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.
The fee for sewer connection shall be set from time to time
by resolution of the Board of Trustees.
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.
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.
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.
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]
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.
A permittee under this article shall notify the Superintendent
when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to
the public sewer. The connection shall be made under supervision of
the Superintendent or his representative.
