It shall be unlawful for any person to place,
deposit, or permit to be deposited in any unsanitary manner on public
or private property within the City of Auburn, or in any area under
the jurisdiction of said City, any human or animal excrement, garbage,
or other objectionable waste.
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural
outlet within the City of Auburn, or in any area under the jurisdiction
of said City, any sewage or other polluted waters, except where suitable
treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions
of this article.
Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be
unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank,
cesspool, or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage.
The owner of all houses, buildings, or properties
used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purposes
situated within the City and abutting on any street, alley, or right-of-way
in which there is now located or may in the future be located a public
sanitary or combined sewer of the City is hereby required, at his
or her expense, to install suitable toilet facilities therein and
to connect such facilities directly with the proper public sewer in
accordance with the provisions of this article within 90 days after
date of official notice to do so, provided that said public sewer
is reasonably accessible to the property in the judgment of the Director
of Municipal Utilities.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface
drainage, uncontaminated cooling water, or unpolluted industrial process
waters to any sanitary sewer.
[Amended 8-10-2000 by Ord. No. 13-2000]
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
any of the following described waters or wastes to any public sewers:
A.
Any substances or waters or wastes containing toxic
or poisonous solids, liquids or gases in sufficient quantity, either
singly or by interaction with other wastes, to injure or interfere
with any sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or
animals, create a public nuisance or create any hazard in the receiving
waters of the sewage treatment plant, including but not limited to
cyanides in excess of two mg/l of CN in the waste discharged to the
public sewer.
B.
Any waters or waste having a pH lower than 5.5 or
having any corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard
to structures, equipment and personnel of the sewage works.
A.
If any waters or wastes are discharged or are proposed
to be discharged to the public sewers, which waters contain substances
or possess characteristics which in the judgment of the Director of
Municipal Utilities may have a deleterious effect upon the sewage
works, processes, equipment, or receiving waters, or which otherwise
create a hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance, the Director
of Municipal Utilities may:
B.
Where necessary, in the opinion of the Director of
Municipal Utilities, the owner shall provide, at his or her expense,
such preliminary treatment as may be necessary to:
C.
If the Director of Municipal Utilities permits the
pretreatment or equalization of waste flows, the design and installation
of the plants and equipment shall be subject to the review and approval
of the Director of Municipal Utilities and subject to the requirements
of all applicable codes, ordinances, and laws.
Grease, oil, and sand interceptors shall be
provided when, in the opinion of the Director of Municipal Utilities,
they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing
grease in excessive amounts, or any flammable wastes, sand, or other
harmful ingredients, except that such interceptors shall not be required
for private living quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors shall
be of a type and capacity approved by the Director of Municipal Utilities
and shall be so located as to be readily and easily accessible for
cleaning and inspection.
[Amended 8-10-2000 by Ord. No. 13-2000]
All measurements, tests and analyses of the
characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in
this article shall be determined in accordance with the latest version
of 40 CFR Part 136, Analysis of Pollutants, and shall be determined
at the control manhole provided, or upon suitable samples taken at
said 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. Sampling shall be carried out by customarily accepted
methods to reflect the effect of constituents upon the sewerage works
and to determine the existence of hazards to life, limb and property.
