[Adopted 5-21-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-01 as Title 9, Ch. 5 of the 2001 Code]
A. 
The following definitions shall be applicable in this article:
APPROVING AUTHORITY
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]
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)
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.
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 SEWER
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.
CHLORINE REQUIREMENT
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.
COMBINED SEWER
Any sewer intended to serve as a sanitary sewer and a storm sewer.
COMMERCIAL USER
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]
COMPATIBLE POLLUTANT
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.
COMPOSITE SAMPLE
The combination of individual samples taken at intervals of not more than one hour in a twenty-four-hour period.
EASEMENT
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned by others.
FLOATABLE OIL
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.
FLOW PROPORTIONAL SAMPLE
A sample taken that is proportional to the volume of flow during the sampling period.
GARBAGE
The residue from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage, and sale of food products and produce.
GROUND GARBAGE
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.
INCOMPATIBLE POLLUTANT
Any pollutant which is not a compatible pollutant.
INDUSTRIAL USER
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.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
Any trade or process waste as distinct from segregated domestic wastes or wastes from sanitary conveniences.
INTERCEPTING SEWER
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.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewer overflows, into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other body of surface water or groundwater.
NORMAL DOMESTIC SEWAGE
Sanitary sewage resulting from the range of normal domestic activities, in which BOD5 and SS concentrations do not exceed normal concentrations of:
(1) 
A five-day, 20° C,, BOD of not more than 225 milligrams per liter.
(2) 
A suspended solids content of not more than 225 milligrams per liter.
PERSON
Any and all persons, including any individual, firm, company, municipal or private corporation, association, society, institution, enterprise, governmental agency or other entity.
pH
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]
PRETREATMENT
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.
PRIVATE SEWER
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.
PUBLIC AUTHORITY
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.
PUBLIC SEWER
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.
SANITARY SEWAGE
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.
SANITARY SEWER
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.
SEGREGATED DOMESTIC WASTES
Wastes from nonresidential sources resulting from normal domestic activities. These activities are distinguished from industrial, trade and/or process discharge wastes.
SEWAGE
The spent water of a community. The preferred term is "wastewater." (See definition of "wastewater" in this section.)[2]
SEWAGE SYSTEM
The composite network of underground conduits carrying wastewater and appurtenances incidental thereto (i.e., manholes, lift stations, service laterals, etc.).
SEWER
A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water.[3]
SLUG
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.
STANDARD METHODS
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]
STORM DRAIN
A drain or sewer for conveying water, groundwater, subsurface water or unpolluted water from any source. Also termed "storm sewer."[5]
STORMWATER RUNOFF
That portion of the rainfall that is drained into the sewers.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS (SS)
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."
UNPOLLUTED WATER
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.
USER CLASSES
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]
WASTEWATER
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.
WASTEWATER FACILITIES
The treatment works defined below, exclusive of interceptor sewers and wastewater collection systems.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS
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.
WATERCOURSE
A natural or artificial channel for the passage of water either continuously or intermittently.
WPDES PERMIT
Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit. General provisions are stated in Ch. NR 205, Wis. Adm. Code.[7]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
[2]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
[3]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
[4]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
[5]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
[6]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
[7]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
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]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
(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]
(a) 
Reject the wastes;
(b) 
Require pretreatment to an acceptable limit for discharge to the public sewers;
(c) 
Require control over the quantities and rates of discharge; and/or
(d) 
Require payment to cover the added cost of handling and treating the wastes not covered by existing taxes or sewer charges under the provisions of § 460-48.
[2]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
(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]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
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]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. A600, Fees.
(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.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. A600, Fees.
(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.
[2]
Editor's Note: See Art. III, Sewer Charges, of this chapter.
(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]
[3]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
(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.
B. 
A fee as set by the City Council shall accompany any appeal for a ruling by the City Council. This fee may be refunded if the appeal is sustained in favor of the appellant.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. A600, Fees.
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]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Sec. 9-5-15, Audit, which immediately followed this section, was deleted at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II). See § 460-44, Audit.