§ 48-173. Use of public sewers required.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit, or permit to be deposited in any manner on public or private property within the city, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the city, any human or animal excrement, garbage, or other objectionable waste except as hereinafter provided.

(b)

No person shall individually discharge or cause to be discharged to any creek, stream, watercourse, lake, pond, or tank, or on any land within the city, or in any jurisdiction of the city, any sanitary sewage, industrial wastes, or other waters, except where such discharge is made in accordance with a valid permit from the state water pollution control board, or as hereinafter provided.

(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 within the city, or in any jurisdiction of the city.

(d)

The owner of any establishment, house, building, or property used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, or industrial, or commercial purpose shall install at his own expense suitable facilities for conveying all industrial wastes, sanitary sewage and all other sewage to the proper public sewer, except when the public sewer is more than 200 feet from his nearest property line; connection to the public sewer shall be made under the terms of applicable city ordinances.

(e)

No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged wastes, except domestic sewage and swimming pool waters, from any industrial or commercial establishment, building, or property into public sewers without obtaining a permit from the city as outlined herein.

(f)

No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof run-off subsurface drainage, cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters, lawn spray drainage, or yard fountain or pond waters to any sanitary sewer.

(g)

Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as storm sewers, or to a creek, stream, watercourse, pond, lake or tank, or land area approved by the city.

(h)

Yard fountain or pond waters may be discharged, upon approval of the city, to a storm sewer or creek, stream, watercourse, pond, lake, or land area.

(Code 1994, § 11.402; Ord. No. 33, § 2, 2-16-1972)