[Ord. No. 2785 §§1 — 4, 1-20-1975]
A. 
For the purpose of this Section, the following definitions shall apply:
BUILDING SEWER LINE
A privately owned sewer line running from a house or building to the point where it joins or is joined by another private sewer line.
COMMON SEWER LINE
A private sewer line from the point where it is joined by another private sewer line to provide a common flow to a public sewer line.
PRIVATE SEWER LINE
Any sewer line not owned by the City of Dexter.
B. 
In the event a common sewer line shall become clogged so as to impede the flow thereof, the owners or persons in charge of the houses or buildings served by such common sewer line shall attempt to agree among themselves for the cleaning of such common sewer line and the method of paying for the same.
C. 
If the owners or persons in charge of such houses or buildings on a clogged common sewer line shall not promptly agree to the matters stated in Subsection (B) or if such clogged common sewer line is not promptly cleaned out, then the Superintendent of the Water and Sewer Department of the City is hereby authorized to have such common sewer line cleaned out by a licensed plumber and the cost thereof to be equally divided on the basis of the number of houses or buildings served by such common sewer line and cause such proportionate cost to be added to the water and sewer bill for each of such premises.
D. 
The owner of each building sewer line shall be responsible for promptly cleaning out any building sewer line belonging to the owner which shall be clogged.
[Ord. No. 3537 Art. I §§1 — 22, 6-17-1991]
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this Article shall be as follows:
BOD (DENOTING BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND)
The quantity of oxygen used 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.
BUILDING DRAIN
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 (one and one-half (1.5) meters) outside the inner face of the building wall.
BUILDING SEWER
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal.
COMBINED SEWER
A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
GARBAGE
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
The liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes, trade or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or ground water.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation or group.
pH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.
PROPERTY SHREDDED GARBAGE
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 (one and twenty-seven hundredths (1.27) centimeters) in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights and is controlled by public authority.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface and ground water are not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGE
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together with such ground, surface and stormwaters as may be present.
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage.
SEWAGE WORKS
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SHALL
Is mandatory; MAY: Is permissive.
SLUG
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.
STORM DRAIN (SOMETIMES TERMED "STORM SEWER")
A sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage, but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling water.
SUPERINTENDENT
The Wastewater Department Superintendent of the City of Dexter or his/her authorized deputy, agent or representative.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
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
WATERCOURSE
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.
[Ord. No. 3537 Art. II §1, 6-17-1991]
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 of Dexter or in any area under the jurisdiction of said City of Dexter any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste.
[Ord. No. 3537 Art. II §2, 6-17-1991]
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the City of Dexter or in any area under the jurisdiction of said City of Dexter any sewage or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this Article.
[Ord. No. 3537 Art. II §4, 6-17-1991]
The owner of all houses, buildings or properties used for human employment, recreation or other purposes, situated within the City of Dexter 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 or combined sewer of the City of Dexter, is 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 the provisions of this Article within ninety (90) days after date of official notice to do so, provided that said public sewer is within one hundred (100) feet (thirty and one-half (30.5) meters) of the property line.
[Ord. No. 3537 Art. III §§1 — 8, 6-17-1991]
A. 
Where a public sanitary or combined sewer is not available under the provisions of Section 705.060, the building sewer shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system complying with all State requirements for such systems.
B. 
Owner To Maintain. The owner shall operate and maintain the private sewage disposal facilities in a sanitary manner at all times at no expense to the City of Dexter.
C. 
Additional Requirements. No statement contained in this Article shall be construed to interfere with any additional requirements that may be imposed by State and/or Federal regulations.
D. 
Closing Of Private Disposal System. When a public sewer becomes available, the building sewer shall be connected to said sewer within ninety (90) days and the private sewage disposal system shall be cleaned of sludge and filled with clean bank-run gravel or dirt.
[Ord. No. 3537 Art. IV §2, 6-17-1991]
A. 
There shall be two (2) classes of building sewer permits:
1. 
For residential and commercial service, and
2. 
For service to establishments producing industrial wastes.
B. 
In either case, the owner or his/her agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the City of Dexter. 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 of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for a residential or commercial building sewer permit and fifty dollars ($50.00) for an industrial building sewer permit shall be paid to the City of Dexter at the time the application is filed.
[Ord. No. 3537 Art. IV §3, 6-17-1991]
All costs and expense incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the City of Dexter from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
[Ord. No. 3537 Art. IV §4, 6-17-1991]
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building; except 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, courtyard or driveway, the building sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one (1) building sewer.
[Ord. No. 3537 Art. IV §6, 6-17-1991]
The size, slope, alignment, 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 all conform to the requirements of the Building and Plumbing Code or other applicable rules and regulations of the City of Dexter. In the absence of code provisions or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) and the Water Pollution Control Federation (WPCF) Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply.
[Ord. No. 3537 Art. IV §7, 6-17-1991]
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.
[Ord. No. 3537 Art. IV §9, 6-17-1991]
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 City of Dexter or the procedures set forth in appropriate ASTM specifications and the WPCF Manual of Practice No. 9. All such connections shall be made gastight and watertight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the Superintendent before installation.
[Ord. No. 3537 Art. IV §10, 6-17-1991]
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 shall be made under the inspection of the Superintendent or his/her representative.
[Ord. No. 3537 Art. IV §11, 6-17-1991]
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 City of Dexter.
[Ord. No. 3537 Art. V §2, 6-17-1991]
Stormwater 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 Superintendent. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged, on approval of the Superintendent, to a storm sewer, combined sewer or natural outlet.
[Ord. No. 3537 Art. V §3, 6-17-1991]
A. 
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described water or wastes to any public sewers:
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/1 as CN (cyanide) in the wastes as discharged to the public sewer.
3. 
Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 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 obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interference 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, mild containers, etc., either whole or ground by garbage grinders.
[Ord. No. 3537 Art. V §4, 6-17-1991]
A. 
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged the following described substance, materials, waters or wastes if it appears likely in the opinion of the Superintendent 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 Superintendent 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 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 wastes containing fats, wax, grease or oils, whether emulsified or not, in excess of one hundred (100) mg/1 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 (0) and sixty-five degrees Celsius (65°C)).
3. 
Any garbage that has not been property shredded. The installation and operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a motor of three-fourth (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 iron 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 Superintendent 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 Superintendent as necessary after treatment of the composite sewage to meet the requirements of State, Federal or other public agencies or 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 Superintendent in compliance with applicable State or Federal regulations.
8. 
Any waters or wastes having a pH in excess of 9.5.
9. 
Materials 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 or 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" defined herein.
10. 
Waters or wastes containing substances which are not amenable to treatment or reduction by the sewage treatment processes employed or are amenable 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.
11. 
Any waters or wastes having (1) a five (5) day BOD greater than three hundred (300) parts per million by weight or (2) containing more than three hundred fifty (350) parts per million by weight of suspended solids, or (3) having an average daily flow greater than two percent (2%) of the average daily sewage flow to the City sewage treatment works shall be subject to their review of the Superintendent. Where necessary in the opinion of the Superintendent, the owner shall provide, at his/her expense, such preliminary treatment as may be necessary to (1) reduce the biochemical oxygen demand to three hundred (300) parts per million by weight, or (2) reduce the suspended solids to three hundred fifty (350) parts per million by weight, or (3) control the quantities and rates of discharge of such waters or wastes. Plans, specifications and any other pertinent information relating to proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted for the approval of the Superintendent and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced until said approvals are obtained in writing.
[Ord. No. 3537 Art. V §5, 6-17-1991]
A. 
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 Section 705.220 of this Article and which in the judgment of the Superintendent may have a deleterious effect upon the sewage works, processes, equipment or receiving waters or which otherwise create a hazard to life to constitute a public nuisance, the Superintendent 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 Section 705.280 of this Article.
B. 
If the Superintendent 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 Superintendent and subject to the requirements of all applicable codes, ordinances and laws.
[Ord. No. 3537 Art. V §6, 6-17-1991]
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion of the Superintendent, 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 be of a type and capacity approved by the Superintendent and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection.
[Ord. No. 3537 Art. V §7, 6-17-1991]
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.
[Ord. No. 3537 Art. V §8, 6-17-1991]
When required by the Superintendent, 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 measurement of the wastes. Such manhole, when required, shall be accessibly and safely located and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the Superintendent. 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.
[Ord. No. 3537 Art. V §9, 6-17-1991]
All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in this Article 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 said 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 (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.)
[Ord. No. 3537 Art. V §10, 6-17-1991]
No statement contained in this Article shall be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the City of Dexter and any industrial concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted by the City of Dexter for treatment, subject to payment by the industrial concern.
[Ord. No. 3537 Art. VI §1, 6-17-1991]
No unauthorized person shall maliciously, willfully or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance or equipment which is part of the sewage works. Any person violating this provision shall be subject to immediate arrest under charge of disorderly conduct.
[Ord. No. 3537 Art. VII §1, 6-17-1991]
The Superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the City of Dexter bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing in accordance with the provisions of this Article. The Superintendent 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 having a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the sewers or waterways or facilities for waste treatment.
[Ord. No. 3537 Art. VII §2, 6-17-1991]
While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in Section 705.300 above, the Superintendent or duly authorized employees of the City of Dexter shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the company and the company shall be held harmless for injury or death to the City of Dexter's employees and the City of Dexter shall indemnify the company against loss or damage to its property by the City of Dexter's 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 this Section.
[Ord. No. 3537 Art. VII §3 6-17-1991]
The Superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the City of Dexter bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all private properties through which the City of Dexter holds a duly negotiated easement for the purposes of, but not 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.