It is unlawful to connect, or cause to be connected, any sewer which has been or may hereafter be constructed in any street, highway, alley, right-of-way, or other public place prior to the dedication and acceptance of such street, alley, right-of-way, or other public place by the city council on behalf of the public with any public sewer of the city, unless such sewer first mentioned shall have been laid under the supervision and to the satisfaction of the director and in accordance with all provisions of this chapter.
(Prior code § 68.161)
It is unlawful to place, throw or deposit, or cause or permit to be placed, thrown or deposited, in any public or building sewer any dead animal, offal, or garbage, fish, fruit, or vegetable waste, or other solid matters, or materials or obstructions of any kind whatever of such nature as shall clog, obstruct, or fill such sewer, or which shall interfere with or prevent the effective use or operation thereof. No person shall cause or permit to be deposited or discharged into any such sewer any water or sewage or liquid waste of any kind containing chemicals, greases, oils, tars, or other matters in solution or suspension which may, by reason of chemical faction or precipitation, clog, obstruct, or fill the same, or which may in any way damage or interfere with or prevent the effective use thereof, or which may necessitate or require frequent repair, cleaning out or flushing of such sewer to render the same operative, or which may obstruct or cause an unwarranted increase in the cost of treatment of the sewage.
(Prior code § 68.162)
It is unlawful to open or enter, or cause to be opened or entered, any manhole in any public sewer, to dispose of garbage or other deleterious substances or stormwater or surface water, or for any other like purpose.
(Prior code § 68.163)
It is unlawful to discharge into the public sewer effluent of a temperature exceeding one hundred forty degrees Fahrenheit.
(Prior code 68.164)
Before any person shall discharge alkalis, acids, or other corrosive or harmful wastes into the public sewer, he or she shall reduce the biochemical oxygen demand and control the pH to the extent which the director finds adequate taking all circumstances into consideration.
(Prior code § 68.165)
All toxic chemical substances shall be retained or rendered acceptable before discharge into the public sewer.
(Prior code § 68.166)
It is unlawful to discharge any petroleum products into the public sewer.
(Prior code § 68.167)
Wastes shall be diluted when and in such amounts as required by the director.
(Prior code § 68.168)
Every industrial waste pretreatment plant shall be equipped with an adequate fresh water supply easily available for diluting any flushing, and all sewer connections shall be thoroughly flushed after discharge of each batch of industrial liquid wastes.
(Prior code § 68.169)
Every industrial waste pretreatment facility shall be adequately maintained to accomplish its intended purpose. Abandonment or failure to properly maintain such equipment shall be cause for immediate revocation of the industrial connection sewer permit and disconnection from the public sewer.
(Prior code § 68.170)
It is unlawful to connect, or cause or permit to be connected, any roof conductor, yard drain, or other conduit used for carrying off rainwater or surface water with any public sewer or building sewer leading thereto. It is unlawful to cause or permit any indirect connection to the public sewer or building sewer leading thereto by means of which rainwaters or surface waters are permitted to enter said sewer.
(Prior code § 68.171)
The director shall enforce all the provisions of this chapter and for such purpose shall have the powers of a peace officer.
(Prior code § 68.160)
To assure that the provisions of this ordinance are carried out the director shall promulgate such detailed regulations and other requirements as are necessary to fully implement this chapter. The specific provisions of this chapter may be supplemented by additional requirements established by the director and separate ordinances establishing charges for use of the public sewerage facilities which will provide for the recovery of capital and operating costs of such facilities.
(Prior code § 68.160.1)
Whenever a disconnection from the public sewer has been made by the director for failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter, reconnection shall be made only upon issuance of a permit as provided in this chapter. Before such permit is issued, the applicant shall reimburse the city for the cost of the disconnection made, and the director may require the installation of a manhole for the purpose of measuring the flow or for making periodic tests of the waste for such connection.
(Prior code § 68.172)