No person, firm or corporation shall injure, break or remove any section of any manhole, lamp hole, flush tank, catchbasin, or any part of the sewer system, or throw or deposit, or cause to be thrown or deposited, in any sewer opening or receptacle connected with the sewer system, any garbage, dead animals, vegetable parings, ashes, cinders, rags or other matter or thing whatever, except the necessary waste closet paper, liquid house waste and mill-slop, etc. Only toilet paper that is suitable for passage through the sanitary sewers will be permitted.
(1978 Code, ch. 10, sec. 2.A)
No person shall place any bulky substance in a sewer opening, or in the house connections, or in private drains connecting with any public main or lateral sewer, or any substance having a tendency to obstruct the free flowage of said sewer or to damage them in any way.
(1978 Code, ch. 10, sec. 2.B)
The superintendent of utilities shall have the power to stop and prevent from discharging into the public sewer any private drain or house connections through which substances are discharged which are liable to injure the sewers or obstruct the flow of the sewage or to interfere with the operation of the sewage treatment plant.
(1978 Code, ch. 10, sec. 2.D)
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to make or have made any connections with the sanitary sewer system of the city that will permit any surface or drain water from the ground or roofs of houses, or the overflowing of cisterns or cesspools, to enter said sewers directly or indirectly; provided, however, that the drainage of cellars may be connected with said system when made in accordance with the regulations, plans and specifications of the superintendent of utilities and under his direct supervision.
(1978 Code, ch. 10, sec. 2.E)
(a) 
The sewer tapping fees are now increased to $3,500.00 per sewer tap inside city limits and tap size is changing to 4" sewer tap with anything larger being priced and approved by the city.
(b) 
Any taps over 6 feet from a sewer main will be charged an additional $100.00 for every additional 6 feet.
(c) 
Any new construction that will requires a lift station will be responsible for 100% of the cost of purchase and installation.
(Ordinance 304 adopted 11/5/18; Ordinance 331 adopted 4/7/2025)
For the proper payment, maintenance and extension of the sewer system of the city, the following monthly charges are hereby fixed to be paid by all residential and commercial users of said system, the same to be paid monthly as herein provided, to wit:
(1) 
Base rate (includes 0–2,000 gallons): $22.00.
(2) 
2,001 gallons and above: Base + $3.25 per 1,000 gallons.
(1978 Code, ch. 10, sec. 2.B; Ordinance 310 adopted 10/7/19; Ordinance 327 adopted 11/4/2024