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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1975-OR-27Om:)TNANE]~ ~:). 75-0R-27 An Ordinance re§ulating the connection to and use of public and private sewers and drains, the installation and connection of building sewers, and the discharge of waters and wastes into the public sewer system of the City of Jeffersonville, Indiana, and providing penal- ties for violations thereof. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSONVlLLE, II~)IANA: Section 1. Unless the c~te~specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used i~ this ordinance shall be as follows: (a) Biochemical Oxygen demand (BCD) shall mean the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical Qxidation, of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five (5) days at 20°C, expressed in milligrams per liter. (b) "Building drain" ("Sanitary building drain") shall mean that part of the lowest horizontal piping of the sanitary drain- age system inside the walls of any building, which receives the discharge from soil or waste stacks and branches and conveys the same to 9 point three (3) feet outside the building walls Where it connects with its respective building sewer. (c) "Building newer" shall mean the extension frp~ the, ~ building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal. (d) "City ~ngineer" shall mean the duly appointed City E~gineer of the City of Jeffersonville, Indiana, or his author- izod deputy, agent or representative. (e) "Combined sewer" shall mean a s~wer re~e~ing both sewage and storm or surface water. · (.f) "Garbage" shall m~an solid waste fr~m the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food, and from the handling, stora~, and sale of produce. (g) "Industrial wastes" shall mean the liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes, trade, or business as dis- tinct from sanitary wastes. (h) "Inspector" shall mean the person or persons duly authorized by the City, through its Board'of Public Works, to inspect and approve the installation of build~mg sewers and its connection to the public sewer system. (i) "May" is permissive. (j) "Natural outlet" shall mean any outlet into a water- course, pond, ditch, lake, .or other body of surface or ground- water. (k) "Person" shall mean any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation, or group. (1) "pM" shall mean the logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion comcentratio~, expressed in grams per liter of sol- utio~. (m)~ "Properly shredded garbage" shall mean the wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles will he carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle greater than one-half (1/2) inch in any d imens ion. (n) "public sewer" shall mean a sewer in which all owners of a~m=ing properties have equal rights, and is controlled by public authority. -2- (o) "Sanitary sewer" shall mean a sewer which carries sewage from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants, and institutions together with minor quantities of ground, storm, and a~rface wa~er that are not intentionally admitted. (p) "Sewage" shall mean a combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions, and industrial escablishments, together with such ground, surface (q) "Sewage treatment plant" shall mean any arrangemen~ (r~ "Sewage works" shall'mean all facilities for the col- lecting, pumping, treating, and disposing of sewage. (s) "Sewer" shall mean a pipe or conduit for carrying (t) (u) "Shall" is mandatory. "Slug" shall mean any discharge of water, sewage, or industrial waste which in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow exceeds for any period of duration longer than fifteen (15) minutes more than five (5) times the average twenty~fgur (24) hour concentration of flows during normal operation and shall adversely affect the collection system and/or performance of the sewage crea=ment plant. (v) "Storm drain" (sO~etimes termed "storm sewer") shall mean a sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage~ but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling water. (w) "Suspended solids" shall mean solids that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension in water, sewage, or -3- other ~{qulds, and which are removable by laboratory filtering. (x) "Unpolluted water" is water of quality equal to or better than the effluen~ criteria in effect or water that would. not cause violation %f receiving water quality ~tandards and would not be benefited by discharge into sanitary sewers sewage treatment facilities provided. (y) 'Watercourse" shall mean a channel in which a flow of wa~er occurs, either continuously or intermittently. Sec. 2. (a) It shall be unlawful for anf person to place, deposit, or permit to be deposited in any unsanitary manner on public o* private property within the City ,or in any area under ~he jurisdiction of said City, any human or animal excrement, garbage, or other objectionable waste. (b) I~ shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within said City, or in any area under the Jurisdiction of said City, any sewage or other polluted waters, except where suitable t~atment~as been provided in accordance with subsequent provi- sions of this ordinance. (c) Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to const.ruct 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 proper~ies used for human occupancy, employmenT, recreation or other purposes, situated withi~ the City, is hereby required at his expense install suitable toile~ facilities therein, and go connect such facilities directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance, within ninety (90) days -4- after date of official notice to do so, provided that said public sewer is within three hundred feet of the propergy lihe. Sec. 3. (a) Where a public sanitary or combined sewer is mot available under the provisions of Sec. 2(d), the building sewer shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system complying with the provisions of this section. (b) Before commencement of construction of a private sew- age disposal system the owner shall first obtain a written permit signed by the City Engineer. T~e application for such permit shall be' made on a form furnished by the City, which the applicant shall supplement by any plans, spe%ifications, and other informa- tion as are deemed necessary by the City Engineer. A permit and inspection fee of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) shall be paid to the ~ity at the'time the application is filed. (c) A permit for a private sewage disposal system shall become .effective until the installation is completed to the satis- faction of the City Engineer. He shall be allowed to inspect the work at any stage of construction and~ in any event,.the appli~ant for the permit shall notify the City Engineer when the work is ready for final inspection, and before any underground portions are covered. The inspection shall be made within Forty-eight (48) hours of the receipt of notice by the City Engineer. (d) The type, capacities~ location, and layout of a private sewage disposal system shall comply with all recommendations of -5- the County Board of Health of the State of Indiana. No septic tank or cesspool shall be permitted to discharge to any natural outlet. (e) At such tgme as a public sewer becomes available to a property served by a private sewage disposal system as provided in Sec. 3(d), a direct connection shall be made to ~he public sewer in compliance with this ordinance, and any septic tanks, cesspools and similar private sewage disposal facilities shall be abandoned and filled with suitable material'. (f) The owner shall operate and maintain the private sewage disposal facilities in a sanitary manner at all times, at no expense to the City. (g) No sta=ement contained in this articl% shall be con- struad to interfere with a~y additional requirements that may be imposed by thc Health Officer. (h) %~en ~ public sewer bec~nes available, the building sawer ~hall be conaacte4 to said sewer within ninety (90) days and the private sewage disposal system shall be cleaned of sludge and filled with clean bank-run gravel or dir~. Sac: 4. (a) No unauthorized person shall uncover, make a~y connections with or opening into, use, al=er, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written perait from the City Engineer. (b) There shall be cwo (2) classes of building sewer £nspec=ion fees: (1) for residential and com~rcial service, and (2) for service =o establishments producing industrial was=es. An inspection fee of Ten Dollars (~ 10.00) for a residential or commercial building sewer, or Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) for an -6- industrial building sewer shall be paid to the City at the time the application for inspection is filed by the owner or his agent with the City Engineer's office. The applicant or his agent shall also ap~ly for a tap-in permit at such fee as is set forth in Section 4. of the companion rates and charges ordinance, and which tap-in permit application is obtainable in the City Engineer's office. Such permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Inspector. (c) All costs and expense incident to the installation and connection of the building sewe~ shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the City from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer. (d) A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building; except 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 fron~ building may be extended to the rear building and the whol~ considered as one building sewer, but the City does not and will not assume any obligation or responsibility for damage caused by or resulting from any such single connection aforementioned. (e) 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 ordinance. (f) The size, slope, alignment, 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 building and plumbing code or o=her applicable rules and regulations of =he Ci=y. In the absence of code provisions or in amplifies=ion =hereof, =he materials and procedures se= for=h iD appropria=e specifications of the A.S.T.M. and W.P.C.F. Manual ~f Prat=ice No. 9 shall apply. (g) ~henever possible, =he building sewer shal! be brough= =o =he building ac an eleva=lon bel~v =be baseu~n= floor. In all buildings in which any building drain is too low co permi= gravi=y flow =o =he public sewer, sani=ary sewage carried by such building drain shall be lifted by an approved u~ans and discharged =o the building sewer. (h). A person shall hoc make connec=ion of roof downspouts, ex=erior foundation drains~ areaway drains, or o=her sources of surface runoff or groundwa=er to a building sewer or building drain which in =urn is eoenec=ed direc=ly or indirectly co a public sani=ary sewer. (i) ~he conoec=ion of =he building sewer in=o =he public sewer shall confolm to =be requirements of =he building and plumb- ing code or other applicable rules and regulations of =he Ci=y, or =he procedures se= for=h in appropria=e specifics=ions of the A.S.T.M. and =he W.P.C.F. Manual of Prac=ice No. 9. All such connections sha~l be made gastight and wa=ertigh= a~d verified by proper res=lng. Any devia=ion frog'=he prescribed procedures and ~a=erlals must be epproved by =he Ci=y Engineer before ins=al~a=lon. (j) Tl~e applica~c for the building sewer permit shall no=ify the ~uspec=or when the building sewer is ready for inspection and eon~eccio~ =o =he public sewer, The coenec=lon shall be made under =he supervisio~ of =he Inspector or his represen=a=lve. -8 - (k) All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to pro- ccc= 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 said City. Sec. 5. (~) A person shall not discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, unconeaminated cooling water, or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer. (b) Scormwater and all other unpolluted drainage.shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as by the City Engineer. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged, on approval ~f the City Engineer, (c) A person shall not discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described waters ox wastes to any public (1) Any Easoline, 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 (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 either 'by settling out or by matting in the sewers, or other inter- ference with the proper operation of the sewage works such shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, unground garbage, whole blood, paunch 'manure, hair and fl~shings, entrails and paper dishes, cups, milk contain- ers, etc., either whole or ground by garbage grinders. (d) The following described substances, materials, waters, or wastes shall be limited in discharges directly or indirectly into a public sewer to concentrations or quantities which will not harm either 'the sewers, sewage treatment process or equipment, will not have an adverse effect on the receiving stream, or will not otherwise endanger lives, limb, public property or constitute a nuisance. The City Engineer may set limitations lower than the limitations established in the regulations below If im his opinion such more severe limitations are necessary to meet the above objectives. In forming his opinion as to the acceptability, the City Engineer will give consideration to such factors as the quantity of subject waste in relation.to flows and velocities in the sewers, materials of construction of the se~ers, the sewage treatment process employed, capacity of the sewage treatment plant, degree of treatability of the waste in the sewage treatment plant, a~d other pertinent factors. The limitations or restrictions on materials or characteristics of waste or sewage discharged into the public sewer which shall net be deviated from without the approval of the City Engineer and which shall be sub~ect co rate surcharges as is otherwise provided by the City are as follows: (1) Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than one hundred fifty (150)OF (65oc). (2) Any water or waste containing fats, wax, grease, or oils, whether emulsified or not, in ex- cess of one hundred (100) mt/1 or containing sub- stances which may solidify or become v~scous a~ temperatures between thirty-two (32) and one hundred fifty (150)°F (0 and 65°C). (3) Any garbage that has mot been properly shredded. The installation and operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a motor of three- fourths (3/4) horsepower (0.76 hp metric) or greater shall be subjec~ to the review and approval of the City Engineer. (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, chrom- ium, copper, zinc, and similar objectionable or toxic substances; or wastes exerting an excessive chlorine requirement, to such degree that amy such material re- ceived in the composite sewage at the sewage treatment works exceeds' the limits established by the City Engineer for such materials. (6) Amy waters or wastes containing phenols or other taste or odor-producing substances, in sueheoncentrations exceeding limits which may he established by the City Engineer as necessary, after treatment of the ~omposite~ sewage, to meet the requirements of the State, Federal, or other public agencies of Jurisdidtion for such discharge to the receivi~g waters. (7) Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such halflife or concentration as may exceed limits estab- lished by the City Engineer in compliance with applica- ble State or Federal regulations. (8) Any waters or wastes having a pH in excess of 9.5~ (9) Materials which exert or cause: (i) 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 U3, · sodium chloride and sodium sulfate). (ii) Excessive discoloration (such as, but not limited to, dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions). (iii) Unusual BOD, chemical oxygen demand, or chlorine requirements in such quantities as to constitute a si~nlficant load on the sewage treatment works. (iv) UnusUal volume of flow or concentration of wastes constituting "slugs" as defined herein. (10) 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 other agencies having Jurisdiction over discharge to the receiv~ng waters. (e) If any waters or wastes are discharged, or are proposed to be discharged, to the public sewers, which waters contaim the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in Sec. 5(d) of this article, and which in the judgment of the City Engineer . 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 City Engineer may: (1) Reject the wastes, (2) Require pretreatment to an acceptable condition for discharge to the public sewers, (3) Require control over the quantities and rates of discharge, and/or (4) Require payment to cover the added cost of handling and treating the wastes mot covered by existing taxes or sewer charges under the provisi6ns of Sec. 5(j) of this article. If the City Engineer permits the pretreatment or equalization of waste flows, the design and installation of the plants and equip- ment shall be subject to the review and approval of the City Engineer and subject to ~he requirements of all applicable codes, ordinances, and laws. (f) Grease, oil, and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion of the Inspector, they are necessary for the proper.handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts, or any flammable wastes, sand, or other harmful ingred- ients; except that such interceptors shail not be required for private living quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the City Engineer, and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection. (g) Where preliminary treatment, or interceptors as mentioned in the next above paragraph, or flow-equalizing facilities are provided for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained con- tinuously in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner at his expense. (h) When required by the City Engineer~ the owner Of any property service~ 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 accessibl~ and safely located, and shall be coDstructed in accordance with plans approved by the City Engineer. The manhole shall be installed by the o~zner at his expense, and shall be maintained by him so as to be safe and accessible at all times. (i) All measurements, tests, and analyses of the character- i.stics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in th'is ordinanc~ shall be determined in accordance with the latest edi- tion 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 suit- able 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 llfe, ~mb, and property. (The particular analyses involved will determine whether a twenty- four (24) hours cc~posite of all outfalls of a premise 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 (24) hour' cc~posites of all Outfalls whereas PH's are determined from periodic grab samples.} (j) Mo statement contained in this section shall be eon- str~ed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the City and amy industrial concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength.or character may be acc;prod by the City for treatment, subject to payment therefor, by the industrial concern at such rates which a~e ccrapatible with the rate ordinance~ Sec. 6. No unagthorized person shall maliciously, willfully of the municipal sewage works. Any person violating this provi- sion shall be subject to i~ediate arrest undercharge of disorderly conduct. Sec. 7. (a) The C~ty Engineer; Inspector, and other duly authorized employees of the City bearing proper credentials and iden~i~ication shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purposes of Inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, to inquire into any processes including metallurgical, chemical, oil, refining, ceramic, paper, or other industries beyond that point having a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge (b) While performing the necessa~ywork on private properties referred to in Sec. 7(a) above, the City Engineer or duly authorized employees 9f the City shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the company and the com- pany shall be held harmless for injury or death to the City em- ployees and the City shall indemnify the company against loss ar damage to its property by City employees and against liability claims and demands for personal injury or property d~mage asserted against the company and growing out of the gauging and sampling operation, except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the company to maintain safe conditions as required in Sec. 5(h). (c) The City Engineer and other duly authorized employees of the City bearing proper credentials and identiftcattDn shall be permitted =o enter all private properties through which the City holds an easement for the purposes of, but not limited to, speetion, observation, measurement, sampling, repair, and mainten- ance of any portiom of the ~ewage works lying wfthin said easement. Ail entry and subsequent work, if any, on said easement, shall be done in full accordance with the terms of the easement per6aintng to the private property involved. S~c. 8. (a) Any person found to be violating any provision of this ordinance except Sec. 6 shall be served by the City with wrfttem notice stating the nature of the violation and p~ovidtng a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such no- tice, permanently cease all violations. (b) Any person who shall continue any viola~ion beyond the time limit provided for in Sec. 8(a) shall be guilty of a misde- meanor and on conviction thereof shall be fined in the amount not exceeding Ten Dollars ($10) for each violation. Each day in which any such violation shall continue shall be deemed a separ- ate offense. - 15 - (c) A~y person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall become liable to the City for any expense, loss, or damage occasioned the City by reason of such violation regard- less of whether or not he shall be found guilty of a misdemeanor if a court of competent jurisdiction finds that his action or in- action in violation of this ordinance caused damage to the City. Sec. 9. Ail ordinances or parts of ordinances in ¢onfliet herewith are hereby repealed including specifically Ordinances 1~68 and 1406. The invalidity of any section, clause, s~ntence, or provision of this ordinance shall not affect the validity of any other part of this ordinance which can be given effect'with- out such invalid part or parts. Sec. 10. This ordinance shall be in full force and effec~ from and after its passage and signing by the Mayor. passed and adopted by the Common Council of the City of Jeffersonville ob the ~%~day of ~Xmrk-Treasurer ~ ~/. ~ove~n k~ , 1975. ' May~r Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of Jeffersonvllle on this 94TM day of N~4~ , I975, at the hour of · 8~4~ o'clock P .M. (CST). This ordinance approved and signed by me on the ~47~ day of ~OV~ , 197S, a~ the hour of ~%~O o'clock P..M. (cs~).