[Adopted 12-4-1980 by Ord. No. 127 (Ch. 7 of the 1990 Code)]
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 Village of Footville, or in any area under the jurisdiction
of the Village, any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable
waste.
B.
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the
Village of Footville, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the
Village, any sewage or other polluted waters, except where suitable
treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions
of this article and the current NPDES/WPDES permit [Note: Appendix
#3 or subsequent reissue on file in the office of the Village Clerk.]
discharge limits.
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
occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purposes situated within
the Village and abutting on any street, alley, or right-of-way in
which there is now located or may in the future be located, any public
sanitary sewer of the Village 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 article, within 10 days after date of official notice to do
so.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. III)]
Private sewage collection and disposal systems are not permitted
within the Village corporate limits.
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 Director
of the Department Public Works, hereinafter referred to as the "Village
Inspector."
[Amended 8-4-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-08]
B.
All disposal by any person into the sewer system is unlawful except
those discharges in compliance with federal standards promulgated
pursuant to the Federal Act and more stringent state and local standards.
C.
There shall be two classes of building sewer permits: for residential
and commercial service; and for service to establishments producing
industrial wastes. In either case, the owner or his agent shall make
application on a special form furnished by the Village Board (reference
Appendix #2). The permit application shall be supplemented by any
plans, specifications, or other information considered pertinent in
the judgment of the Village Board. A permit and inspection fee for
a residential or commercial building sewer permit, in such amount
as provided in the fee schedule, shall be paid to the Village Inspector
at the time the application is filed. The industry, as a condition
of permit authorization, must provide information describing its wastewater
constituents, characteristics, and type of activity.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. III)]
D.
A building sewer permit will only be issued and a sewer connection
shall only be allowed if it can be demonstrated that the downstream
sewerage facilities, including sewers, pump stations, and wastewater
treatment facilities, have sufficient reserve capacity to adequately
and efficiently handle the additional anticipated waste load.
E.
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 Village Inspector from any loss or damage that may directly
or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
F.
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every
building, except that 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, court, yard, or driveway,
the building sewer from the front building may be extended to the
rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer.
G.
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings
only when they are found, on examination and test by the Village Inspector,
to meet all requirements of this article.
H.
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 rules and regulations of the Village Board.
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 Materials, Water Pollution Control
Federation Main Construction in Wisconsin shall apply.
I.
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 a means which is approved in accordance with § 319-9B and discharged to the building sewer.
J.
No person(s) shall make connection of roof downspouts, 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.
K.
The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall
conform to the requirements and applicable rules and regulations of
the Village Board, or the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications
of the American Society of Testing Materials, Water Pollution Control
Federation Manual of Practice No. 9, and guidelines for Water and
Sewer Main Construction in Wisconsin. All such connections shall be
made gastight and watertight.
L.
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 Village Inspector.
A.
No person shall discharge, or cause to be discharged, any stormwater,
surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, 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 storm sewers, or
to a natural outlet approved by the Village Inspector. Industrial
cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged on approval
of the Village Inspector, to a storm sewer or natural outlet.
C.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following
described waters 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 of animals, create a public nuisance,
or create any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment
plant.
(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, milk
containers, etc., either whole or ground by garbage grinders.
D.
No industrial user may discharge sewage into any public sewer until
the Village Board has adopted an industrial cost recovery system which:
(1)
Meets the requirements of Section 204(b)(a)(B) of the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 and applicable federal regulations;
and
(2)
Has been approved by the Agency in accordance with the conditions
of any grant made to the Village of Footville by the United States
Environmental Protection Agency for the construction of any part of
the sewer system or sewage treatment works of the Village.
E.
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 Village Inspector, 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 Village Inspector
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 plant,
degree of treatability of wastes in the sewage treatment plant, and
maximum limits established by regulatory agencies. The substances
prohibited are:
(1)
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150° F.
(65° C.).
(2)
Any waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous materials; or
oils, whether emulsified or not, in excess of 100 mg/l or containing
substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between
32° and 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 3/4
horsepower or greater shall be subject to the review and approval
of the Village Inspector.
(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, or
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 Village Board 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 Village Board as necessary after treatment of the composite
sewage, to meet the requirements 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 Village Board in compliance
with applicable state or federal regulations.
(8)
Any waters or wastes having a pH in excess of 9.5.
(9)
Any mercury or any of its compounds in excess of 0.0005 mg/l as Hg
at any time except as permitted by the Village Board in compliance
with applicable state and federal regulations.
(10)
Any cyanide in excess of 0.025 mg/l at any time except as permitted
by the Village Board in compliance with applicable state and federal
regulations.
(11)
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
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 concentrations of wastes constituting
"slugs" as defined herein.
(12)
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 agencies having jurisdiction
over discharge to the receiving waters.
F.
Restrictions on discharges.
(1)
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 § 319-10E, and/or which are in violation of the standards for pretreatment provided in Chapter 1, EPA Rules and Regulations, Subchapter D, Water Programs, Part 128, Pretreatment Standards, Federal Register Volume 38, No. 215, Thursday, November 8, 1973, and any amendments thereto, and which in the judgment of the Village Board 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 Village Board, upon directing the Village Inspector, may:
(2)
If the Village Board 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 Village Board and
subject to the requirements of all applicable codes, ordinances, and
laws.
G.
Grease, oil, and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the
opinion of 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; 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 Village
Board and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible
for cleaning and inspection.
H.
Where preliminary treatment or flow-equalizing facilities are provided,
they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective
operation by the owner at his expense.
I.
Each industry shall be required to install a control manhole and,
when required by the Village Board, 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 Village Board. 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.
J.
Laboratory analyses.
(1)
The owner of any property serviced by a building sewer carrying industrial
wastes shall provide laboratory measurements, tests, and analyses
of waters and wastes to illustrate compliance with this article and
any special conditions for discharge established by the Village Board
or regulatory agencies having jurisdiction over the discharge.
(2)
The number, type, and frequency of laboratory analyses to be performed
by the owner shall be as stipulated by the Village Board, but no less
than once per year the industry must supply a complete analysis of
the constituents of the wastewater discharge to assure that compliance
with the federal, state, and local standards are being met. The owner
shall report the results of measurements and laboratory analyses to
the Village Board at such times and in such manner as prescribed by
the Village Board. The owner shall bear the expense of all measurements,
analyses and reporting required by the Village Board. At such times
as deemed necessary, the Village Board reserves the right to take
measurements and samples for analysis by an outside laboratory service.
K.
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-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-hour composites of all
outfalls, whereas pH's are determined from periodic grab samples.)
L.
No statement contained in this § 319-10 shall be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the Village Board and any industrial concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted by the Village Board for treatment, subject to payment therefor, in accordance with § 319-14 hereof, by the industrial concern, provided such payments are in accordance with federal and state guidelines for user charge system and industrial cost recovery system.
No unauthorized person shall maliciously, willfully, or negligently
break, damage, destroy, 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.
A.
Any person found to be violating any provision of this article except § 319-11 shall be served by the Village Board 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. The Village Board may revoke any permit for sewage disposal as a result of any violation of any provision of this article.
B.
Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit provided for in § 319-12A shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be subject to a forfeiture of not less than $20 nor exceeding $500 for each violation. Each day in which any such violation shall continue shall be deemed a separate offense.
C.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall
become liable to the Village Board by reason of such violation.
Terms used in this article shall be as defined in § 319-27.
