[R.O. 2009 §28-84; Code 1975 §560.020; Ord. No. 1534 §1, 11-12-1980]
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning
of terms used in this Article shall be as follows:
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five (5)
days at twenty degrees Celsius (20°C), expressed in milligrams
per liter.
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 (5) feet (1.5 meters) outside the inner face of the
building wall.
The Building Official of the City or his/her authorized deputy,
agent or representative.
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal.
A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and
sale of produce.
The liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes,
trade or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface or ground water.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution.
The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of
food that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles will
be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in
public sewers, with no particle greater than one-half (½) inch
(1.27 centimeters) in any dimension.
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal
rights and is controlled by public authority.
A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface
and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together
with such ground, surface and storm waters as may be present.
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating
sewage.
All facilities for collection, pumping, treating and disposing
of sewage.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
Is mandatory; MAY: Is permissive.
Any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste which
in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow exceeds
for any period of duration longer than fifteen (15) minutes more than
five (5) times the average twenty-four (24) hour concentration or
flows during normal operation.
A sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage,
but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling
water.
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, sewage or other liquids, and which are removable by laboratory
filtering.
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently.
[R.O. 2009 §28-85; Code 1975 §560.030]
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
City, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the City, any human
or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste.
B.
It shall
be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the City, or
in any area under jurisdiction of the City, any sewage or other polluted
waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance
with subsequent provisions of this Article.
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.
The owners
of all houses, buildings or properties used for human occupancy, employment
or recreation or other purposes, situated within the City 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 City,
are hereby required at his/her expense to install suitable toilet
facilities therein and to connect such facilities directly with the
proper public sewer in accordance with provisions of this Article
within ninety (90) days after date of official notice to do so, provided
that the public sewer is within one hundred (100) feet (30.5 meters)
of the property line.
[R.O. 2009 §28-86; Code 1975 §560.910]
The City may allow, permit or furnish sewer service to any person
outside the City limits.
[R.O. 2009 §28-87; Code 1975 §560.040; Ord. No. 1534 §1, 11-12-1980]
A.
Generally. Where a public sanitary sewer is not available under the provisions of Section 715.020, the building sewer shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system complying with the provisions of this Section.
B.
Permit. Before commencement of construction of a private
disposal system, the owner shall first obtain a written permit signed
by the Building Official. The application for such permit shall be
made on a form furnished by the City, which the applicant shall supplement
by any plans, specifications and other information as are deemed necessary
by the Building Official. A permit and inspection fee of fifty dollars
($50.00) shall be paid to the City at the time the application is
filed.
C.
Inspection. A permit for a private sewage disposal system
shall not become effective until the installation is completed to
the satisfaction of the Building Official. He/she shall be allowed
to inspect the work at any stage of construction and, in any event,
the applicant for the permit shall notify the Building Official when
the work is ready for final inspection and before any underground
portions are covered. The inspection shall be made within eight (8)
hours of the receipt of notice by the Building Official.
D.
Jefferson County Recommendations. The type, capacities,
location and layout of a private sewage disposal system shall comply
with all recommendations of Jefferson County. 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 that set by State
requirements. No septic tank or cesspool shall be permitted to discharge
to any natural outlet.
E.
Sanitation. The owner shall operate and maintain the private
sewage disposal facilities in a sanitary manner at all times at no
expense to the City.
F.
Additional Health Requirements. No statement contained in
this Article shall be construed to interfere with any additional requirements
that may be imposed by the Health Officer.
G.
Availability Of Public Sewer. At such time as a public sewer becomes available to a property served by a private sewage disposal system as provided in Section 715.020(D), a direct connection shall be made to the public sewer within sixty (60) days in compliance with this Article, and any septic tanks, cesspools and similar private sewage disposal facilities shall be abandoned, cleaned of sludge and filled with suitable material.
[R.O. 2009 §28-89; Code 1975 §560.060; Ord. No. 1534 §1, 11-12-1980]
A.
Sanitary Sewers. No person shall discharge or cause to be
discharged any storm water, surface water, ground water, roof runoff,
subsurface drainage, uncontaminated cooling water or unpolluted industrial
process waters to any sanitary sewer.
B.
Combined Sewers. Storm water 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 Building Official. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process
waters may be discharged, on approval of the Building Official, to
a storm sewer, combined sewer or natural outlet.
C.
Materials Prohibited. No person shall discharge or cause
to be discharged any of the following described waters or wastes to
any public sewer:
1.
Any
gasoline, benzene, naphtha, 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 sewage treatment process,
constitute a hazard to humans or animals, create a public nuisance
or create any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment
plant, including, but not limited to, cyanides in excess of two (2)
mg/l as C N in the wastes as discharged to the public sewer;
3.
Any
waters or wastes having a pH lower than five and one-half (5.5) or
having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard
to structures, equipment and personnel of the sewage works;
4.
Solid
or viscous substances in quantities or of such size capable of causing
obstructions to the flow in sewers or other interferences with the
proper operation of the sewage works 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.
D.
Materials Discharged Subject To Opinion Of Building Official. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged the following
described substances, materials, waters or wastes if it appears likely
in the opinion of the Building Official 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 his/her
opinion as to the acceptability of these wastes, the Building Official
will give consideration to such factors as the quantities of subject
wastes in relation of 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 other pertinent factors.
The substances prohibited are:
1.
Any
liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than one hundred fifty
degrees Fahrenheit (150°F) (sixty-five degrees Celsius (65°C));
2.
Any
water or waste containing fats, wax, grease or oils, whether emulsified
or not, in excess of one hundred (100) mg/l or containing substances
which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between thirty-two
degrees Fahrenheit (32°F) and one hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit
(150°F) (zero degrees (0°) and sixty-five degrees Celsius
(65°C));
3.
Any
garbage that has not been properly shredded. The installation and
operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a motor of three-fourths
(¾) horsepower (0.76 hp metric) or greater shall be subject
to the review and approval of the Superintendent;
4.
Any
waters or wastes containing strong acid from pickling wastes or concentrated
plating solutions whether neutralized or not;
5.
Any
waters or wastes containing iron, chromium, copper, zinc and 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 works exceeds the
limits established by the Building Official for such materials;
6.
Any
waters or wastes containing phenols or other taste- or odor-producing
substances in such concentrations exceeding limits which may be established
by the Building Official as necessary, after treatment of the composition
sewage, to meet the requirement 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 or concentration
as may exceed limits established by the Building Official in compliance
with applicable State or Federal regulations;
8.
Any
waters or wastes having a pH in excess of nine and one-half (9.5);
9.
Material
which exert or cause:
a.
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, sodium chloride and sodium sulfate);
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 a significant load on the sewage treatment works;
d.
Unusual
volume of flow or concentration of wastes constituting "slugs" as
defined herein.
10.
Waters
or wastes containing substances which are not amendable to treatment
or reduction by the sewage treatment processes employed or are amendable
to treatment only to such degree that the sewage treatment plant effluent
cannot meet the requirements of other agencies having jurisdiction
over discharge to the receiving waters.
E.
Options Of The Superintendent. 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 (D) and which in the judgment of the Building Official 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 Building Official may:
1.
Reject
the wastes;
2.
Require
pretreatment to an acceptable condition for discharge to the public
sewers;
3.
Require
control over the quantities and rates of discharge; and/or
4.
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 Subsection (J) following hereto.
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If the Building Official permits the pretreatment or equalization
of waste flows, the design and installation of the plant and equipment
shall be subject to the review and approval of the Building Official
and subject to the requirements of all applicable codes, ordinances
and laws.
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F.
Grease, Oil And Sand Interceptors. Grease, oil and sand
interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion of the Building
Official, they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes
containing grease in excessive amounts 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 not be required for private living quarters or
dwelling units. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved
by the Building Official and shall be located as to be readily and
easily accessible for cleaning and inspection.
G.
Preliminary Treatment Requirements. Where preliminary treatment
or flow-equalizing facilities are provided for any waters or wastes,
they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective
operation by the owner at his/her expense.
H.
Control Manholes. When required by the Building Official,
the owner of any property serviced by a building sewer carrying industrial
wastes shall install a suitable control manhole together with such
necessary meters and other appurtenances in the building sewer to
facilitate observation, sampling and measurements of the wastes. Such
manhole, when required, shall be accessibly and safely located and
shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the Building
Official. The manhole shall be installed by the owner at his/her expense
and shall be maintained by him/her so as to be safe and accessible
at all times.
I.
Measurement Standards. All measurements, tests and analyses
of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is
made in this Section 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 shall be determined
at the control manhole provided or upon suitable samples taken at
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 (24) hour composite of all outfalls of a premise
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 (24) hour composites of all outfalls whereas pHs
are determined from periodic grab samples.)
J.
Contractual Arrangements On Unusual Wastes. No statement
contained in this Section shall be construed as preventing any special
agreement or arrangement between the City and any industrial concern
whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be
accepted by the City for treatment, subject to payment therefore,
by the industrial concern.
[R.O. 2009 §28-90; Code 1975 §560.070]
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 works. Any
person violating this provision shall be subject to immediate arrest
under charge of disorderly conduct.
[R.O. 2009 §28-91; Code 1975 §560.080]
A.
The Building
Official and other duly authorized employees of the City bearing proper
credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all properties
for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling
and testing in accordance with the provisions of the Article. The
Building Official or his/her representatives shall have no authority
to inquire into any processes including metallurgical, chemical, oil,
refining, ceramic, paper or other industries beyond that point of
having a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the
sewers or waterways or facilities for waste treatment.
B.
While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in Subsection (A) above, the Building Official or duly authorized employees of the City shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the company and the company shall be held harmless for injury or death of the City employees, and the City shall indemnify the company against loss or damage to its property by City employees and against liability claims and demands for personal injury or property damage asserted against the company and growing out of the gauging and sampling operation, except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the company to maintain safe conditions as required in Section 715.050(H).
C.
The Building
Official and other duly authorized employees of the City bearing proper
credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all private
properties through which the City holds a duly negotiated easement
for the purposes of, but limited to, inspection, observation, measurement,
sampling, repair and maintenance of any portion of the sewage works
lying within said easement. All entry and subsequent work, if any,
on said easement shall be done in full accordance with the terms of
the duly negotiated easement pertaining to the private property involved.
[R.O. 2009 §28-92; Code 1975 §560.090]
A.
Any person found to be violating any provision of this Article except Section 715.060 shall be served by the City with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations.
C.
Any person
violating any of the provisions of this Article shall become liable
to the City for any expense, loss or damage occasioned by the City
by reason of such violations.
