sources resulting from normal
domestic activities. These activities are distinguished from industrial,
trade and/or process discharge wastes.
The spent water of a community. The preferred term is "wastewater."
(See definition of "wastewater" in this section.)[2]
The composite network of underground conduits carrying wastewater
and appurtenances incidental thereto (i.e., manholes, lift stations,
service laterals, etc.).
A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water.[3]
Any discharge of water or wastewater which in concentration
of any given constituent or in quantity of flow exceeds for any period
of duration longer than 15 minutes more than five times the average
twenty-four-hour concentration of flows during normal operation and
shall adversely affect the system and/or performance of the wastewater
treatment works.
The examination and analytical procedures set forth in the
most recent edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water
and Wastewater published jointly be the American Public Health Association,
the American Water Works Association, and the Water Environment Federation.[4]
A drain or sewer for conveying water, groundwater, subsurface
water or unpolluted water from any source. Also termed "storm sewer."[5]
That portion of the rainfall that is drained into the sewers.
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, wastewater, or other liquids and that are removable by laboratory
filtering as prescribed in Standard Methods and are referred to as
"nonfilterable residue."
Water of a quality equal to or better than the effluent criteria
in effect or water that would not cause violation of receiving water
quality standards and would not be benefited by discharge to the sanitary
sewers and wastewater treatment facilities provided.
Categories of users having similar flows and water characteristics,
levels of biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids, phosphorus,
ammonia nitrogen, etc. For the purpose of this article, there shall
be four user classes: residential, commercial, industrial and public
authority.[6]
The spent water of a community. From the standpoint of source,
it may be a combination of the liquid and water-carried wastes from
residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants, and institutions,
together with any groundwater, surface water, and stormwater that
may be present.
The treatment works defined below, exclusive of interceptor
sewers and wastewater collection systems.
An arrangement of devices and structures for the storage,
treatment, recycling and reclamation of wastewater, liquid industrial
wastes and sludge. These systems include interceptor sewers, outfall
sewers, wastewater collection systems, individual systems, pumping,
power and other equipment and their appurtenances; any works that
are an integral part of the treatment process or are used for ultimate
disposal of residues from such treatment; or any other method or system
for preventing, abating, reducing, storing, treating, separating,
or disposing of municipal or industrial wastes.
A natural or artificial channel for the passage of water
either continuously or intermittently.
Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit.
General provisions are stated in Ch. NR 205, Wis. Adm. Code.[7]
B.
"Shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissible.
A.
Sanitary sewers. No person(s) shall discharge or cause
to be discharged any unpolluted waters as stormwater, groundwater,
roof runoff, subsurface drainage, or cooling water to any sanitary
sewer, except that stormwater runoff from limited areas, which stormwater
may be polluted at times, may be discharged to the sanitary sewer
by permission of the approving authority.
B.
User connections. The owner(s) of all houses, buildings,
or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, or
other purposes situated within the City of Weyauwega and abutting
on any street, alley or right-of-way in which there is now located
a public sanitary sewer of the City is (are) hereby required at the
owner's(s') expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein
and connect such facilities directly to the proper public sewer in
accordance with the provisions of this article within three months
after the date of official notice from the approving authority to
do so.
C.
Storm sewers. Stormwater, other than that exempted under Subsection A, 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 approving authority and other regulatory agencies. Unpolluted industrial cooling water or process waters may be discharged, on approval of the approving authority, to a storm sewer or natural outlet.
A.
Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall discharge
or cause to be discharged any of the following described waters or
wastes to any public sewer:
(1)
Any gasoline, benzine, naptha, 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
waste treatment process or which constitute a hazard to humans or
animals, create a public nuisance, or create any hazard in or have
an adverse effect on the waters receiving any discharge from the treatment
works.
(3)
Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5 or
higher than 9.0 or having any other corrosive property capable of
causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment and personnel of
the wastewater 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 wastewater facilities,
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.
(5)
The following described substances, materials, waters,
or waste shall be limited in discharges to municipal systems to concentrations
or quantities which will not harm either the sewers' wastewater treatment
process or equipment, will not have an adverse effect on the receiving
stream, or will not otherwise endanger lives, limb, or public property
or constitute a nuisance. The approving authority may set limitations
lower than the limitations established in the regulations below if
in its opinion such more severe limitations are necessary to meet
the above objectives. In forming its opinion as to the acceptability,
the approving authority will give consideration to such factors as
the quantity of subject waste in relation to flows and velocities
in the sewers, materials of construction of the sewers, the wastewater
treatment process employed, capacity of the wastewater treatment plant,
and other pertinent factors. The limitations or restrictions on materials
or characteristics of waste or wastewaters discharged to the sanitary
sewer which shall not be violated without approval of the approving
authority are as follows:
(a)
Wastewater having a temperature higher than
150° F.
(b)
Wastewater containing more than 25 milligrams
per liter of petroleum oil, nonbiodegradable cutting oils, or product
of mineral oil origin.
(c)
Any water or waste which may contain more than
100 milligrams per liter of fat, oil or grease.
(d)
Any garbage that has not been properly shredded.
Garbage grinders may be connected to sanitary sewers from homes, hotels,
institutions, restaurants, hospitals, catering establishments, or
similar places where garbage originates from the preparation of food
in kitchens for the purpose of consumption on the premises or when
served by caterers.
(e)
Any waters or wastes containing iron, chromium,
copper, zinc, mercury, and similar objectionable or toxic substances
or any of the materials listed in the Environmental Protection Agency's
pretreatment regulations governing electroplating and metal finishers
to such degree that any such material received in the composite wastewater
at the wastewater treatment works exceeds the limits established by
the approving authority for such materials.
(f)
Any waters or wastes containing odor-producing
substances exceeding limits which may be established by the approving
authority.
(g)
Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life
or concentration as may exceed limits established by the approving
authority in compliance with applicable state or federal regulations.
(h)
Quantities of flow, concentrations, or both
which constitute a slug as defined herein.
(i)
Water or wastes containing substances which
are not amenable to treatment or reduction by the wastewater treatment
processes employed or are amenable to treatment only to such degree
that the wastewater treatment plant effluent cannot meet the requirements
of other agencies having jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving
waters.
(j)
Any water or wastes which, by interaction with
other water or wastes in the public sewer system, release obnoxious
gases, form suspended solids which interfere with the collection system,
or create a condition deleterious to structures and treatment processes.
(k)
Materials which exert or cause:
[1]
Unusual BOD, chemical oxygen demand or chlorine
requirements in such quantities as to constitute a significant load
on the wastewater treatment plant.
[2]
Unusual volume of flow or concentration of wastes
constituting slugs as defined herein.
[3]
Unusual concentrations of inert suspended solids
(such as, but not limited to, fuller's earth, lime slurries, and lime
residues) or of dissolved solids (such as, but not limited to, dye
wastes and vegetable tanning solutions).
B.
No wastewater, regardless of character, shall be discharged
to the sewage system in such a manner as to interfere with the designed
operation of the collection system or treatment facilities or to cause
the treatment works to exceed the limits presented by the WPDES permit.
No statement contained in this article shall
be construed as prohibiting any special agreement between the City
and any person whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength or
character may be admitted to the sewage disposal works, either before
or after pretreatment, provided that there is no impairment of the
functioning of the sewage disposal works by reason of the admission
of such wastes and no extra costs are incurred by the City without
recompense by the person, provided that all rates and provisions set
forth in this article are recognized and adhered to.
New connections to the sewage system shall not
be permitted if there is insufficient capacity in the treatment works
to adequately transport and/or treat, as required by the WPDES permit,
the additional wastewater anticipated to be received from such connections.
A.
Submission of basic data.
(1)
Within three months after passage of this article,
establishments discharging industrial wastes to a public sewer shall
prepare and file with the approving authority a report that shall
include pertinent data relating to the quantity and characteristics
of the wastes discharged to the wastewater works.[1]
(2)
Similarly, each establishment desiring to make a new
connection to public sewer for the purpose of discharging industrial
wastes shall prepare and file with the approving authority a report
that shall include actual or predicted data relating to the quantity
and characteristics of the wastes to be discharged.
B.
Extension of time. When it can be demonstrated that circumstances exist which would create an unreasonable burden on the establishment to comply with the time schedule imposed by Subsection A above, a request for extension of time may be presented for consideration of the approving authority.
C.
High-strength and/or toxic discharges.
(1)
If any waters or wastes are discharged or proposed to be discharged to the public sewers, which waters or wastes contain substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in § 460-47A and which, in the judgment of the approving authority, may have deleterious effect upon the sewage works, processes, equipment, or receiving waters, or which otherwise create a hazard to life or health or constitute a public nuisance, the approving authority may:[2]
(2)
The toxic pollutants subject to prohibition or regulation
under this article shall include, but not be limited to, the list
of toxic pollutants or combination of pollutants established by Section
307(a) of the Clean Water Act of 1977 and subsequent amendments. Effluent
standards or prohibitions for discharge to the sanitary sewer shall
also conform to the requirements of Section 307(b) and associated
regulations.
(3)
Pretreatment standards for those pollutants which
are determined not to be susceptible to treatment by the treatment
works or which would interfere with the operation of such works shall
conform to the requirements and associated regulations of Section
307(b) of the Clean Water Act of 1977 and subsequent amendments. The
primary source for such regulations shall be 40 CFR 403, General Pretreatment
Regulations for Existing and New Sources of Pollution.
D.
Control manholes.
(1)
Each user discharging industrial wastes into a public
sewer may be required by the approving authority to construct and
maintain one or more control manholes or access points to facilitate
observation, measurement and sampling of his/her wastes, including
domestic sewage.
(2)
Control manholes or access facilities shall be located
and built in a manner acceptable to the approving authority. If measuring
devices are to be permanently installed, they shall be of a type acceptable
to the approving authority.
(3)
Control manholes, access facilities, and related equipment
shall be installed by the establishment discharging the waste, at
its expense, and shall be maintained by it so as to be in safe condition,
accessible, and in proper operating condition at all times. Plans
for installation of the control manholes or access facilities and
related equipment shall be approved by the approving authority prior
to the beginning of construction.
E.
Metering of waste. Devices for measuring the volume
of waste discharged may be required by the approving authority if
this volume cannot otherwise be determined from the metered water
consumption records. Metering devices for determining the volume of
waste shall be installed, owned, and maintained by the discharger.
A maintenance schedule must be accepted by the approving authority.
Following approval and installation, such meters may not be removed
without the consent of the approving authority.
F.
Waste sampling.
(1)
Industrial wastes discharged into the public sewers
shall be subject to periodic inspection and a determination of character
and concentration of said wastes. The determination shall be made
by the industry as often as may be deemed necessary by the approving
authority.
(2)
Sampling shall be conducted in such a manner as to
be representative of the composition of the wastes. The sampling may
be accomplished either manually or by the use of mechanical equipment
acceptable to the approving authority.
(3)
Installation, operation, and maintenance of the sampling
facilities shall be the responsibility of the establishment discharging
the waste and shall be subject to the approval of the approving authority.
Access to sampling locations shall be granted to the approving authority
or its duly authorized representative at all times. Every care shall
be exercised in the collection of samples to ensure their preservation
in a state comparable to that at the time the sample was taken.
G.
Analyses.
(1)
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 Ch. NR 219, Wis. Adm. Code. Sampling
methods, location times, durations, and frequencies are to be determined
on an individual basis subject to approval by the approving authority.
(2)
Determination of the character and concentration of
the industrial wastes shall be made by the establishment discharging
them, or its agent, as designated and required by the approving authority.
The approving authority may also make its own analyses on the wastes
and these determinations shall be binding as a basis for charges.
H.
Pretreatment. Where required, in the opinion of the
approving authority, to modify or eliminate wastes that are harmful
to the structures, processes or operation of the wastewater treatment
works, the person shall provide at his/her expense such preliminary
treatment or processing facilities as may be determined required to
render his/her wastes acceptable for admission to the public sewers.
I.
Submission of information. Plans, specifications,
any other pertinent information relating to proposed flow equalization,
pretreatment or processing facilities shall be submitted for review
of the approving authority prior to the start of their construction
if the effluent from such facilities is to be discharged into the
public sewers.
J.
Grease and/or sand interceptors. Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion of the approving authority, they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing floatable grease in excessive amounts, as specified in § 460-47A, 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 approving authority and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection. In the maintaining of these interceptors, the owner(s) shall be responsible for the proper removal and disposal by appropriate means of the captured material and shall maintain records of the dates and means of disposal which are subject to review by the approving authority. Any removal and hauling of the collected materials not performed by the owner's personnel must be performed by currently licensed waste disposal firms.
A.
Right of entry. The approving authority or other duly
authorized employee of the City of Weyauwega bearing proper credentials
and identification shall be permitted to enter all properties for
the purpose of inspection, observation, and testing, all in accordance
with the provisions of this article and state laws. The approving
authority or other duly authorized employee of the City of Weyauwega
shall have no authority to inquire into any process beyond that point
having a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the
sewers or waterways or facilities for wastewater treatment.
B.
Safety. While performing the necessary work on private premises referred to in Subsection A above, the duly authorized City employees shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the owner or occupant, and the City shall indemnify the owner against loss or damage to its property by City employees and against the liability claims and demands for personal injury or property damage asserted against the owner and growing out of gauging and sampling operations of City employees, except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the owner to maintain safe conditions as required in § 460-50D.
C.
Identification; right of entry on easements. The approving
authority and other duly authorized employees of the City of Weyauwega
bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to
enter all private properties through which the City holds a duly negotiated
easement for the purpose of, but not limited to, inspection, observation,
measurement, sampling, repair and maintenance of any portion of the
sewage works lying within said easement, all subject to the terms,
if any, of the agreement.[1]
A.
Work authorized.
(1)
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 approving
authority. The fee for this permit shall be set by the City Council
and shall be paid prior to the issuance of the permit.[1]
(2)
No contractor, plumber, pipe fitter or other person
shall be permitted to work on any public sewer or building sewer without
first receiving a license from the State of Wisconsin, except in cases
where state law permits building owners to do their own work without
being licensed.
(3)
Prior to commencement of the work, the permittee shall
notify the approving authority at least 48 hours before beginning
excavations.
B.
Cost of sewer connection. Except as provided in Subsection C below, all costs and expenses 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. Upon completion of the building sewer, the owner shall be responsible for all maintenance costs, including future replacement.
C.
Sewer connection by approving authority. In lieu of construction by a contractor, plumber, pipe fitter or other person in accordance with Subsection A above, an owner may request that the construction of sewer laterals, including their connection at the property line to the building sewer, be completed by the Utility. The cost for such construction shall be the actual cost incurred by the Utility, including roadway and right-of-way restoration, plus the permit fee as set by the City Council.
[Amended 7-15-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-02]
D.
Use of old building sewers. Old building sewers may
be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found,
on examination and test by the approving authority, to meet all requirements
for this article.
E.
Materials and methods of construction. The size, slope,
alignment, and materials of construction of building sewers 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 Wisconsin Administrative Code, the Wisconsin Department of Natural
Resources, applicable building and plumbing codes, and other applicable
rules and regulations of the City of Weyauwega. In the absence of
code provisions or an amplification thereof, the materials and procedures
set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM and WPCF Manual
of Practice No. 9 shall apply.
F.
Building sewer grade. 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 drains shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged to
the building sewer.
G.
Stormwater and groundwater drains.
(1)
No person shall make connection of roof downspouts,
exterior foundation drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surface
runoff or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain which
is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
(2)
All existing downspouts or groundwater drains, etc.,
connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer must be
disconnected no later than 60 days from the date of an official written
notice by the approving authority. Exceptions to the above shall be
made only by the approving authority in writing.
H.
Conformance with plumbing codes.
(1)
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 of Weyauwega
or the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM
and the WPCF 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 approving authority
before installation.
(2)
All connections to existing sewer mains shall be made
with a saddle "T" or "Y" fitting set upon a carefully cut opening
centered in the upper quadrant of the main sewer pipe and securely
strapped on with corrosion-resistant straps or rods or with solvent-welded
joints in the case of plastic pipe.
I.
Inspection of connection. The applicant for the building
sewer permit shall notify the approving authority when the building
sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer.
The connection shall be made under the supervision of the approving
authority.
J.
Barricades; restoration. All excavations for the 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.
A.
Application for service.
(1)
Any person desiring to connect any existing or proposed
sanitary sewer or sanitary sewer system with the City of Weyauwega
sewer system shall make written application to the approving authority
for permission to make such connection.
(2)
Applications shall be accompanied by a complete set
of plans showing location, size, kind of sewer pipe, grades, elevations
of the inverts at manholes, elevations of manhole tops, distances
between manholes, and complete details of all appurtenances. A similar
map of the storm sewer system, if any, shall also be submitted. All
plans submitted to the approving authority shall be blue-line prints
on a format of 23 inches by 36 inches and shall be sealed by a professional
engineer registered in the State of Wisconsin and prepared in accordance
with the applicable regulations of the Wisconsin Department of Natural
Resources, the codes of the City of Weyauwega, and any other conditions
that the approving authority may apply. Two sets of plans shall be
submitted for proposed sewer construction.
B.
Cost of sewer extension.
(1)
All costs and expenses incident to the installation
and connection of the sanitary sewer mains, including design, shall
be borne by the person requesting such connection. The person shall
indemnify the City of Weyauwega from any loss or damage that may directly
or indirectly be occasioned by the connection or installation of the
existing or proposed sanitary sewer.
(2)
The person may request that the City of Weyauwega
undertake primary responsibility for the preparation of plans and/or
construction of the requested additions to the sanitary sewer system.
The City may use any means permitted by the Wisconsin Statutes, including
but not limited to special assessments, to recover the costs incurred
in the making of such connections.
C.
Inspection of connection.
(1)
The applicant for the sanitary sewer extension/connection
shall notify the approving authority when the sewer is ready for inspection
and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under
the supervision of the approving authority.
(2)
No such connections or extensions shall be permitted
without plans approved by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
A.
Discharge of holding tank wastes into system.
(1)
No person in the business of gathering and disposing
of holding tank sewage shall transfer such material into any portion
of the treatment works unless a permit for disposal has first been
obtained from the approving authority. Written application for this
permit shall be made to the approving authority and shall state the
name and address of the applicant; the number of its disposal units;
and the make, model, and license number of each unit. Permits shall
be nontransferable except in the case of replacement of the disposal
unit for which a permit shall have been originally issued. The permit
may be obtained upon payment of a fee as set by the City Council per
calendar year for each unit covered by the permit.[1] The time and place of disposal will be designated by the
approving authority. The approving authority may impose such conditions
as it deems necessary on any permit granted.
(2)
Charges for disposal shall be established in accordance
with the City of Weyauwega user charge system.[2] Bills shall be mailed on a monthly basis, and if payments
are not received within 30 days thereof disposal privileges shall
be suspended.
(3)
Any person or party disposing of holding tank sewage
agrees to carry public liability insurance in an amount not less than
$100,000 to protect any and all persons or property from injury and/or
damage caused in any way or manner by an act, or failure to act, by
any of his/her employees. The person(s) shall furnish a certificate
certifying such insurance to be in full force and effect.
(4)
All materials discharged to the treatment works shall
be of domestic origin only, and septic tank wastes shall be segregated
from holding tank wastes. The discharger shall also certify that he/she
will comply with the provisions of any and all applicable regulations
of the City of Weyauwega and will not deposit or drain any gasoline,
oil, acid, alkali, grease, rags, waste, volatile or inflammable liquids,
or other deleterious substances into any manhole nor allow any earth,
sand, or other solid material to pass into any part of the treatment
works.
(5)
The person(s) or party disposing waste agrees to indemnify
and save harmless the City of Weyauwega from any and all liability
and claims for damages arising out of or resulting from work and labor
performed.[3]
(6)
The person(s) or party disposing waste shall furnish
bond to the City of Weyauwega in the amount of $1,000 to guarantee
performance. Said performance bond shall be delivered to the approving
authority prior to the issuance of the permit hereunder.
(7)
Violation of any of these provisions shall render
the discharger subject to immediate suspension and/or revocation of
his/her disposal privileges and may make him/her liable to the penalty
provisions of this article. The City of Weyauwega also retains the
right to suspend or revoke any disposal privileges upon 30 days' notice
if, in the opinion of the approving authority, the acceptance of such
wastewater would cause the treatment works to violate the provisions
of its WPDES permit due to the volume of the wastes. In such case,
the approving authority shall refund a proportionate share of the
permit fee.
A.
Willful, negligent or malicious damage. 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 facilities. Any persons
violating this provision shall be subject to immediate arrest under
a charge of disorderly conduct.
B.
Liability to discharger for losses. Any person who intentionally, negligently or accidentally violates any provisions of this article shall become liable to the City or any downstream user for any expense, loss or damage occasioned by reason of such violation which the City or any downstream user may suffer as a result thereof. This subsection shall be applicable whether or not a written notice of violation was given as provided in § 460-56 and without consideration for any penalties which may be imposed for a violation of this article.
A.
Written notice of violation. Any person found to be
violating any provision of this article shall be served by the City
with a written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing
a reasonable time for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender
shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently
cease all violations.
B.
Accidental discharge. Any person found to be responsible
for accidentally allowing a deleterious discharge into the sewer system
which causes damage to the treatment facility and/or receiving body
of water shall, in addition to a forfeiture, pay the amount to cover
damage, both values to be established by the approving authority.
C.
Continued violations. Any person, partnership or corporation,
or any officer, agent or employee thereof, who or which shall continue
any violation beyond the aforesaid notice time limit provided shall,
upon conviction thereof, forfeit not less than $100 nor more than
$500, together with the costs of prosecution. In default of payment
of such forfeiture and costs, said violator shall be imprisoned in
the Waupaca County Jail for a period not to exceed 30 days. Each day
in which any violation is continued beyond the aforesaid notice time
limit shall be deemed a separate offense.
D.
Liability to the City for losses. Any person violating
any provision of this article shall become liable to the City for
any expense, loss, or damage occasioned by reason of such violation
which the City may suffer as a result thereof.
A.
Any user, permit applicant, or permit holder affected
by any decision, action, or determination, including cease and desist
orders, made by the approving authority interpreting or implementing
the provisions of this article or in any permit issued herein may
file with the approving authority a written request for reconsideration
within 10 days setting forth in detail the facts supporting the user's
request for reconsideration. The approving authority shall render
a decision on the request for reconsideration to the user, permit
applicant or permit holder in writing within 15 days of receipt of
request. If the ruling on the request for reconsideration made by
the approving authority is unsatisfactory, the person requesting reconsideration
may, within 10 days after notification of the approving authority's
action, file a written appeal with the City Administrator.
C.
The written appeal shall be heard by the City Council
within 45 days from the date of filing. The City Council shall make
a final ruling on the appeal within 60 days from the date of filing.
The City of Weyauwega, through its duly qualified
officers, reserves the right to amend this article in part or in whole
wherever it may deem necessary, but such right will be exercised only
after due notice to all persons concerned and proper hearing on the
proposed amendment.[1]
