[Adopted as Secs. 9-2-10 to 9-2-24 of the 1995 Code]
A.
The user rules, regulations and sewer rates of the Utility are a
part of the contract between the Utility and every user. Every person
who connects to the Utility sewer system is deemed to have consented
to be bound by such rules, regulations and rates. In the event of
violation of the rules or regulations, the water and/or sewer service
to the violating user shall be shut off (even though two or more parties
are receiving service through the same connection). Water and sewer
service shall not be reestablished until all outstanding sewer utility
bills and shutoff and reconnection charges are paid in full and until
such other terms and conditions as may be established by the Village
are met.
B.
In addition to all other requirements, the Village Board shall be
satisfied that the offender will not continue in violation of the
rules and regulations before authorizing reconnection of the offender's
services. The Village Board may change the rules, regulations and
sewer rates from time to time as it deems advisable and may make special
rates and contracts in all proper cases.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
No plumber, pipe fitter or other person will be permitted to
do any plumbing or pipe fitting work in connection with the sewer
system without first receiving a license from the State of Wisconsin
and posting a bond in accordance with the Village's current Bond Schedule
with the Village, except in cases where state law permits building
owners to do their own work without being licensed.
A.
Application for service.
(1)
Every person connecting with the sewer system shall file an application,
in writing, with the Utility in such form as is prescribed for that
purpose. Blanks for such applications will be furnished by the Utility
Clerk. The application must state fully and truly all the uses which
will be allowed. If the applicant is not the owner of the premises,
the written consent of the owner must accompany the application.
(2)
The application may be for service to more than one building or more
than one unit of service through one connection only if previously
approved by the State of Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional
Services; and in such case, charges shall be made accordingly.
(3)
If it appears that the service applied for will not provide adequate
service for the contemplated use, the Utility may reject the application.
If the Utility shall approve the application, it shall issue a permit
for services as shown on the application.
B.
Alterations. After sewer connections have been completed in a building
or upon any premises, no plumber shall make any alterations, extensions
or attachments, unless the party ordering such work shall exhibit
the proper permit.
C.
User to keep in repair. All users shall keep their own building sewers
and building drains in good repair and protected from frost, at their
own risk and expense, and shall prevent any unnecessary overburdening
of the sewer system.
D.
User use only. No user shall allow others or other services to connect
to the sewer system through his building sewers and building drains.
E.
User to permit inspection. Every user shall permit the Utility, or
its duly authorized agent, at all reasonable hours of the day, to
enter his premises or building to examine the pipes and fixtures,
and the manner in which the drains and sewer connections operate;
and he must, at all times, frankly and without concealment, answer
all questions put to him relative to its use.
F.
Utility responsibility. The Utility and its agents and employees
shall not be liable for damages occasioned by reason of the breaking,
clogging, stoppage or freezing of any building sewers or building
drains; nor from any damage arising from repairing mains, making connections
or extensions or any other work that may be deemed necessary. The
right is hereby reserved to cut off the water and sewer service at
any time for the purpose of repairs, or any other necessary purpose,
any permit granted or regulation to the contrary notwithstanding.
Whenever it shall become necessary to shut off the sewer service within
the district of the said Village, the Village shall, if practicable,
give notice to each and every consumer affected within said Village
of the time when such service will be so shut off.
G.
Permits.
(1)
After sewer connections have been completed in a building or upon
any premises, no plumber shall make any alterations, extensions or
attachments, unless the party ordering such work shall exhibit the
proper permit.
H.
Permit fees.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
(1)
Schedule. The Village's current Schedule of Fees, which is on file
in the Village office, contains the permit fee amounts to be paid;
such fees must be paid at the time the permit is issued.
(2)
Connection permit. The fee shall be based on type of unit or water
use quantity and discharge and shall be as set from time to time by
the Village Board.
I.
Industrial permit reports. Each year all industrial users shall submit
a DNR Industrial Permit Report to the Utility. Forms for this report
will be furnished by the Utility Clerk.
A.
In making excavations in streets or highways for laying building
sewers or making repairs, the paving and earth removed must be deposited
in a manner that will occasion the least inconvenience to the public.
B.
No person shall leave any such excavation made in any street or highway
open at any time without barricades; and during the night, warning
lights must be maintained at such excavations.
C.
In refilling the opening, after the building sewers are laid, the
earth must be replaced by slurry fill. This work, together with the
replacing of sidewalks, gravel and paving must be done so as to make
the street as good, at least, as before it was disturbed and satisfactory
to the Village and county. No opening of the streets for tapping the
pipes will be permitted when the ground is frozen, except in emergencies.
D.
A permit from the Village or other appropriate governmental body
shall be obtained prior to excavating in any street, alley or other
public way. Such permit shall be obtained and exhibited to the Village
Clerk before a connection permit will be issued.
[Amended 11-17-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-6]
A.
No person, except those having special permission from the Utility,
or persons in their service and approved by them, will be permitted
under any circumstances to tap the mains or collection pipes. The
kind and size of the connection with the pipe shall be that specified
in the permit or order from said Village.
B.
Pipes should always be tapped on the top and not within 15 inches
(38 cm) of the joint or within 36 inches (90 cm) of another lateral
connection.
C.
All connections to existing sewer mains shall be made with a saddle
"T" or "Y" fitting set upon a carefully cut opening centered on the
upper quadrant of the main sewer pipe and securely strapped on with
corrosion-resistant straps or rods or with solvent-welded joints in
the case of plastic pipe.
A.
All building sewers on private property will be installed in accordance
with Ch. SPS 382, Wis. Adm. Code, Design, Construction, Installation,
Supervision and Inspection of Plumbing.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
B.
Per § SPS 382.21, Wis. Adm. Code, all building sewers will
be inspected. The building sewer and/or private interceptor main sewer
shall be inspected upon completion of placement of the pipe and before
backfilling and tested before or after backfilling.
A.
Revenue system. It shall be the policy of the Village to obtain sufficient
revenues to pay the cost of:
(1)
The annual debt retirement payment on any bonded indebtedness;
(2)
Any required cash reserve account payment; and
(3)
Operation and maintenance of the sewage works, including a replacement
fund (i.e., a cash account to be used for future expenditures for
obtaining or installing equipment, accessories or appurtenances which
are necessary to maintain the capacity and performance of the sewage
works during the service life for which such works were designed and
constructed), through a system of user charges as defined in this
section. The system shall assure that each user of the sewage works
pays a proportionate share of the cost of such works.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
C.
Meter reading.
(1)
Water meter readings shall be used to determine the actual water
volume used. If a portion of the water furnished to any customer is
not discharged into the sewer system, the quantity of such water will
be deducted in computing the charge for sewer service, provided a
meter has been installed to measure such water. This provision may
also be satisfied, in the case of high volume industrial users only,
with adequate documentation from the customer, favorable recommendation
from the Utilities Committee and approval by the Village Board. All
meters used for this purpose shall be approved by the Water Utility
and furnished, installed and maintained at the expense of the customer.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
(2)
If any person discharging sewage into the public sewer system procures
any part or all of his water from any source other than the Village
Water Utility, the person shall furnish, install and maintain at his
expense water meters of a type approved by the Water Utility for the
purpose of determining the volume of sewage discharged to the sewage
system.
D.
Meter readings unavailable. Where it is not possible to obtain a
water meter reading or in cases where no water meter exists, the customer
shall be assigned an average water volume by the Utility, based on
previous meter readings; and this shall be so stated on the bill.
The difference shall be adjusted when the meter is read again.
E.
Industrial and commercial charges for other than domestic wastewater.
Charges for wastewater other than domestic wastewater shall be based
on flow, BOD, suspended solids, phosphorus and such other constituents
which affect the cost of collection and treatment. All persons discharging
wastes into the sewer system are subject to a surcharge, in addition
to any other wastewater service charge, if their wastewater has a
concentration greater than domestic wastewater concentrations. The
volume of flow used for computing waste surcharges shall be the metered
water consumption, or the actual volume of waste as determined by
an industrial waste metering installation. The amount of surcharge
shall reflect the cost incurred by the Utility in removing the BOD,
suspended solids, phosphorous and other pertinent constituents. This
cost is determined every other year and is on file at the wastewater
treatment plant. The concentration of BOD, SS, P or FOG shall be based
on one sample event per six months. Dischargers may upon approval
of the utility monitor more frequently. Surcharges shall be based
on a formula established annually and put in the files of the utility.
F.
Billing. Sewer service charges shall be billed quarterly and shall
be payable at any officially designated location or by mail to the
Village of Fredonia Sewer Utility. Statements for such charges and
assessments levied and assessed in accordance with this chapter shall
become due and payable within 20 days from and after the date of the
statement. In the event that any such statement or statements are
not paid when due, a penalty of 1% per month of the unpaid balance
will be added thereto.
G.
Responsibility for billing. The property owner is held responsible
for all sewer bills on premises that he owns. All sewer bills and
notices of any nature relative to the sewer service will be addressed
to the owner and/or occupant and delivered to the addressed by first
class mail.
H.
Failure to receive bill no penalty exemption. Every reasonable care
will be exercised in the proper delivery of sewer bills. Failure to
receive a sewer bill, however, shall not relieve any person of the
responsibility for payment of sewer rates within the prescribed period,
nor exempt any person from any penalty imposed for delinquency in
the payment thereof.
I.
Delinquent bills. On October 15 in each year, notice shall be given
to the owner or occupant of all lots or parcels of real estate to
which service has been furnished prior to October 1 and payment for
which is owing and in arrears at the time of giving such notice. The
Utility shall furnish the Village Treasurer with a list of all such
lots or parcels of real estate, and the notice shall be given by the
Utility. Such notice shall be in writing and shall state the amount
of such arrears, including any penalty assessed pursuant to the rules
of such Utility and that, unless the same is paid by November 1, the
same will be levied as a tax against the lot or parcel of real estate
to which service was furnished and for which payment is delinquent
as above specified. Such notice may be served by delivery to either
such owner or occupant personally, or by letter addressed to such
owner or occupant at the post office address of such lot or parcel
of real estate. Each such delinquent amount, including such penalty,
shall thereupon become a lien upon the lot or parcel of real estate
to which the service was furnished and payment for which is delinquent.
All proceedings in relation to the collection of general property
taxes and to the return and sale of property for delinquent taxes
shall apply to said tax if the same is not paid within the time required
by law for payment of taxes upon real estate.
[Amended 11-17-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-6]
[Amended 1-19-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-01]
A.
No person in the business of gathering and disposing of septic tank
sludge or holding tank sewage shall transfer such material into any
disposal area or sewer manhole located within the Village boundaries
unless a permit for disposal has been first obtained from the Utility.
Written application for this permit shall be made to the Utility and
shall state the name and address of the applicant; the number of its
disposal units, and the make, model and license number of each unit.
Permits shall be nontransferable, except in the case of replacement
of the disposal unit for which a permit shall have been previously
issued. The permit may be obtained upon payment of a fee in accordance
with the Village's current Schedule of Fees. The Utility may impose
such conditions as it deems necessary on any permit granted.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
B.
Charges for disposal shall be in accordance with the rate schedules
established by this chapter. Bills shall be mailed on a monthly basis;
and if payments are not received in 30 days thereof, disposal privileges
shall be suspended.
C.
Any person disposing of septic tank or holding tank sludge agrees
to carry public liability insurance in accordance with the Village's
current Bond Schedule to protect any and all persons or property from
injury and/or damage caused in any way or manner by any act or failure
to act by any of his employees. The person(s) shall furnish a certificate
certifying such insurance to be in full force and effect.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
D.
All materials dumped in the treatment system shall be of domestic
origin only. The user shall comply with the provisions of any and
all applicable ordinances of the Utility and shall not deposit or
drain any gasoline, oil, acid, alkali, grease, rags, waste, volatile
or inflammable liquids or other deleterious substances into any manhole,
nor allow any earth, sand or other solid material to pass into any
part of the sewerage system.
E.
The person disposing of waste agrees to indemnify and save harmless
the Village from any and all liability and claims for damages arising
out of or resulting from work and labor performed.
A.
Each user discharging industrial wastes into a public sewer shall
be required by the approving authority to construct and maintain one
or more control manholes or access points to facilitate observation,
measurement and sampling of his wastes, including domestic sewage.
B.
Control manholes or access facilities shall be located and built
in a manner acceptable to the approving authority. If measuring devices
are to be permanently installed, they shall be of the type acceptable
to the approving authority.
C.
Control manholes, access facilities and related equipment shall be
installed by the establishment discharging the waste, at its expense,
and shall be maintained by it so as to be in a safe condition, accessible
and in proper operating condition at all times. Plans for installation
of the control manholes or access facilities and related equipment
shall be approved by the approving authority prior to the beginning
of construction.
Devices for measuring the volume of waste discharged may be
required by the approving authority if this volume cannot otherwise
be determined from the metered water consumption records. Metering
devices for determining the volume of waste shall be installed, owned
and maintained by the discharger. A maintenance schedule must be accepted
by the approving authority. Following approval and installation, such
meters may not be removed without the consent of the approving authority.
A.
Industrial wastes discharged into the public sewers shall be subject
to periodic inspection and a determination of character and concentration
of said wastes. The determination shall be made by the industry as
often as may be deemed necessary by the approving authority.
B.
Sampling shall be collected in such a manner as to be representative
of the composition of the wastes. The sampling may be accomplished
either manually or by the use of mechanical equipment acceptable to
the approving authority.
C.
Installation, operation and maintenance of the sampling facilities
shall be the responsibility of the establishment discharging the waste
and shall be subject to the approval of the approving authority. Access
to sampling locations shall be granted to the approving authority
or its duly authorized representative at all times. Every care shall
be exercised in the collection of samples to ensure their preservation
in a state comparable to that at the time the sample was taken.
A.
All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of water
and wastes to which reference is made in this chapter 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. Sampling methods, location, times, durations and
frequencies are to be determined on an individual basis subject to
approval by the approving authority.
B.
Determination of the character and concentration of the industrial
wastes shall be made by the establishment discharging them, or its
agent, as designated and require by the approving authority. The Village
may also make its own analyses on the wastes, and these determinations
shall be binding as a basis for charges.
A.
Where required, in the opinion of the approving authority, to modify
or eliminate wastes that are harmful to the structures, processes
or operation of the wastewater treatment works, the person shall provide,
at his expense, such preliminary treatment or processing facilities
as may be determined required to render his wastes acceptable for
admission to the public sewers.
B.
National categorical pretreatment standards promulgated by the United
States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) pursuant to the Clean
Water Act shall be met by all users which are subject to such standards.
When requested, an application for modification of the national categorical
pretreatment standards will be considered for submittal when the Utility
sewer system achieves consistent removal of the pollutants. "Consistent
removal" shall be defined as in 40 CFR 403.7(a)(1) of the "General
Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New Sources of Pollution."
C.
Conditional revision of national categorical pretreatment standards
may be made by the Utility in accordance with 40 CFR 403.7(b)(2)(i)
through (iv) of the "General Pretreatment Regulations for Existing
and New Sources of Pollution," if requested by the industry/industries
in accordance with the requirements of 40 CFR 403.7(b)(1)(i).
Plans, specifications and any other pertinent information relating
to proposed flow equalizations, pretreatment or processing facilities
shall be submitted for review of the approving authority prior to
the start of their construction if the effluent from such facilities
is to be discharged into the public sewers.
Under no circumstances may the introduction of wastes prohibited
by § NR 211.10, Wis. Adm. Code, be allowed into the waste
treatment system. Prohibited wastes include those:
A.
Which create a fire or explosion hazard in the treatment work;
B.
Which will cause corrosive structural damage to the treatment work;
C.
Solid or viscous substances in amounts which cause obstructions to
the flow in sewers or interference with the property operation of
the treatment work;
D.
Wastewaters at a flow rate of pollutant loading which are excessive
over relatively short time periods so as to cause a loss of treatment
efficiency; or
E.
Changes in discharge volume or composition from contributing industries
which overload the treatment works or cause a loss of treatment efficiency.
