A.
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 Village, or in any area under the jurisdiction
of said Village, any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable
waste.
B.
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet
within the Village or in any area under the jurisdiction of said Village
any sewage or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment
has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this
chapter and the current NPDES/WPDES permit discharge limits.
C.
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.
D.
The owner of all houses, buildings or properties used
for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes situated
within the Village, abutting on any street, alley or right-of-way
in which there is now located or may in the future be located any
public sanitary sewer of the Village, is hereby required, at his 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 chapter within 10 days after date of official
notice to do so, provided that said public sewer is within 10 feet
of the property line.[2]
Private sewage collection and disposal systems
will not be permitted within the Village corporation limits as the
entire Village is presently served with a public sewage collection
and disposal system.
A.
No unauthorized person shall uncover, make connections
with or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance
thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Building
Inspector, hereinafter referred to as the "Village Sanitation Inspector."
B.
All disposal by any person into the sewer system is
unlawful except those discharges in compliance with federal standards
promulgated pursuant to the Federal Act and more stringent state and
local standards.
C.
Building sewer permits.
(2)
In either case, the owner or his agent shall make
application on a special form furnished by the Village. The permit
application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or
other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Village.
A permit and inspection fee in an amount to be determined by resolution
of the Village Board of the Village of Orfordville, which amount shall
be placed on record with and be available from the Village Clerk-Treasurer,
for a residential or commercial building sewer permit shall be paid
to the Village at the time the application is filed. The industry,
as a condition of permit authorization, must provide information describing
its wastewater constituents, characteristics and type of activity.
D.
A building sewer permit will only be issued and a
sewer connection shall only be allowed if it can be demonstrated that
the downstream sewerage facilities, including sewers, pump stations,
and wastewater treatment facilities, have sufficient reserve capacity
to adequately and efficiently handle the additional anticipated waste
load.
E.
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 Sanitation Inspector from any loss or
damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation
of the building sewer.
F.
A separate and independent building sewer shall be
provided for every building, except that where one building stands
at the rear of another in 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.
G.
Old building sewers may be used in connection with
new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by
the Inspector, to meet all requirements of this chapter.
H.
The size, slope, alignment, and 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 rules and regulations of the
Village. In the absence of code provisions or in amplification thereof,
the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications
of the American Society for Testing and Materials, Water Pollution
Control Federation Manual of Practice No. 9, and guidelines for Water
and Sewer Main Construction in Wisconsin shall apply.
I.
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 a means which is approved in accordance with Subsection B above and discharged to the building sewer.
J.
No person(s) 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.
K.
The connection of the building sewer into the public
sewer shall conform to the requirements and applicable rules and regulations
of the Village or the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications
of the American Society for Testing and Materials, Water Pollution
Control Federation Manual of Practice No. 9, and guidelines for Water
and Sewer Main Construction in Wisconsin. All such connections shall
be made gastight and watertight.
L.
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 Sanitation Inspector.
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
waters to any sanitary sewer.
B.
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall
be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as storm
sewers or to a natural outlet approved by the Sanitation Inspector.
Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged
on approval of the Sanitation Inspector to a storm sewer or natural
outlet.
C.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
any of the following described waters or wastes to any public sewers:
(1)
Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other
flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas.
(2)
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.
(3)
Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5 or
having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard
to structures, equipment and personnel of the sewage works.
(4)
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.
D.
No industrial user may discharge sewage into any public
sewer until the Village has adopted an industrial cost recovery system
which:
(1)
Meets the requirements of Section 204(b)(a)(8) of
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 (citation)
and applicable federal regulations; and
(2)
Has been approved by the Agency in accordance with
the conditions of any grant made to the Village by the United States
Environmental Protection Agency for the construction of any part of
the sewer system or sewage treatment works of the Village.
E.
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 Sanitation Inspector, 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, or public property or constitute a
nuisance. In forming his opinion as to the acceptability of these
wastes, the Sanitation Inspector 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
maximum limits established by regulatory agencies. The substances
prohibited are:
(1)
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than
150º F. (65º C.).
(2)
Any waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous
materials or oils, whether emulsified or not, in excess of 100 mg/l
per liter or containing substances which may solidify or become viscous
at temperatures between 32º F. and 150º F. (0º C. and
65º C.).
(3)
Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. The
installation and operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a
motor of 3/4 horsepower or greater shall be subject to the review
and approval of the Sanitation Inspector.
(4)
Any waters or wastes containing strong acid, iron
pickling wastes or concentrated plating solutions, whether neutralized
or not.
(5)
Any waters or wastes containing iron, chromium, zinc,
copper or 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 Village Board for such materials.
(6)
Any waters or wastes containing phenols or other taste-
or odor-producing substances in such concentrations exceeding limits
which may be established by the Village 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.
(7)
Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life
or concentration as may exceed limits established by the Village Board
in compliance with applicable state or federal regulations.
(8)
Any waters or wastes having a pH in excess of 9.5.
(9)
Any mercury or any of its compounds in excess of 0.0005
mg/l as Hg at any time except as permitted by the Village Board in
compliance with applicable state and federal regulations.
(10)
Any cyanide in excess of 0.025 mg/l at any time except
as permitted by the Village Board in compliance with applicable state
and federal regulations.
(11)
Materials which exert or cause:
(a)
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).
(b)
Excessive discoloration (such as, but not limited
to, dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions).
(c)
Unusual BOD, chemical oxygen demand or chlorine
requirements in such quantities as to constitute a significant load
on the sewage treatment works.
(d)
Unusual volume of flow or concentrations of
wastes constituting "slugs" as defined herein.
(12)
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 agencies
having jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving waters.
F.
Pretreatment.
(1)
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 Subsection E and/or which are in violation of the standard for pretreatment provided in Chapter 1, EPA Rules and Regulations, Subchapter D, Water Programs, Part 128, Pretreatment Standards, Federal Register Volume 38, No. 215, Thursday, November 8, 1973, and any amendments thereto, and which in the judgment of the Village Board 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 Village Board, upon directing the Sanitation Inspector, may:
(2)
If the Village Board permits the pretreatment or equalization
of waste flow, the design and installation of the plants and equipment
shall be subject to the review and approval of the Village Board and
subject to the requirements of all applicable codes, ordinances and
laws.
G.
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided
when, in the opinion of the Village Board, 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 Village Board and shall be located as to
be easily accessible for cleaning and inspection.
H.
Where preliminary treatment or flow-equalizing facilities
are provided, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory
and effective operation by the owner at his expense.
I.
Each industry shall be required to install a control
manhole, and, when required by the Village Board, 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 Village Board. 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.
J.
Analyses.
(1)
The owner of any property serviced by a building sewer
carrying industrial wastes shall provide laboratory measurements,
tests and analyses of waters and wastes to illustrate compliance with
this chapter and any special conditions for discharge established
by the Village Board or regulatory agencies having jurisdiction over
the discharge.
(2)
The number, type and frequency of laboratory analyses
to be performed by the owner shall be as stipulated by the Village
Board, but no less than once per year the industry must supply a complete
analysis of the constituents of the wastewater discharge to assure
that compliance with the federal, state and local standards is being
met. The owner shall report the results of measurements and laboratory
analyses to the Village Board at such times and in such manner as
prescribed by the Village Board. The owner shall bear the expense
of all measurements, analyses and reporting required by the Village
Board. At such times as deemed necessary, the Village Board reserves
the right to take measurements and samples for analysis by an outside
laboratory service.
K.
All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics
of waters 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, 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 is determined from periodic grab samples.)
L.
No statement contained in this article shall be construed
as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the Village
Board and any industrial concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual
strength or character may be accepted by the Village Board for treatment,
subject to payment therefor in accordance with this chapter by the
industrial concern, provided such payments are in accordance with
federal and state guidelines for user charge system and industrial
cost recovery system.
No unauthorized person shall maliciously, willfully
or negligently break, damage, destroy or tamper with any structure,
appurtenance or equipment which is a part of the sewage works. Any
person violating this provision shall be subject to immediate arrest
under charge of disorderly conduct.
A.
Any person found to be violating any provision of this chapter, except § 262-5, shall be served by the Village Board 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. The Village Board may revoke any permit for sewage disposal as a result of any violation of any provision of this chapter.
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 subject to a forfeiture as provided in Chapter 1, General Provisions, § 1-5. 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
chapter shall become liable to the Village Board by reason of such
violation.
