For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
BOD; Biochemical oxygen demand.
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter, under standard laboratory procedure, in five days, at twenty degrees centigrade (20°C), expressed in milligrams per liter.
Building drain.
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 feet (5ʹ), or one and one-half meters (1 1/2 m), outside the inner face of the building wall.
Building sewer.
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal.
Combined sewer.
A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
Director.
The Director of Public Works of the City or authorized deputy, agent, or representative.
Domestic or residential wastes.
Liquid wastes either: (a) from the noncommercial preparation, cooking and handling of food; or (b) containing human excrement and similar matter from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial facilities, and institutions.
Garbage.
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
Hearing board.
That board which may be appointed to conduct hearings.
Industrial wastes.
The liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes, trades or businesses as distinct from sanitary sewage.
May.
The word "may" is permissive.
Natural outlet.
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or groundwater.
Person.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation, or group.
pH.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams, per liter of solution.
Properly shredded garbage.
Domestic wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food, which 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 inch, or 1.27 centimeters, in any dimension.
Public sewer.
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights, and which is controlled by public authority.
Sanitary sewer.
A sewer which carries sewage and into which storm, surface and groundwaters are not intentionally admitted.
Sewage.
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments, as well as such ground, surface and storm waters as may be present.
Sewage treatment plant.
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage.
Sewage works.
All facilities for the collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage.
Sewer.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
Shall.
The word "shall" is mandatory.
Sludge.
Any solid, semi-solid, or liquid waste generated from a municipal, commercial, or industrial wastewater treatment.
Storm drain; storm sewer.
A sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage but excludes sewage and industrial wastes other than unpolluted cooling water.
Total nitrogen (TN).
Total nitrogen is the sum of nitrate (NO3), nitrite (NO2), organic nitrogen and ammonia.
Total phosphorus (TP).
The total phosphate content of water or wastewater including all of the orthophosphates and condensed phosphates, both soluble and insoluble, and organic and inorganic species and expressed as elemental phosphorus, P, as determined using approved methods.
Total suspended solids (TSS).
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.
Watercourse.
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.
(Ord. 854 § 1; amd. Ord. 1912, 7-17-2023)
A. 
It shall be unlawful to discharge any sewage, sludge, or other polluted waters from any premises within the City into or upon any public highway, land, public place, stream, water course, or into any cesspool, storm drain, or storm drain system (which includes catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches, man-made channels, municipal streets), private sewer, or natural water outlet, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with the provisions of this article, and applicable Federal, State, and local laws.
B. 
The City shall have the authority to refuse service to any domestic, industrial, and non-domestic user. Refusal may be appealed in accordance with the process described in the City rules and regulations governing sewer service.
(Ord. 854 § 1; amd. Ord. 1912, 7-17-2023)
A. 
Generally: The Director 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 article and Chapter 23B.
B. 
Liability: While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to above, the Director or duly authorized employees of the City shall observe all safety rules, applicable to the premises as established by the company; 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 hereby.
C. 
Easements Through Private Property: The Director 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 such easement. All entry and subsequent work, if any, on such easement shall be done in full accordance with the terms of the duly-negotiated easement pertaining to the private property involved.
(Ord. 854 § 1; amd. Ord. 1912, 7-17-2023)
A. 
Notice of Violation: Any person found to be violating any provision of this article, except Section 23-26 of this article, shall be served by the City 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. 
Fine: Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit provided by this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof, shall be fined in the amount provided by Section 1-9 of this Code, for each violation. Each day in which any such violation shall continue shall be deemed a separate offense.
C. 
Liability: Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall become liable to the City for any expense, loss or damage occasioned by the City by reason of such violation.
(Ord. 854 § 1; amd. Ord. 1912, 7-17-2023)
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 may be subject to immediate arrest under charge of disorderly conduct.
(Ord. 854 § 1; amd. Ord. 1912, 7-17-2023)