[Added 6-3-2024 by L.L. No. 6-2024]
A. 
In order to protect against the adverse consequences of uncontrolled sump pump and other illicit discharges, no person shall construct, install, improve, maintain or permit to be operated on the person's owned or occupied property any device which allows any point discharge of water by either forced pumping, such as a sump pump, or gravity, such as a pipe drain, onto a street, sidewalk or public right-of-way.
B. 
All sump pumps shall be discharged into rear or side yard swales or, where available, into storm sewer systems.
C. 
Where discharges are into swales, there shall be a positive grade from the pipe outlet to the swale, and the swale must be in a Village easement which is part of an approved drainage system.
D. 
In cases where the natural drainage is toward the road, the sump pump's discharge may be connected, as approved by the Village Engineer or Village Code Officer, to the storm sewer to avoid excessive costs, the potential for freezing, and erosion that is associated with piping uphill to a swale.
E. 
Sump pumps shall not discharge into the sanitary sewer system.
F. 
Such sump pumps or pipe discharge shall be directed onto an absorbent surface such as grass, mulch, rock or soil in such a manner that the discharge will be dissipated and not immediately drain onto the Village street or onto adjacent properties. The discharge location shall be as approved by the Village Code Officer or his/her designee. In the event that it is not feasible to direct discharge onto an absorbent surface, the discharge may be directed to a storm sewer, swale, ditch, detention basin, drainage basin or other drainage facility or location as approved by the Village Code Officer or his/her designee. If a connection to the storm sewer is approved, a permit will be required from the Department of Public Works prior to installation.
G. 
The discharge location shall not create a public nuisance which is anything, condition or act which is or may become injurious or hazardous to the public.
H. 
The discharge shall not create a build-up of icing, standing water or algae growth on the street, sidewalk or public right-of-way.
I. 
The discharge shall not be directed to adjacent property in such a manner as to cause damage to the adjacent property or create a nuisance.
J. 
No person shall connect, or cause or permit to be connected, any sump pump, pipe drain, floor drain, surface drain, subsoil drain or leader pipe with the house sanitary sewer, or to use the sanitary sewer connection or any pipe or drain connected therewith for the purpose of receiving and discharging drainage of any kind other than from plumbing fixtures.
K. 
Sump pump and pipe drain discharges may not be directed into a Village street or right-of-way unless permission is granted by the Village Code Officer or his/her designee.
A. 
An existing sump pump or pipe drain discharge, as of January 1, 2024, may continue as long as such discharge does not:
(1) 
Create a public nuisance which is anything, condition or act which is or may become injurious or hazardous to the public; and
(2) 
Create a build-up of icing, standing water, algae growth or cause erosion on the street, sidewalk or public right-of-way.
(3) 
In no instance may a property discharge into the sanitary sewer conveyance system.
B. 
An existing sump pump or pipe drain discharge that is causing a public nuisance or is creating a build-up of icing, standing water, algae growth or causing erosion on the street, sidewalk or public right-of-way shall be corrected by the owner to bring the sump pump or pipe drain discharge into compliance.
C. 
The Department of Public Works, Village Code Officer or his/her designee may require the following:
(1) 
That the sump pump or pipe drain have a point of discharge that is located a minimum of 10 feet or greater, as directed by the Department of Public Works, Village Code Officer or his/her designee, from any property line or Village right-of-way.
(2) 
That the discharge be directed within the limits of the owner's property onto an absorbent surface, such as grass, mulch, rock or soil, so that the discharge will be dissipated and not immediately drain to the Village right-of-way or adjacent properties.
A. 
Violation. Except as provided in Subsection B below, a violation of any provision of this article shall be deemed an offense punishable upon conviction by a fine of not less than $50 and not to exceed $250 per violation for a first offense, and by a fine of not less than $100 and not to exceed $250 per violation for a second or subsequent offense. Each day of continuing noncompliance shall be a separate and distinct offense.
B. 
Misdemeanor. Any person convicted of three or more violations of Article XII of this chapter within a one-year period shall be guilty of an unclassified misdemeanor punishable upon conviction by a fine of not less than $500 and not to exceed $1,000 per violation, or imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.