Editor’s Note: Rates pertaining to the sanitary sewer
system are now contained in Ch. 702, User Charge Systems, Art. I,
Wastewater Treatment Works.
[Ord. No. 467 Art. I, 2-9-2010[1]]
A.
BOD (denoting biochemical oxygen demand)
BUILDING DRAIN
BUILDING SEWER
COMBINED SEWER
GARBAGE
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
NATURAL OUTLET
PERSON
pH
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
PUBLIC SEWER
SANITARY SEWER
SEWAGE
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
SEWAGE WORKS
SEWER
SLUG
STORM DRAIN (sometimes termed "STORM SEWER")
SUPERINTENDENT
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
WATERCOURSE
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning
of terms used in this Chapter 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 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 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 water or groundwater.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
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 (1/2) 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 stormwaters, surface
waters and groundwaters are not intentionally admitted.
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments, together
with such groundwaters, surface waters and stormwaters as may be present.
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating
sewage.
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing
of sewage.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
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-hour concentration or flows
during normal operation.
A sewer which carries stormwaters and surface waters and
drainage, but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted
cooling water.
The Superintendent of Sewage Works and/or of Water Pollution
Control of the City of Sparta, or his authorized deputy, agent, or
representative.
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.
B.
"Shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
[1]
Editor's Note: Arts. I — VIII of this ordinance
superseded former Ch. 710, Sanitary Sewer System, as adopted and amended
by Ord. No. 122 Art. I §§1 — 10, Art. II §§1
— 11, Art. IV §§2 — 7, 3-1-1988; Ord. No. 123,
7-5-1988.
[Ord. No. 14-008 §1, 4-8-2014]
A.
It is determined and declared to be necessary and conducive to the
protection of the public health, safety, welfare, and convenience
of the City of Sparta to collect charges from all users who contribute
wastewater to the City's treatment works. The proceeds of such
charges so derived will be used for the purpose of operating, maintaining,
and retiring the debt for such public wastewater treatment works.
B.
For properties outside of the City of Sparta limits, the property
owner shall agree to annex if contiguous to the City limits or shall
agree to an irrevocable consent to annex when property becomes contiguous.
[Ord. No. 467 Art. II, 2-9-2010]
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 of Sparta, or in any area under the jurisdiction of
said 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 of Sparta, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said City,
any sewage or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment
has been provided in accordance with subsequent 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.
The owner of all houses, buildings, or properties used for human
employment, 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 or
combined sewer of the City, is hereby required at his 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 Chapter, within ninety (90) days after date of official notice
to do so. All such properties situated within the City limits of Sparta
shall connect to the public sewer.
[Ord. No. 475, 1-11-2011]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Section 710.030, Private Sewage
Disposal, adopted 2-9-2010 by Ord. No. 467 Art. III, was repealed
1-11-2011 by Ord. No. 475.
[Ord. No. 467 Art. IV, 2-9-2010]
A.
No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or
opening into, use, alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance
thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the City of
Sparta's designated representative.
B.
Classes Of Building Sewer Permits.
2.
In either case, the owner or his agent shall make application
on a special form furnished by the City of Sparta. The permit application
shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or other information
considered pertinent in the judgment of the City's designated
representative. A permit and inspection fee of two thousand five hundred
dollars ($2,500.00) for a residential or commercial building sewer
permit and two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for an industrial building
sewer permit shall be paid to the City of Sparta at the time the application
is filed.
C.
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 Sparta from any loss or damage that may directly
or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
D.
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every
building; except where one (1) 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.
E.
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings
only when they are found, on examination and test by the City of Sparta's
designated representative to meet all requirements of this Chapter.
F.
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 Sparta. 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.
G.
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.
H.
No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, interior and
exterior foundation drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surface
runoff or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain which
in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
I.
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 Sparta, or the procedures
set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM 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 City's designated representative before
installation.
J.
The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the City
of Sparta's designated representative when the building sewer
is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection
shall be made under the supervision of the City's designated
representative.
K.
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 Sparta.
[Ord. No. 467 Art. V, 2-9-2010]
A.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater,
surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, including
interior and exterior foundation drains, uncontaminated cooling water,
or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer.
B.
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 City of Sparta's
designated representative. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted
process waters may be discharged on approval of the City's designated
representative, to a storm sewer, combined sewer, or natural outlet.
C.
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/l 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.
D.
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 City of Sparta's designated representative
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 opinion as to the acceptability of these wastes, the
City's designated reprsentative 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.) (65° C.).
2.
Any water or wastes 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.)(0 and 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-fourth
(3/4) horsepower (0.75 hp metric) or greater shall be subject to the
review and approval of the City of Sparta's designated representative.
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 City's designated representative
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 City of Sparta's designated representative as necessary,
after treatment of the composite sewage, to meet the requirements
of 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 City's designated representative
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, Fullers 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" as 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:
a.
A five-day BOD greater than three hundred (300) parts per million
by weight; or
b.
Containing more than three hundred fifty (350) parts per million
by weight of suspended solids; or
c.
Having an average daily flow greater than two percent (2%) of
the average sewage flow of the City of Sparta shall be subject to
the review of the City's designated representative. Where necessary
in the opinion of the City's designated representative, the owner
shall provide, at his 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 City's designated
representative, and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced
until said approvals are obtained in writing.
E.
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) of this Section, and which, in the judgment of the City of Sparta's designated representative, 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 City's designated representative 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 10 of the Article.
If the City's designated representative 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 City's designated representative, and subject to the requirements
of all applicable codes, ordinances and laws.
F.
Grease, oil, and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the
opinion of the City of Sparta's designated representative, 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 be of a type
and capacity approved by the City's designated representative,
and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning
and inspection.
G.
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 expense.
H.
When required by the City of Sparta's designated representative,
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 City's
designated representative. The manhole shall be installed by the owner
at his expense, and shall be maintained by him so as to be safe and
accessible at all times.
I.
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 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-hour composite
of all outfalls of a premises is appropriate or whether a grab sample
or samples should be taken. Normally, but not always, BOD and suggested
solids analyses are obtained from twenty-four-hour composites of all
outfalls whereas pHs are determined from periodic grab samples).
J.
No statement contained in this Section shall be construed as preventing
any special agreement or arrangement between the City of Sparta 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.
[Ord. No. 467 Art. VI, 2-9-2010]
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. 467 Art. VII, 2-9-2010]
A.
The City of Sparta's designated representative and other duly
authorized employees of the City 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 Chapter. The City's designated representative
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.
B.
While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in Section 710.070(A) above, the City of Sparta's designated representative 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 to 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 710.050(H).
C.
The City's designated representative 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 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.
[Ord. No. 467 Art. VIII, 2-9-2010]
A.
Any person found to be violating any provision of this Chapter except Section 710.060 shall be served by the City of Sparta 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.
B.
Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit provided for in Section 710.080(A) shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined in the amount not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each violation. Each twenty-four-hour period in which any such violation shall continue shall be deemed a separate offense.
C.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this Chapter shall
become liable to the City of Sparta for any expense, loss, or damage
occasioned the City of Sparta by reason of such violation.
