§ 24-233. Prohibited discharges generally; application for service, etc.

No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater, surface water, ground water, roof run-off, sub-surface drainage, cooling water or unpolluted industrial process water into any sewer line.

Any person, firm, corporation, or other legal entity desiring to obtain service from the board shall make written application to the board for such service and shall in such application state all pertinent facts incident to the operations of the applicant, including a statement of whether or not the applicant obtains and uses water for industrial purposes from the board, the estimated volume of sewage proposed to be included within the service of the board, the estimated average amount of B.O.D., of suspended solids, and the percentage of fats and other defined materials to be disposed of. The board shall determine whether or not it can or shall render the service and shall fix the terms and conditions on which the service shall be provided.

The owner or his agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the board. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the board. A permit and inspection fee as specified in Appendix A shall be paid at the time the application is filed.

All costs and expenses incidental to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the board 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, courtyard, or driveway, the front building may be extended to the rear building. The board does not and shall not assume any obligation or responsibility for damage caused by or resulting from any such single connection aforementioned.

Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the board, to meet all requirements of this article.

The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building sewer, and the methods to be used in construction shall all conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing code or other applicable rules and regulations of the board. In the absence of code provisions or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM and WEF 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, at the expense of the owner.

No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, 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 unless such connection is approved for purposes of disposal of polluted surface drainage.

The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the board when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection and testing shall be made under the supervision of the board.

All excavations for building sewer installations shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights in compliance with all OSHA requirements 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 board.

The board will define the availability of sewers and costs associated with sewer permits or constructions.

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 board, or the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM and the WEF Manual of Practice No. 9. All such connections shall be made air tight and water tight and verified by proper testing. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the board before installation.

If any house sewer permits entrance of infiltration or inflow, the board may:

(1)

Require the owner to repair the house sewer.

(2)

Charge the owner a sewer rate that reflects the additional cost of sewage treatment from the owner's property.

(3)

Require the owner to temporarily disconnect his sewer from the board's sewer system while repairs are being made.

Where sewer service is unavailable, all cost associated with permit, construction and extension shall be the responsibility of the permit applicant.

( Ord. No. 16-16 , § 1, 9-6-16)