Industrial wastes.
The liquid wastes resulting from any commercial manufacturing or industrial operation or process, which waterborne or liquid wastes enter the system of sewerage or any portion thereof of the city.
Plumbing fixture.
A water closet, lavatory, bathtub, household laundry, separate shower, kitchen sink, or any other similar receptacle that discharges waste into the sewer system.
Residence.
A home or dwelling in which no business is conducted that requires plumbing fixtures, other than water closets, bathtubs, showers, lavatories, kitchen sinks, household laundry sinks and other plumbing fixtures designed for residential use, and only has sanitary sewage as herein defined.
Sewage.
The water or waterborne waste from water closets, urinals, lavatories, sinks, bathtubs, showers, household laundries, basement floor drains, garage floor drains, storerooms, soda fountains, cuspidors, refrigerator drips, drinking fountains, and other similar fixtures and receptacles that discharge waste into the sewer system.
(1995 Code, sec. 20-21)
The city shall be authorized to furnish sewerage service to customers outside of the city limits upon such terms, conditions, and rates as may be prescribed by the council by resolution, except that no rates shall be lower than the schedule of rates charged customers within the city limits. Nothing in this section shall be construed to compel the city to furnish customers beyond the corporate limits or to continue such service once begun. The city reserves the right to furnish such customers it deems advisable and to, at any time, wholly or partially discontinue the services upon violation of any of the terms of this article had such customer resided in the city.
(1995 Code, sec. 20-23)
Any person, firm or corporation who shall fail to pay the sewer rental and other charges as herein levied and assessed or that shall be levied or assessed, within the time limit prescribed for the payment of water bills, shall be subject to having the water service discontinued or may be disconnected from either one or both the water and sewer system. Such service or services shall not be reestablished in whole or in part until such person, firm or corporation shall have paid all amounts due and a charge of $8.00 for disconnecting and reconnecting said services.
(1995 Code, sec. 20-25)
All residences and places of business situated upon property immediately adjacent to the street or alley bearing sewer mains as may exist or shall exist and become available are hereby required to establish connection with the said sewer main as hereinafter set forth:
(1) 
The material with which such connection is made, from the alley property line to and including the tie-in with the sewer main, shall be clay pipe, orangeburg, PVC or cast iron, with a minimum of three-inch tie-in.
(2) 
The initial monthly charge for sewer services to owners of property which has been prepared for sewer service by tapping the sewer line, or owners of improved property immediately adjacent to a sewer main as above set forth, shall be rendered on the first day of the second month next following the availability of the system for use, whether or not such owner uses such system.
(1995 Code, sec. 20-26; Ordinance adopting Code)
Each and every property owner whose property lies immediately adjacent to a street or alley bearing a sewer main available for use shall be and is hereby required to fill and render safe any and all cesspools, septic tanks, laterals, and other depositories of sewage upon such property within ninety (90) days after the availability of such sewer system for use.
(1995 Code, sec. 20-27)
Prior to making any tap or taps to or upon the city’s sewer line, the person, firm or corporation desiring to make such tap or taps shall post with the city secretary a $2,000.00 bond in cash, cashier’s check, certified check or postal money order payable to the city, such bond being conditioned upon prompt payment of any damage to the property of the city in making such tap or taps, and refundable upon approval of the tap or taps by the water superintendent.
(1995 Code, sec. 20-28)
(a) 
Definition.
An interceptor is a device designed and installed so as to separate and retain deleterious, hazardous, or undesirable matter from normal wastes and permit normal sewage or liquid wastes to discharge into the disposal terminal by gravity.
(b) 
Required.
Interceptors (including grease, oil, and sand interceptors, etc.) shall be provided when, in the opinion of the director of public works, or his agent, they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease, flammable wastes, sand and other ingredients harmful to the building drainage system, the public sewer or sewage treatment plant or processes.
(c) 
Approval.
The size, type, and location of each interceptor or separator shall be approved by the director of public works or his agent, and no wastes other than those requiring treatment or separation shall be discharged into any interceptor. No grease interceptor shall be installed which does not comply, in all respects, with the type or model of each size thereof approved by the department having jurisdiction.
(d) 
Separation.
A mixture of light and heavy solids or liquids and solids having various specific gravities may be treated and then separated in an interceptor as approved by the director of public works or his agent, in accordance with subsection (c).
(e) 
Grease interceptors.
(1) 
Commercial buildings.
A grease interceptor shall be installed in the waste line leading from sinks, drains, or other fixtures in the following establishments when, in the opinion of the director of public works or his agent, a hazard exists: restaurants, hotel kitchens or bars, factory cafeterias or restaurants, clubs, or other establishments where grease can be introduced into the drainage system in quantities that can affect line stoppage or hinder sewage disposal.
(2) 
Residential units.
A grease interceptor is not required for individual dwelling units or any private living quarters.
(3) 
Approval.
No grease interceptor shall be approved until it has successfully passed the testing and rating procedure set up by the director of public works or his agent.
(f) 
Oil separators.
(1) 
When required.
An oil separator shall be installed in the drainage system or section of the system where, in the opinion of the director of public works or his agent, a hazard exists or where oils or other flammables can be introduced or admitted into the drainage system by accident or otherwise.
(2) 
Minimum dimensions.
Oil separators shall have a depth of not less than two (2) feet below the invert of the discharge drain.
(3) 
Motor vehicle storage and servicing.
Interceptors shall have a capacity of six (6) cubic feet where not more than three vehicles are serviced, and one (1) cubic foot in net capacity shall be added for each additional vehicle up to ten vehicles. Where more than ten vehicles are serviced and stored, the director of public works or his agent shall determine the size of separator required.
(4) 
Determination of capacity.
Where storage facilities are not maintained, as in repair shops, the capacity of the separator shall be based on a net capacity of one (1) cubic foot for each 100 square feet of surface to be drained into the interceptor with a minimum capacity of six (6) cubic feet.
(g) 
Sand interceptors for commercial installations.
Sand and similar interceptors for heavy solids shall be so designed and located as to be readily accessible for cleaning and shall have a water seal of not less than six (6) inches.
(h) 
Venting.
Interceptors shall be so designed that they will not become air-bound if closed covers are used. Each interceptor shall be properly vented.
(i) 
Accessibility.
Each interceptor shall be so installed as to provide ready accessibility to the cover and means for servicing and maintaining the interceptor in working and operating condition. The use of ladders or the removal of bulky equipment in order to service interceptors shall constitute a violation of accessibility.
(j) 
Efficiency.
Interceptors shall be rated and approved for their efficiency as directed by the director of public works or his agent and in accordance with generally accepted practice.
(k) 
Laundries.
(1) 
Interceptor standards.
Commercial laundries shall be equipped with an interceptor having a removable wire basket or similar device that will prevent strings, rags, buttons, or other materials detrimental to the public sewer system from passing into the drainage system.
(2) 
Intercepting device.
A basket or other device shall prevent passage into the drainage system of solids 1/2 inch or larger in size. The basket or device shall be removable for cleaning purposes.
(l) 
Bottling plants.
Bottling plants shall discharge their process wastes into an interceptor which will provide for the separation of broken glass or their solids, before discharging liquid wastes into the drainage system.
(m) 
Slaughterhouses.
Slaughtering-room drains shall be equipped with separators which shall prevent the discharge into the drainage system of feathers, entrails, and other materials likely to clog the drainage system. Such separators shall be specifically approved by the director of public works or his agent, in accordance with subsection (c).
(n) 
Food grinders.
Where food-waste grinders are installed, the waste from those units shall discharge directly into the building drainage system without passing through a grease interceptor.
(o) 
Maintenance.
Interceptors shall be maintained in efficient operating condition by removal of accumulated grease.
(p) 
Special type separators.
Before any special type separator is installed, a drawing including all pertinent information shall be submitted for approval of the director of public works or his agent.
(q) 
Sewer taps.
All taps to and upon the city’s sewer lines shall be conducted in accordance with the methods set forth in the plumbing code and applicable city ordinances. Said sewer taps shall be performed only by a plumber licensed in the state or properly certified utility personnel. The sewer tapping fee shall be one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) for each separate tap.
(1995 Code, sec. 20-29; Ordinance 394 adopted 11/6/01; Ordinance adopting Code)
(a) 
No person, firm, or corporation who is licensed or unlicensed by the state to perform septic tank cleaning may take the waste (or raw sewage) collected from such septic tanks to the city wastewater treatment plant, with the exception of the National Park Service and Bryer Septic Service. Fees for dumping will be set annually with the passage of the annual budget.
(b) 
The following requirements must be met or service may be terminated:
(1) 
The service must maintain a valid permit.
(2) 
Notify city public works of the time of a dump and to call the on-call maintenance person after hours.
(3) 
Dump only at the North Cornell Street access point.
(4) 
Provide a completed manifest, to be signed by the public works person, and a copy for public works.
(5) 
The city will bill monthly for the services provided.
(Ordinance 498 adopted 12/16/08)
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined as provided in section 1.01.009, and each offense and each day’s continuance of failure to comply with any provision of this article shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
(1995 Code, sec. 20-30)