[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Town of Myersville 8-10-1999
(Section 503 of the 1999 Code of Ordinances). Amendments noted where applicable.]
No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening
into, use, alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without
first obtaining a written permit from the Mayor and Council.
[Amended 10-11-2005]
There shall be two classes of building sewer permits: for residential
and commercial service, and for service to establishments producing industrial
wastes. In either case, the owner or his agent shall make application on a
special form furnished by the Town of Myersville. The permit application shall
be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or other information considered
pertinent in the judgment of the Mayor and Council. A permit and inspection
fee as set from time to time by the Mayor and Council for a residential or
commercial building sewer permit and for an industrial building sewer permit
shall be paid to the Town of Myersville at the time the application is filed.
All costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection of
the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify
the Town of Myersville from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly
be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every
building; except where one building stands at the rear of another on an interior
lot and no private sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building
through an adjoining alley, court, yard, or driveway, the building sewer from
the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered
as one building sewer.
[Amended 10-11-2005]
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only
when they are found, on examination and test by the Town, to meet all requirements
of this chapter.
The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building
sewer, and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing,
testing, and backfilling the trench, shall all conform to the requirements
of the building and plumbing code or other applicable rules and regulations
of the Town of Myersville. In the absence of code provisions or in amplification
thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications
of the ASTM and WPCF Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply.
Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building
at an elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings in which any building
drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage
carried by such building drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged
to the building sewer.
No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation
drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater
to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly
or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform
to the requirements of the building and plumbing code or other applicable
rules and regulations of the Town of Myersville, or the procedures set forth
in appropriate specifications of the ASTM and the WPCF Manual of Practice
No. 9. All such connections shall be made gas-tight and watertight. Any deviation
from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the Mayor
and Council before installation.
[Amended 10-11-2005]
The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Town when
the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer.
The connection shall be made under the supervision of the Mayor and Council
or his representative.
All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately
guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard.
Streets, sidewalks, parkways, and other public property disturbed in the course
of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the Town of Myersville.
[Added 10-11-2005]
Any person who willfully violates any provision of this article shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class A municipal infraction, and shall be subject to the fines as set forth in Chapter 20. Any and all court costs and/or costs of prosecution shall be paid by the violator upon conviction, in addition to the penalties provided for in this section.
A.
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 to any sanitary sewer.
B.
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged
to such sewers as are specifically designated as combined sewers or storm
sewers, or to a natural outlet approved by the Town. Industrial cooling water
or unpolluted process waters may be discharged, on approval of the Mayor and
Council, to a storm sewer, combined sewer, or natural outlet.[1]
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following
described waters or wastes to any public sewers:
A.
Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other flammable
or explosive liquid, solid, or gas.
B.
Any 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, inducing
but not limited to cyanides in excess of two mg/l as CN in the wastes as discharged
to the public sewer.
C.
Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 6.5, or having
any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures,
equipment, and personnel of the sewage works.
D.
Solid or viscous substances in quantities or of such
size capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers, or other interference
with the proper operation of the sewage works such as, but not limited to,
ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers,
tar, plastics, wood, unground garbage, whole blood, paunch manure, hair and
fleshings, entrails and paper dishes, cups, milk containers, etc. either whole
or ground by garbage grinders.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged the following described
substances, materials, waters, or wastes if it appears likely in the opinion
of the Mayor and Council that such wastes can harm either the sewers, sewage
treatment process, or equipment, have an adverse effect on the receiving stream,
or can otherwise endanger life, limb, public property, or constitute a nuisance.
In forming his opinion as to the acceptability of these wastes, the Mayor
and Council will give consideration to such factors as the quantities of subject
wastes in relation to flows and velocities in the sewers, materials of construction
of the sewers, nature of the sewage treatment process, capacity of the sewage
treatment plant, degree of treatability of wastes in the sewage treatment
plant, and other pertinent factors. The substances prohibited are:
A.
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than
150º F. (65º C).
B.
Any water or waste containing fats, wax, grease, or oils,
whether emulsified or not, in excess of 100 mg/l or containing substances
which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between 32º F. and
150º F. (0º C. and 65º C.).
C.
Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. The
installation and operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a motor of 3/4
horsepower (0.76 hp metric) or greater shall be subject to the review and
approval of the Mayor and Council.
D.
Any waters or wastes containing strong acid iron pickling
wastes, or concentrated plating solutions whether neutralized or not.
E.
Any waters or wastes containing iron, chromium, copper,
zinc, and similar objectionable or toxic substances; or wastes exerting an
excessive chlorine requirement, to such degree that any such material received
in the composite sewage at the sewage treatment works exceeds the limits established
by the Mayor and Council for such materials.
F.
Any waters or wastes containing phenols or other taste-
or odor-producing substances, in such concentrations exceeding limits which
may be established by the Mayor and Council as necessary, after treatment
of the composite sewage, to meet the requirements of the state, federal, or
other public agencies of jurisdiction for such discharge to the receiving
waters.
G.
Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life
or concentration as may exceed limits established by the Superintendent in
compliance with applicable state or federal regulations.
H.
Any waters or wastes having a pH in excess of 8.0.
I.
Materials which exert or cause:
(1)
Unusual concentrations of inert suspended solids (such
as, but not limited to, Fullers earth, lime slurries, and lime residues) or
of dissolved solids (such as, but not limited to, sodium chloride and sodium
sulfate).
(2)
Excessive discoloration (such as, but not limited to,
dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions).
(3)
Unusual BOD, chemical oxygen demand, or chlorine requirements
in such quantities as to constitute a significant load on the sewage treatment
works.
(4)
Unusual volume of flow or concentration of wastes constituting
slugs as defined herein.
J.
Waters or wastes containing substances which are not
amenable to treatment or reduction by the sewage treatment processes employed,
or are amenable to treatment only to such degree that the sewage treatment
plant effluent cannot meet the requirements of other agencies having jurisdiction
over discharge to the receiving waters.
A.
If any waters or wastes are discharged, or are proposed to be discharged to the public sewers, which waters contain the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in § 116-15 of this article, and which in the judgment of the Mayor and Council, 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 Mayor and Council may:
(1)
Reject the wastes;
(2)
Require pretreatment to an acceptable condition for discharge
to the public sewers,
(3)
Require control over the quantities and rates of discharge, and/or
(4)
Require payment to cover the added cost of handling and treating
the wastes not covered by existing taxes or sewer charges under the provisions
of Section 10 of this article.
B.
If the Superintendent 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 Superintendent, 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 Mayor and Council, 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 Mayor and Council, and shall be located
as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection.
Where preliminary treatment or flow-equalizing facilities are provided
for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory
and effective operation by the owner at his expense.
When required by the Mayor and Council, the owner of any property serviced
by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable control
manhole together with such necessary meters and other appurtenances in the
building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling, and measurement of the
wastes. Such manhole, when required, shall be accessibly and safely located,
and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the Mayor and
Council. The manhole shall be installed by the owner at his expense, and shall
be maintained by him so as to be safe and accessible at all times.
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 edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination
of Water and Wastewater," published by the American Public Health Association,
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 sewage works and to
determine the existence of hazards to life, limb, and property. (The particular
analyses involved will determine whether a twenty-four-hour composite of all
outfalls of a premises is appropriate or whether a grab sample or samples
should be taken. Normally, but not always, BOD and suspended solids analyses
are obtained from twenty-four-hour composites of all outfalls whereas pH's
are determined from periodic grab samples.)
No statement contained in this section shall be construed as preventing
any special agreement or arrangement between the Town of Myersville and any
industrial concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength or character
may be accepted by the Town of Myersville for treatment, subject to payment
therefor, by the industrial concern.
No unauthorized person shall maliciously, wilfully, or negligently break,
damage, destroy, uncover, deface, or tamper with any structure, appurtenance,
or equipment which is a part of the sewage works. Any person violating this
section shall be subject to immediate arrest under charge of disorderly conduct.
A.
The Mayor and Council and other duly authorized employees
of the Town of Myersville 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. The Mayor and Council or his representatives shall have no authority
to inquire into any processes, including metallurgical, chemical, oil, refining,
ceramic, paper, or other industries, beyond that point having a direct bearing
on the kind and source of discharge to the sewers or waterways or facilities
for waste treatment.
B.
While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in Subsection A above, the Mayor and Council or duly authorized employees of the Town of Myersville shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the company and the company shall be held harmless for injury or death to the Town of Myersville employees and the Town of Myersville shall indemnify the company against loss or damage to its property by Town of Myersville 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 in this article.
C.
The Mayor and Council and other duly authorized employees
of the Town of Myersville bearing proper credentials and identification shall
be permitted to enter all private properties through which the Town of Myersville
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 said easement. All entry and
subsequent work, if any, on said easement, shall be done in full accordance
with the terms of the duly negotiated easement pertaining to the private property
involved.
A.
Any person found to be violating any provision of this article, except § 116-22, shall be served by the Town of Myersville 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.
Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit provided for in Subsection A shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined in the amount not exceeding $100 for each violation. Each day in which any such violation shall continue shall be deemed a separate offense.
C.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this article
shall become liable to the Town of Myersville for any expense, loss, or damage
occasioned the Town of Myersville by reason of such violation.
