A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit to be deposited in any unsanitary manner on public or private property within the Village, or in any area under jurisdiction of the Village, any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste.
B. 
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the Village, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the Village, any sewage or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with the subsequent provisions of this article.
C. 
It shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, on-site sanitary waste system or other facility intended or used for the treatment and disposal of sewage except as specifically authorized by this chapter.
D. 
The owner of each house, building or property used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes, situated within the Village and abutting on any street, alley or right-of-way in which there is now located or may in the future be located a public sanitary sewer of the Village, is hereby required, at his or her expense, to install suitable toilet facilities therein and to connect the facilities directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this article within 20 days of official notice to do so. All connections to the sewerage works of the POTW treatment plant service area, whether within or without the Village, shall be made subject to such terms and conditions as the Superintendent may prescribe.
No person or agent thereof shall make any connection to the Village sewer system or discharge any sewage or other drainage into such public sewer unless a permit therefor shall first have been issued by the Village Clerk/Treasurer.
A. 
There shall be two classes of building sewer permits:
(1) 
For residential and commercial service.
(2) 
For service to establishments producing industrial wastes.
B. 
In either case, the owner or his or her agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the Superintendent of Buildings. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Superintendent. A permit and inspection fee established by resolution of the Board of Trustees for a residential or commercial building sewer permit and for an industrial building sewer permit respectively shall be paid to the Village at the time the application is filed.
The permit authorizing connection to the Village sewer system shall be surrendered by the applicant to the Superintendent before any work is performed, who shall return it to the Village Clerk/Treasurer at the completion of the work with his or her report endorsed thereon.
All costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner of the premises to be served. The owner shall indemnify the Village against any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building, except that where one building stands at the rear of another on an interior lot and no private sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley, court, yard, or driveway, the building sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer, but the Village does not and will not assume any obligation or responsibility for damage caused by or resulting from any such single connection aforementioned.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the Superintendent, to meet all requirements of this chapter.
The size, slope, alignment, and materials of construction of a building sewer and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing and backfilling the trench shall conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing code or other applicable rules and regulations of the Village. In the absence of code provisions or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in the appropriate specification of the ASTM and WEF Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
A. 
Applicable rules and regulations. 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 Village or the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM and the WEF Manual of Practice No. 9. All such connections shall be made gastight and watertight and verified by proper testing. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the Superintendent before installation.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
B. 
Superintendent to inspect connection. The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Superintendent when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection and testing shall be made under the supervision of the Superintendent or his or her representative.
C. 
Guarding of excavations; restoration. All excavations for 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 Village. All applicable street opening permits shall be obtained prior to the commencement of work.
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 building drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.
No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, foundation drains, areaway drains or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer unless such connection is approved by the Superintendent for purposes of disposal of polluted surface drainage.
A permit issued pursuant to § 385-6A(2) shall be subject to the following conditions:
A. 
Permit application. A permit application for industrial users shall provide the following information:
(1) 
Anticipated volume computed on a daily, weekly and monthly basis and, if seasonal or otherwise irregular, the anticipated peak periods;
(2) 
Constituents;
(3) 
Characteristics of wastewater;
(4) 
Flow rates;
(5) 
Each product produced by type;
(6) 
Amount and rate of production; and
(7) 
Description of activities, facilities and plant processes on the premises, including all materials processed and types of materials which are or could be discharged.
B. 
Terms and conditions.
(1) 
Any permit issued under this section shall contain such limits and restrictions on volume, constituents, characteristics of wastewater and flow rates as may be determined by the Superintendent as reasonably necessary to equitably allocate the capacity of the POTW and to safeguard the public health, safety and welfare and such other requirements as may be determined by the Superintendent pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
(2) 
Permits shall contain specifications for monitoring programs which may include sampling locations, frequency of sampling, number, types and standards for tests and reporting schedules.
C. 
Modifications by Village.
(1) 
The permit terms and conditions shall be subject to modification and change by the Superintendent. Except in case of emergency, the Superintendent shall notify the permit holder at least 30 days in advance in writing served either personally or by certified mail, return receipt requested, at the permit holder's place of business within the Village. Such notice shall specify the proposed changes or modifications, the reasons therefor, and the proposed effective date; a statement that the permit holder may submit in writing any objections, counterproposals or justification for continuation of any or all other terms or conditions of the permit; and also the right to request a hearing before the Superintendent, if demanded within the thirty-day period, and to be represented by counsel and to present proof and rebut any evidence produced at the hearing.
(2) 
Compliance with any final order of the Superintendent under this subsection shall not be required sooner than 30 days after service upon the permit holder, as above provided, except in case of emergency.
D. 
Modifications at request of permit holder. An industrial user shall apply for a permit modification if production or processes are changed so that wastewater characteristics or flow is altered.
E. 
Assignment or transfer of permit. A permit issued pursuant to this section shall not be assigned, transferred or sold to a new owner, new user, different premises or a new or changed operation.
F. 
Maximum time period. A permit issued pursuant to this section shall be for a period not to exceed four years; provided, however, that a permit may be extended for additional periods not to exceed four years each upon payment of the required fee and submission of a new application as provided in Subsection A of this section. Such application shall be submitted within six months and not less than one month prior to expiration of a permit.
G. 
Revocation of permit. A permit may be revoked by the Superintendent for any of the following conditions:
(1) 
Any false information submitted in the permit application.
(2) 
Wilfully exceeding the limits and restrictions as to volume, constituents, characteristics of wastewater and flow rates as specified in the permit.
(3) 
Wilfully failing to maintain monitoring programs as required by the Superintendent.
(4) 
Failure to take corrective action as specified by the Superintendent within the time specified.
(5) 
Failure to pay any charges, fees or sewer rents within three months after falling due.
H. 
Enforcement. Conditions of wastewater discharge permits shall be uniformly enforced by the Village in accordance with this chapter and applicable state and federal regulations. Permits shall be expressly subject to all provisions of this chapter and all other regulations, user charges and fees established by the Village and applicable state and federal regulations.
If the work performed in connecting to the Village sewer system is not satisfactory, the property owner shall be called upon to make the necessary alterations in accordance with this chapter.
The owner of premises being connected to the sewer system must have the on-site sanitary waste system, septic tank, privy or other such sewage disposal apparatus formerly used emptied, cleaned, disinfected and filled with fresh earth and have the sewer connection made in the manner prescribed in this chapter at the expense of the property owner.