The city seeks designation as a management agency for wastewater collection and treatment within its territorial boundaries, in accordance with the requirements of section 208 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended.
(Resolution 91-006)
(a) 
It shall be the duty of property owners to keep all sewer taps and cleanout caps in good repair so as to prevent any infiltration of the wastewater system by rainwater or other surface water.
(b) 
If infiltration is taking place through an open or broken sewer tap, cleanout cap, or other means on private property, the penalty to the property owner who does not repair said leak is as follows:
(1) 
A person who continues prohibited discharges is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is punishable by a fine as provided in section 1.01.009 for each act of violation and for each day of violation.
(2) 
If a property owner, after written notice of such violations by the public works director or designee appointed by the mayor or city administrator of the city is given, fails to remedy infiltration by repair or otherwise within five (5) days of the date of such written notice, at the direction of the public works director or designee appointed by the mayor or city administrator the damage or other cause of infiltration will be repaired. The cost of such repair will be assessed as an additional charge to the property owner’s monthly statement for water and sewer services, the failure of which to pay shall be a basis for disconnecting water service to the property owner.
(3) 
In addition to proceeding under authority of subsection (b)(1) above, the city is entitled to pursue all other criminal and civil remedies to which it is entitled under authority of statutes or other ordinances against a person continuing prohibited discharges.
(Ordinance 97-005 adopted 10/9/97; Ordinance 2017-09 adopted 8/28/17)