For the purposes of this article, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to
them by this section:
All the facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and
disposing of sewage.
Any one or all of the duly authorized officers and employees
of the Village empowered to act in the matter involved.
Except as otherwise authorized and regulated,
either by the subsequent provisions of this article or by other ordinances
or regulations of the Village, no person shall discharge or cause
to be discharged into any sanitary sewer or storm sewer within the
Village any of the following described liquids or substances:
A.Â
Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, wood shavings,
metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics or any other solid or
viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers
or other interference with the proper operation of the sewage system.
B.Â
Any gasoline, benzine, naphtha, fuel oil or other
flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas.
C.Â
Any garbage, fat, oil or grease. The term "garbage"
shall not include remnants of food that has been used for consumption
in a private home and which has been ground to such a degree as to
allow a free flow in the sewage system.
D.Â
Any waters or wastes containing toxic, corrosive or
poisonous substances or suspended solids of such character and quantity
as to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process or which
constitute a hazard to humans or animals or to the structure or equipment
of the sewage works.
E.Â
Any septic tank contents, pumpings or residues therefrom,
any stormwater, surface or ground water, industrial process water
of any kind, any waste or other waters originating from or being drained
from any car-washing installation or establishment, air-conditioning
or refrigeration unit, commercial process of any kind or from any
plumbing fixture or other device which is in need of repair and is
discharging water unnecessarily into the sanitary sewer system.
[Amended 10-13-1992 by Ord. No. 2375]
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
into any sanitary sewer any industrial or commercial waste.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Sections 25-51 through
25-55 of the 1974 Code, which immediately followed this section, were
deleted 10-13-1992 by Ord. No. 2375.
A.Â
Grease, oil and sand interceptors may be required
and shall be provided wherever, in the opinion of the Village, they
are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing
grease or flammable substances. All interceptors shall be of a type
and capacity approved by the Village and shall be located so as to
be readily accessible for cleaning and inspection. They shall be of
substantial construction, capable of withstanding extreme changes
of temperature and equipped with easily removable covers which shall
be gastight and watertight.
B.Â
When required by the Village, where installed, all
grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be maintained by the owner,
at his expense, in reasonably efficient operation at all times.
The admission into the public sewers of any waters or wastes having a five-day biochemical oxygen demand greater than 300 parts per million by weight or containing more than 350 parts per million by weight of suspended solids or containing any quantity of substance having the characteristics described in § 238-49 or having an average daily flow greater than 2% of the average daily sewage flow of the Village shall be subject to the review and approval of the Village. Where necessary, in the opinion of the Village, the owner shall provide at his expense such preliminary treatment as may be necessary to reduce the biochemical oxygen demand to 300 parts per million and the suspended solids to 350 parts per million by weight or reduce objectionable characteristics or constituents to within maximum limits or control the quantities and rates of discharge of such waters or wastes. Plans, specifications and any other pertinent information relating to proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted for the approval of the Village, and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced until such approvals are obtained in writing.
Whenever required by the Village, if preliminary
treatment facilities are provided for any waters or wastes, they shall
be maintained continuously in reasonably effective operation by the
owner at his expense.
When required by the Village, the owner of any
property served by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall
install a suitable control manhole in the building sewer to facilitate
observation, sampling and measurement of the wastes. Such manhole,
when required, shall be accessible and safely located and shall be
constructed in accordance with plans approved by the Village. The
manhole shall be installed by the owner at his expense and shall be
maintained by him.
All measurements, tests and analyses shall be
taken by the Village of the characteristics of waters and wastes and
shall be determined in accordance with American Public Health Association
Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage and shall
be determined upon suitable samples taken at the control manhole.
In the event that no special manhole has been required, the control
manhole shall be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in
the public sewer to the point at which the building sewer is connected.
The Village and its duly authorized officers
and employees bearing proper credentials and identifications shall
be permitted to enter upon all properties for the purpose of inspection,
observation, measurement, sampling and testing, in accordance with
the provisions of this article.
[Amended 10-13-1992 by Ord. No. 2375]
The owner, tenant, lessee or occupant of any premises where violation of any provision of this article is found to exist, which violation for its abatement shall be of such a nature as to involve a physical change in any building or other structure, piping or appurtenances, either above or below the ground, shall be served by the Village with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit (not less than 10 days) for the satisfactory correction thereof. The violator shall, within the period of time stated in such notice or any lawfully issued extension thereof, permanently cease all violations; otherwise, the penalty provisions of Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article I, shall govern.
Any person violating any of the provisions of
this article shall become liable to the Village for any expense, loss
or damage occasioned the Village by reason of such violation.
