[Ord. No. 190408E, 4-22-2019]
The purpose of this Chapter is to provide for the maximum possible beneficial public use of the POTW through regulations of sewer construction, sewer use and wastewater discharges; to provide for equitable distribution of the costs of the POTW; and to provide procedures for complying with the requirements contained in this Chapter.
[Ord. No. 190408E, 4-22-2019]
A. 
The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to the discharge of all wastewater into the POTW. This Chapter provides for use of the POTW, regulations of sewer construction, control of the quantity and quality of wastewater discharged, wastewater pretreatment, alternate treatment facilities, equitable distribution of costs, assurance that existing capacity will not be exceeded, approval of sewer construction plans, issuance of wastewater contribution permits, minimum sewer connection standards and conditions and penalties and other procedures for violation of this Chapter.
B. 
This Chapter shall apply within the City and to persons outside the City who are users of the POTW.
C. 
All connections of lateral or building sewer lines into the sewage system of the POTW service area, whether within or outside the City, shall be made subject to such terms and conditions as the ordinances of the City may prescribe.
[Ord. No. 190408E, 4-22-2019]
Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, the Director shall administer, implement, and enforce the provisions of this Chapter.
[Ord. No. 190408E, 4-22-2019]
A. 
The City may adopt reasonable fees for reimbursement of costs of setting up and operating the City's Pretreatment Program, which may include:
1. 
Fees for wastewater discharge permit applications including the cost of processing such applications;
2. 
Fees for monitoring, inspection, and surveillance procedures including the cost of collection and analyzing a user's discharge, and reviewing monitoring reports submitted by users;
3. 
Fees for reviewing and responding to accidental discharge procedures and construction;
4. 
Fees for filing appeals; and
5. 
Other fees as the City may deem necessary to carry out the requirements contained herein. These fees relate solely to the matters covered by this Chapter and are separate from all other fees, fines, and penalties chargeable by the City.
a. 
All fees and charges payable under this Chapter shall be paid to the City.
b. 
All fees and charges under the provisions of this Chapter are due and payable upon receipt of notice of charges. Charges unpaid twenty (20) days after mailing of notice of charges shall be delinquent and shall be subject to penalty as provided in Section 710.540 and interest charges at the Statutory rate.
c. 
Premium charges, rental fees, and applicable fees as defined by the Environmental Protection Agency of the United States of America, and as collected by the City pursuant to Section 710.500 pertaining to charges for service outside sewer districts shall be placed by the finance Director to provide debt service for sanitary sewers.
[Ord. No. 190408E, 4-22-2019]
A. 
The Director or his/her designee bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted without delay at any reasonable time for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement and sampling of the wastewater discharge to ensure that the discharge to the POTW is in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter. Users shall allow the Director ready access to all parts of the premises for the purposes of inspection, sampling, records examination and copying, and the performance of any additional duties.
1. 
Where a use has security measures in force which require proper identification and clearance before entry into its premises, the user shall make necessary arrangements with its security guards so that, upon presentation of suitable identification, the Director will be permitted to enter without delay for the purposes of performing specific responsibilities.
2. 
The Director shall have the right to set up on the user's property, or require installation of, such devices as are necessary to conduct a sampling and/or metering of the user's operations.
3. 
Any temporary or permanent obstruction to safe and easy access to the facility to be inspected and/or sampled shall be promptly removed by the user at the written or verbal request of the Director and shall not be replaced. The costs of clearing such access shall be borne by the user.
4. 
Unreasonable delays in allowing the Director access to the user's premises shall be a violation of this Chapter.
[Ord. No. 190408E, 4-22-2019]
No person shall maliciously, willfully, or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface, tamper with or impede accessibility of any structure, appurtenance or equipment which is part of the POTW. Any person found in violation of this Chapter shall be subject to the sanctions set out in this Chapter.
[Ord. No. 190408E, 4-22-2019]
A. 
Any information submitted pursuant to this Chapter may be claimed as confidential by the submitter. Any such claim must be asserted at the time of submission by stamping the words "confidential business information" on each page containing such information.
B. 
If no claim of confidentiality is made at the time of submission, the Director may make the information available to the public without further notice.
C. 
Upon approval of the Director, such portions of a report claimed as "confidential business information," and which might disclose trade secrets, secret processes, or methods of production shall not be made available for inspection by the public but shall be made available upon written request to governmental agencies for uses related to this Chapter, the POTW NPDES permit, and/or the pretreatment program; but, such portions of a report shall be available for use by the City, the State, or any Federal agency in judicial or enforcement proceedings involving the person furnishing the report. Wastewater constituents and characteristics and other effluent data as defined by 40 CFR 2.302 will not be recognized as confidential information and will be available to the public without restriction.
[Ord. No. 190408E, 4-22-2019]
No person shall knowingly make any false statements, representations or certification in any application, record, report, plan or other document filed or required to be maintained pursuant to this Chapter, nor falsify, tamper with, or knowingly render inaccurate any monitoring device or method required under this Chapter.
[Ord. No. 240529, 6-10-2024]
A. 
Prohibited Connections. All private property connections which permit inflow and/or infiltration to the public sewer system are prohibited, including, but not limited to:
1. 
Roof drains;
2. 
Sump pumps;
3. 
Interior foundation drain pits;
4. 
Interior and exterior foundation drains;
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Area drains, including, but not limited to, outside stairwell drains, driveway drains, patio drains, and yard drains;
6. 
Other sources of surface runoff of ground water connected to the public sewer system or to a building sewer or building drain which is connected to the public sewer system.
B. 
Conflict Of Laws. In the event of any conflict between this Section and the International Plumbing Code (IPC) as adopted by the City, the provisions of this Section shall govern.
C. 
Detection And Prevention. Under the direction of the Director, the Public Works Department shall be authorized to monitor and inspect for compliance of roof drains, pumps, footing drains, foundation sump pumps and other equipment to prevent inflow and infiltration of ground water into the sanitary sewer. A system wide inspection program shall be used to detect and document all sewer connections. This will be done using smoke testing, cameras, dye testing or physical inspection to verify the existence of an inflow connection.
D. 
Compliance. When a violation is identified, the City will send a notice to the property owner or post a notice on the property, specifying the issues that need correction and advising that failure to comply may result in water utility service disconnection. If the violation is not corrected within fourteen (14) days, a second notice will be issued, stating that the water service may be disconnected if the issues are not resolved within seven (7) days. The City may disconnect the water service seven (7) days after issuing the second notice if the property remains non-compliant. Water service will be promptly reconnected once the property is shown to be in compliance with this Chapter.
E. 
Failure To Comply. Notwithstanding the provision above, violations of this Section shall be a Code violation, enforced pursuant to the enforcement provision of Chapter 710 and any other applicable provision of the City Code.
F. 
Reporting. Any amendment to this Code shall be recorded in the annual sewer report and sent to the regional sewer administrator per Section 205 of our wastewater contract.
[Ord. No. 190408E, 4-22-2019]
A. 
The Director shall publish annually, in a newspaper of general circulation that provides meaningful public notice within the jurisdiction(s) served by the POTW, a list of the users which, during the previous twelve (12) months, were in significant non-compliance with applicable pretreatment standards and requirements. The term significant non-compliance shall mean as follows:
1. 
Chronic violations of wastewater discharge limits, defined here as those in which sixty-six percent (66%) or more of all of the measurements taken during the a six-month period exceed (by any magnitude) a numeric Pretreatment Standard or Requirement, including instantaneous limits, as defined by 40 CFR 403.2(1);
2. 
Technical Review Criteria (TRC) violations, defined here as those in which thirty-three percent (33%) or more of the measurements for each pollutant parameter taken during a six-month period equals or exceeds the product of the numeric Pretreatment Standard or Requirement, including instantaneous limits, as defined by 40 CFR 403.3(1) multiplied by the TRC (TRC = 1.4 BOD5, TSS, fats, oils and grease, and 1.2 for all other pollutants except pH);
3. 
Any other discharge violation of a Pretreatment Standard or Requirement as defined by 40 CFR 403.3(1) (daily maximum, longer-term average, instantaneous limit, or narrative standard) that the POTW determines has caused, alone or in combination with other discharges, interference or pass through, including endangering the health of POTW personnel or the general public;
4. 
Any discharge or pollutants that has caused imminent endangerment to the public or to the environment, or has resulted in the City's exercise of its emergency authority to halt or prevent such a discharge;
5. 
Failure to meet, within ninety (90) days of the scheduled date, a compliance schedule milestone contained in a wastewater discharge permit or enforcement order for starting construction, completing construction or attaining final compliance;
6. 
Failure to provide within thirty (30) days after the due date, any required reports, including baseline monitoring reports, reports on compliance with categorical pretreatment standard deadlines, periodic self-monitoring reports, and reports on compliance with compliance schedules;
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Failure to accurately report non-compliance; or
8. 
Any other violation or group of violations, which may include a violation of Best Management Practices, which the POTW determines will adversely affect the operation or implementation of the local Pretreatment program.
[Ord. No. 190408E, 4-22-2019]
A. 
It shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, cesspool or other facility, except approved septic tanks as provided by this Chapter, intended or used for disposal of wastewater, provided that approved portable chemical toilets may be temporarily erected and maintained on construction sites with the approval of the Director of Development.
B. 
In lieu of introducing untreated or partially treated wastewater into the POTW, the owner of the premises producing such waste may construct and operate, at his/her expense, private waste treatment facilities with the effluent discharged to the waters of the State, provided:
1. 
The design and operation of such facilities shall continuously produce an effluent which is in compliance with standards that may be imposed by the Director and the State.
2. 
Construction drawings, specifications and other pertinent information relating to such proposed treatment facilities shall be prepared by the owner, at his/her expense, and shall be submitted to the Director and the State. Construction shall be in accordance with such approved plans and shall not commence until such approvals are obtained in writing, appropriate permits are obtained, and charges or fees are paid.
3. 
Such facilities shall be operated and maintained in a satisfactory and effective manner by the owner at his/her expense. Such facilities shall be subject to inspection by the Director at reasonable times with reasonable notice.