No person shall place, deposit, or permit to be deposited in
an unsanitary manner upon public or private property within the boundaries
of the Village or any area under the jurisdiction of the Village any
human or animal excrement, garbage, or other objectionable waste.
No person shall discharge to any natural outlet within the Village,
or any area under the jurisdiction of the Village, any sanitary sewage,
industrial wastes or polluted waters, except where suitable treatment
has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this
chapter.
[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
No person shall uncover any utility sewer in the Village for
any purpose, or make any connection therewith, or uncover any of the
connecting branches thereof, or open any manholes or flush tanks in
the Village, except on a written permit from the Public Works Director
or his or her authorized agent.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater,
surface water, groundwater, roof runoff water, subsurface drainage,
cooling water, or industrial process water to any sanitary sewer.
Combined sewers shall not be constructed hereafter.
No person shall connect to any sanitary sewer any private building
cesspool, underground drain, privy, privy vault or any other channel
conveying water or filth without obtaining a permit from the Village.
[Amended 4-12-1993 by Ord. No. 93-07]
A. Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall discharge or cause
to be discharged any of the following described substances, materials,
waters, or wastes if it appears likely, in the opinion of the Village
or its agents, that such wastes can harm either the sewers, sewage
treatment process or equipment; have an adverse effect on the receiving
stream; or can otherwise endanger life, limb, public property, or
constitute a nuisance. In forming its opinion as to the acceptability
of these wastes, the Village will give consideration to such factors
as the quantities of subject wastes in relation to flows and velocities
in the sewers, materials of construction of the sewers, nature of
the sewage treatment process, capacity of the sewage treatment plant,
degree of treatability of wastes in the sewage treatment plant, and
maximum limits established by regulatory agencies. The substances
prohibited are:
(1) Any liquid or vapor having a temperature more than 150° F.
(2) Any waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous materials; or
oils, whether emulsoid or not, in excess of 100 mg/l or containing
substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between
32° F. and 150° F.
(3) Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. The installation
and operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a motor of 3/4
horsepower (0.76 hp metric) or greater shall be subject to review
and approval of the Village.
(4) Any waters containing strong acid, iron pickling wastes, or concentrated
plating solution, whether neutralized or not.
(5) Any waters or wastes containing iron, chromium, copper, zinc, or
similar objectionable or toxic substances; or wastes exerting an excessive
chlorine requirement, to such degree that any such material received
in the composite sewage at the sewage treatment plant exceeds the
limits established by the Village for such materials.
(6) Any waters or wastes containing phenols or other waste- or odor-producing
substances, in such concentrations exceeding limits which may be established
by the Village as necessary, after treatment of the composite sewage,
to meet the requirements of the state, federal, or other public agencies
of jurisdiction for such discharge to the receiving waters.
(7) Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life as may exceed
limits established by the Village with applicable state or federal
regulations, except for any discharge from the Village water treatment
plant.
(8) Any 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
structure, equipment, and personnel of the sewage treatment plant.
(9) Any mercury or any of its compounds in excess of 0.0005 mg/l as Hg
at any time except as permitted by the Village in compliance with
applicable state and federal regulations.
(10)
Any cyanide in excess of 0.1 mg/l at any time except as permitted
by the Village in compliance with applicable state and federal regulations.
(11)
Materials which exert or cause:
(a)
Unusual concentrations of inert suspended solids (such as, but
not limited to, fullers earth, lime slurries, and lime residues) or
of dissolved solids (such as, but not limited to, sodium chloride
and sodium sulfate, except from the Village water treatment plant);
(b)
Excessive discoloration (such as, but not limited to, dye wastes
and vegetable tanning solutions);
(c)
Unusual BOD, chemical oxygen demand, or chlorine requirements
in such quantities as to constitute significant load on the sewage
treatment works;
(d)
Unusual volume of flow or concentrations of wastes constituting slugs, as defined in §
51-1, except for discharges from the Village water treatment plant.
B. If any waters or wastes are discharged or are proposed to be discharged to the public sewers, which waters contain the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in Subsection
A of this section, or which are in violation of the standards for pretreatment provided in 40 CFR 403 and any amendments thereto, and which in the judgment of the Village may have a deleterious effect upon the sewage works, processes, equipment, or receiving waters, or which otherwise create a hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance, the Village may:
(2) Require pretreatment to an acceptable condition for discharge to
the public sewers;
(3) Require control over the quantities and rates of discharge; and
(4) Require payment to cover the added costs of handling and treating
the wastes not covered by existing taxes or sewer treating charges,
under the provisions of chapter relating to contracts to treat wastes
of a industrial or private concern.
C. If the Village permits the pretreatment or equalization of waste
flows, the design and installation of the plants and equipment shall
be subject to the review and approval of the Village and subject to
the requirements of all applicable codes, ordinances and laws.
D. The owner or builder of any new house, building, or structure to
be used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purpose,
hereinafter constructed on any property within the boundaries of the
Village where any point of such property is located within 250 feet
of a public or private utility sanitary sewer shall be required, at
his or her own expense, to construct suitable toilet facilities thereon,
and to connect such facilities thereon directly with such sanitary
sewer in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
E. The owner of any house, building, structure, or property presently
existing within the boundaries of the Village and used for human occupancy,
employment, recreation, and other purposes, and where any point of
such property on which such house, building, or structure is located
within 250 feet of any public sanitary sewer, and the present sewage
facilities for such house, building, or structure are now or hereafter
deemed defective, insufficient, and ineffective by the Public Works
Director of this utility or by the proper officer of any city, village,
or county, shall be required, at his or her own expense, to connect
the toilet facilities herein to the public sanitary sewer of the utility
in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
F. Whenever the Public Works Director or a duly authorized officer of
the Village located within the boundaries of such utility shall deem
it advisable to require any owner of any property within the Village
to connect his or her toilet facilities with a public sanitary sewer
as hereinabove provided, a notice of such direction shall be mailed
to the last known address of the owner, tenant, or occupant of the
property ordering the connection of the toilet facility of such house,
building, or structure to the utility sanitary sewer of the Village
within 90 days after the date of such notice.
[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
G. The failure of any owner, tenant, occupant, or builder to install
such toilet facilities or to connect such toilet facilities to the
public sanitary sewer of the utility within the specified period in
such notice shall be deemed to be in violation of this provision and
punishable as hereinafter provided.
H. No person shall make or cause to be made any connection with a sanitary
sewer in the Village except under a written permit for the work, issued
by the utility and approved by the Public Works Director of the utility
upon the payment of fees as set from time to time by the Village Board
for the following:
[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
(1) Commercial property (other than multiple-family dwellings, industrial, and manufacturing property) and for combined commercial and residential property. For the purpose of §
51-55, each floor drain, wash basin, toilet, sink, or other connection through which wastes may pass into the sewers of the utility shall be considered a sewer connection.
(2) Industrial or manufacturing property in an amount based upon the
number of square feet of floor area as determined from a complete
set of plans and specifications to be supplied to the Village by the
person or persons seeking such connection permit in the same manner
and form as the plans and specifications used to obtain a building
permit from the Village.
(3) An additional charge where a lift station is required to carry wastes
from any house, building, or structure, under any permit hereinafter
issued by the utility to the treatment plant of the utility.
I. No statement contained in §§
51-50 through
51-56 shall be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the utility and any person whereby any industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted by the utility for treatment, subject to payment therefor by the person as prescribed by the Village.
J. Laboratory analyses.
(1) The owner of any property serviced by a building sewer carrying industrial
wastes shall provide laboratory measurements, tests, and analysis
of waters or wastes to illustrate compliance with this chapter and
any special conditions for discharge established by the Village or
regulatory agencies having jurisdiction over the discharge.
(2) The number, type, and frequency of laboratory analyses to be performed
by the owner shall be as stipulated by the Village, but no less than
once per year the industry must supply a complete analysis of the
constituents of the wastewater discharge to assure that compliance
with the federal, state and local standards is being met. The owner
shall report the results of measurements and laboratory analyses to
the Village at such times and in such a manner as prescribed by the
Village. At such times as deemed necessary, the Village reserves the
right to take measurements and samples for analysis by an outside
laboratory at the expense of the owner.
K. All measurements, tests, and analyses of the characteristics of waters
and wastes to which reference is made in this chapter shall be determined
in accordance with the latest edition of IEPA Division of Laboratory
Manual of Laboratory Methods, and shall be determined at the control
manhole provided, or upon suitable samples taken at such control manhole.
In the event that no special manhole has been required, the control
manhole shall be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in
the public sewer to the point at which the building sewer is connected.
Sampling shall be carried out by customarily accepted methods to reflect
the effect of constituents upon the sewage works and to determine
the existence of hazards to life, limb and property. The particular
analyses involved will determine whether a twenty-four-hour composite
of all outfall of premises is appropriate or whether a grab sample
or samples should be taken. Normally, but not always, BOD and suspended
solids analyses are obtained from twenty-four-hour composites of all
outfalls, whereas pHs are determined from periodic grab samples.
L. All moneys collected for sewer connections shall be rebated to the
Village Collector.
It shall be unlawful to discharge any sanitary or industrial
waste into any storm sewer or drainage system constructed by the state
on or near State Route No. 113.
[Added 5-12-2008 by Ord. No. 08-12]
A. The Building and Zoning Official or his or her respective agents,
employees or designees shall be authorized at all normal business
hours to request access to any building, structure or facility or
to enter upon any property for the purpose of making an inspection
of a sump pump to determine whether clear water is being discharged
into the public sanitary sewer system in violation of Village ordinances,
regulations and policies. The failure of the owner, occupant or other
person in possession to allow such entry shall be the basis for issuance
of an administrative search warrant. The Village has the authority
to adopt and establish administrative policies to implement and administer
the sump pump inspection program.
B. The Village Board adopts and establishes the Sump Pump Inspection
Program Policy which is attached to Ordinance No. 08-12 as Exhibit
A and adopted by reference as if fully set forth herein.