[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Coal City as §§ 53.1 through 53.99 of the 1984 Code;
amended in its entirety 3-26-1990 by Ord. No. 90-01. Subsequent amendments
noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Water and sewers — See Ch. 51.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall
apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different
meaning:
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20° C., expressed in milligrams per liter (mg/l), by weight;
the amount of oxygen required for biological decomposition of dissolved
organic solids to occur under aerobic conditions and at a standardized
time and temperature. This does not measure the total organic content
of the sewage.
That portion of the COD, except the BOD therein, that is
biologically resistant to oxidation expressed in milligrams per liter
(mg/l) by weight; COD measures the oxygen consumed by potassium dichromate
in the presence of a catalyst. Not all of the organics may be consumed
or oxidized by this procedure; however, the test does measure most
of the organics present in sewage. BOD measures a much smaller fraction
of the total organic load.
A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
The wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing
of food and from the handling, storage, and sale of produce.
The liquid wastes from industrial processes, as distinct
from sanitary sewage.
Any municipal corporation having control of combined, sanitary,
or storm sewers.
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other
body of surface water or groundwater.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution.
Any material that would be discharged into a storm sewer,
natural outlet, or watercourse that would cause such waters to be
devoid of the presence of oxygen.
The wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing
of foods that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles
will be carried freely under flow conditions normally prevailing in
public sewers, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch in dimension.
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating
sewage on private property.
A sewer which carries sewage, and to which stormwater, surface
water, and groundwaters are not intentionally admitted.
The solid and liquid body discharges from human beings and
the liquid wastes from bathtubs, lavatories, kitchen sinks, washtubs,
septic tanks, and floor drains.
[Added 7-27-2016 by Ord.
No. 16-16]
See "sanitary sewage."
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating
sewage.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
A conduit or sewer which carries stormwater and surface waters
and drainage, but excludes sewage and polluted industrial wastes.
A sewer which carries stormwater and surface waters and drainage,
but excludes sewage and polluted industrial wastes.
The solids that either float on the surface of or are in
water, sewage, or other liquids, and which are removable by laboratory
filtering.
See "sewage treatment plant."
The channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently.
It is the policy of this Village to maintain the most economical
and highest standards of treatment of the domestic and industrial
wastes collected at the wastewater treatment plant of the Village,
in order that such wastes be given the degree of treatment necessary
to prevent the pollution of the waters of the state.
A.
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.
B.
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 the provisions of this chapter.
C.
Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to construct
or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool, or other
facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage.
D.
Installation and connection of facilities.
(1)
The owner of each house, building, structure or property used for
human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes, situated
within the boundaries of the Village, and abutting on any street,
alley, or right-of-way in which there is now or may in the future
be located a public sanitary sewer, available to and within 200 feet
of such house, building, structure, or property, is required at his
or her expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein, and
to connect such facilities directly with the sanitary sewer, in accordance
with the provisions of this chapter.
(2)
Failure to install and to connect such facilities to the sanitary
sewer shall be deemed a violation of this provision, punishable as
hereinafter provided.
(3)
Application for a permit to make a connection to the sanitary sewer
shall be made by the owner to the proper Village authority.
(4)
In event of failure upon the part of such owner to make the described
connection, official notice in writing by the Village authority shall
be given to the owner to make such connection, served personally or
by mail. If the owner fails, neglects, or refuses to make the connection
within 30 days of the date of the notice, he or she shall be deemed
to be in violation of this provision, and punishable as hereinafter
provided.
[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
A.
Where a public sanitary sewer is not available, as provided for in § 52-3D, the building sewer shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system complying with the provisions of this chapter.
B.
Before commencing construction of a private sewage disposal system,
the owner shall obtain a written permit signed by the Grundy County
Public Health Department.
C.
A permit for a private sewage disposal system shall not be issued
or become effective until plans, specifications, and other information
as may be deemed necessary by the Grundy County Public Health Department
have been approved by the Village Board and the Grundy County Public
Health Department. The Grundy County Public Health Department shall
be permitted to inspect such system at any stage of construction.
The owner shall notify the Grundy County Public Health Department
when such system is ready for final inspection before underground
portions thereof are covered. Such final inspection shall be made
by the Grundy County Public Health Department within 48 hours of the
receipt of notice.
D.
The type, capacities, location, and layout of a private sewage disposal
system shall comply with the recommendations of the state Department
of Public Health, state Environmental Protection Agency, state law,
and Grundy County Health Department. No permit shall be issued for
any private sewage disposal system employing subsurface soil absorption
facilities where the area of the lot is less than 40,000 square feet.
No septic tank or cesspool shall be permitted to discharge into any
public sewer or natural outlet.
E.
At such time as a public sewer becomes available to a property served
by a private sewage disposal system, a direct connection shall be
made to the public sewer in compliance with this chapter and any septic
tanks, cesspools and similar sewage disposal facilities shall be abandoned
and filled with suitable material.
F.
No statement contained in this section shall be construed to interfere
with any additional requirements that may be imposed by the department
of public health (state Environmental Protection Agency, state law,
and Grundy County Health Department).
[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
A.
No sanitary sewer which is designed and is to be constructed so as
to constitute an integral part of the system of sanitary sewers within
the boundaries of this Village as such boundaries are now or hereafter
defined and limited, to be controlled, operated and maintained by
the municipalities now or hereafter within and served by this Village,
shall be constructed unless the Building and Zoning Official has been
furnished with a complete set of plans and specifications, prepared
by competent engineering assistance.
B.
The Village Engineer, with the approval of the Village Board, shall
have the authority to approve or disapprove such plans and specifications,
when in the exercise of his or her discretion he or she finds that
such proposed construction is or is not consistent with accepted engineering
practice, that it is or is not designed for competent treatment of
the domestic or other sewage and wastes to be conveyed thereby to
the sewage treatment plant of the Village, and that it is or is not
consistent with the public health and sanitation of the inhabitants
of the Village.
A.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater,
surface water, groundwater, roof runoff water, subsurface drainage,
cooling water, or unpolluted industrial process water to any sanitary
sewer. Combined sewers shall not be constructed.
B.
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged
to such sewers as are specifically designated as storm sewers or storm
drains, or to a natural outlet approved by the Village Board or its
designee. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may
be discharged, upon the approval of the Village Board or its designee,
to a storm sewer or natural outlet.
[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
C.
Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall discharge or cause
to be discharged any of the following described waters or wastes into
any public sewer:
(1)
Any liquid or vapor, discharged from an industrial plant having temperature
higher than 150° F.;
(2)
Any water or waste which may contain more than 100 mg/l by weight
of fat, oil, or grease;
(3)
Any gasoline, benzine, naphtha, fuel oil, or other flammable or explosive
liquids, solids, or gas;
(4)
Any garbage that has not been properly shredded;
(5)
Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags,
feathers, tar, plastics, wood, paunch manure, or other solid or viscous
substance capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or
other interference with the proper operation of the sewage treatment
plant;
(6)
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 sewage treatment
plant;
(7)
Any waters or wastes containing a toxic or poisonous substance in
sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment
process, constituting a hazard to humans or animals, or creating any
hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment plant;
(8)
Any waters or wastes containing suspended solids of such character
in quantity that unusual attention or expense is required to handle
such materials at the sewage treatment plant;
(9)
Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable of creating a
public nuisance;
(10)
Any waters or wastes containing radioactive material or radioisotopes
(giving off radiant energy in the form of alpha, beta or gamma rays)
in sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment
process, constituting a hazard to humans or animals, or creating any
hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment plant.
D.
Grease, oil, and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the
opinion of the Village Engineer and the Village Board, they are necessary
for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive
amounts, or any flammable wastes, sand, or other harmful ingredients;
however, 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 Village Engineer and Village Board, and shall
be located so as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning
and inspection.
[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
E.
Where installed, all grease, oil, and sand interceptors shall be
maintained by the owner, at his or her expense, and in a continuously
efficient operation at all times.
F.
Review; preliminary treatment.
[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
(1)
The admission into public sanitary sewers of any waters or wastes
having any of the following characteristics shall be subject to the
review and approval of the Village Engineer and Village Board:
(a)
A five-day BOD greater than 300 mg/l by weight;
(b)
Containing more than 350 mg/l by weight of suspended solids;
(c)
Containing more than 700 mg/l by weight of COD;
(d)
Containing any quantity of substances having the characteristics described in Subsection C of this section; or
(e)
Having an average daily flow greater than 2% of the average
daily flow of the Village.
(2)
Where necessary in the opinion of the Village Engineer and Village
Board, the owner shall provide, at his or her expense, such preliminary
treatment as may be required to:
(a)
Reduce the BOD to 300 mg/l, the suspended solids to 350 mg/l,
and the COD to 700 mg/l by weight;
(b)
Reduce objectionable characteristics and constituents to within the maximum limits provided in Subsection C of this section; or
(c)
Control the quantities and rates of discharge of such waters
or wastes.
G.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged into any sanitary
sewer, which flows directly or indirectly into any sanitary sewer
in the Village, any industrial wastes, the treatment whereof has been
approved by the Village, unless there has first been paid to the Village
by the producer of such industrial wastes the fair additional construction,
maintenance, and operating costs of the sewage treatment plant not
covered by normal taxes for the treatment and purification of such
industrial wastes.
H.
A sampling manhole shall be provided when, in the opinion of the
Village Engineer and the Village Board, it is necessary for the sampling
and measurement of liquid waste; however, such manholes shall not
be required for private living quarters or dwelling units. All sampling
manholes shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Village Engineer
and Village Board, and shall be located so as to be readily and easily
accessible for sampling and flow measurement.
[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
I.
No statement contained in this section shall be construed as preventing
any special agreement or arrangement between the Village and any person,
whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be
accepted by the Village for treatment, subject to payment therefor
by the person.
No person shall maliciously, willfully, or wantonly break, damage,
destroy, uncover, deface, or tamper with any of the appurtenances,
equipment, machinery, or structures of the wastewater treatment plant.
Any violation hereof shall be punishable as hereinafter provided.
A.
Whenever and wherever within the boundaries of the Village it appears
that any person, firm, or corporation is violating any of the provisions
of this chapter, the Public Works Director or enforcement officer
of this Village may cause to be served, personally or by mail, upon
the alleged offender, a notice in writing stating the date and nature
of the alleged offense, and directing that same cease and desist immediately
upon service of the notice, and that the act or omission causing such
violation to be corrected within 30 days, or within such reasonable
time as the circumstances may require. However, such notice shall
not be a condition precedent to prosecution for such violation.
[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
B.
The failure, neglect and refusal of the person alleged to be in such
violation to cease and desist therefrom within the time stated in
such notice shall be deemed a violation of the provisions of this
chapter, and punishable as hereinafter provided.
A.
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter for which no other penalty has been established shall be punished as set forth in § 10-99 of the Code.
B.
Any person who is apprehended in the violation of the provisions of § 52-7 shall be charged and prosecuted by the Village pursuant to the provisions of ILCS Ch. 720, Act 5, § 21-1.
C.
Whoever violates the provisions of § 52-8 and who fails, neglects, and refuses to comply with the provisions thereof, within the time limited thereby, shall be prosecuted in an action for a misdemeanor instituted on the complaint of the Public Works Director or enforcement officer of the Village before the Circuit Court of Grundy County, and upon conviction shall be fined in any amount not less than $75 and not exceeding $750 and costs. Each day in which any violation shall continue shall be deemed a separate offense.
[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
D.
The foregoing penalties and prosecutions therefor shall not be held
or construed as constituting a bar, release or waiver by the Village
to the prosecution by the Village for any civil damages it may sustain
because of violation by any person of the provisions hereof where
it shall appear that such violation has occasioned damage to the appurtenances,
machinery, equipment, and buildings of the Village.
