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Code of Ordinance › Chapter 70 — UTILITIES › Article III — SEWER SERVICE

No persons shall place or deposit in an unsanitary manner upon public or private property within the village any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste. No person shall discharge to any natural outlet within the village any unsanitary sewage, industrial wastes or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with the provisions of this article. (Comp. Ords. 1987, § 25.002)

Except as provided in this article, 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. (Comp. Ords. 1987, § 25.003)

The owner of each house, building and property used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purpose, situated within the village and abutting on any street, alley or right-of-way in which there is located a public sanitary or combined sewer, 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 article within 90 days after the date of official notice to do so, provided that the public sewer is within 200 feet of the property line. (Comp. Ords. 1987, § 25.004)

1. (a) Permit for installation. No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connection with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the department of public works superintendent. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the department of public works superintendent. A permit and inspection fee for a building sewer permit as set from time to time shall be paid at the time the application is filed.
2. (b) Separate building sewer required for each building. A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building; except that, 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.
3. (c) Use of old building sewers. Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the department of public works superintendent, to meet all requirements of this article.
4. (d) Installation standards. All building sewer construction and the installation of pipes, fittings and appurtenances shall be done in accordance with village building regulations and such supplementary rules and regulations as the department of public works superintendent may prescribe, which shall be effective upon approval by the council.
5. (e) Supervision of connection. The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the department of public works superintendent when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made by the department of public works or under its immediate supervision. (Comp. Ords. 1987, §§ 25.012—25.016)

Except as provided in this article, no person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described waters or wastes to any public sewer:

1. (1) Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. (2) Any water or waste which may contain more than 100 parts per million by weight of fat, oil or grease.
3. (3) Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil, or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas.
4. (4) Any garbage that has not been properly shredded.
5. (5) Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, or other solid or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interference with the proper operation of the sewerage works.
6. (6) Any waters or wastes having a Ph lower than 6.6 or higher than 10.5, or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment and personnel of the sewerage works.
7. (7) Any waters or wastes containing a toxic or poisonous substance in sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals, or create any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment plant.
8. (8) Any waters or wastes containing suspended solids of such character and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required to handle such materials at the sewage treatment plant.
9. (9) Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable of creating a public nuisance. (Comp. Ords. 1987, § 25.017)

Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion of the department of public works superintendent, they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts, or any flammable wastes, sand and 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 department of public works superintendent, and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection. (Comp. Ords. 1987, § 25.018)

1. (a) The admission into the public sewers of any waters or wastes having any of the following characteristics shall be subject to the review and approval of the department of public works superintendent:
   1. (1) Having a five-day biochemical oxygen demand greater than 300 parts per million by weight;
   2. (2) Containing more than 350 parts per million by weight of suspended solids;
   3. (3) Containing any quantity of substances having the characteristics described in section 70-315: or
   4. (4) Having an average daily flow greater than two percent of the average daily sewage flow of the village.
2. (b) Where necessary in the opinion of the department of public works superintendent, the owner shall provide, at his expense, such preliminary treatment as may be necessary to:
   1. (1) Reduce the biochemical oxygen demand to 300 parts per million and the suspended solids to 350 parts per million by weight;
   2. (2) Reduce objectionable characteristics or constituents to within the maximum limits provided for in

All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in sections 70-315 and 70-317 shall be determined in accordance with Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, as published jointly by the American Public Health Association, the American Water Works Association and the Water Environment Federation. (Comp. Ords. 1987, § 25.020)

Nothing contained in this article shall be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the village and any industrial concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted by the village for treatment, subject to payment therefor by the industrial concern. (Comp. Ords. 1987, § 25.021) Secs. 70-320—70-340. - Reserved.

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