Item 07 - Sewer System Management Plan 2025 Update

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(g) Pollutants which result in the presence of toxic gases, vapors, or fumes within the sewer collection system or the POTW in a quantity that may cause acute worker health and safety problems. (h) Any trucked or hauled pollutants. (i) Large volume discharges in a short period of time (slug flows) that adversely affect the operational capacity of the sewer. (Ord. No. NS-2921, 7, 8-1-17) Sec. 39-59. Private sewer overflows prohibited. (a) No person shall cause or create a condition which causes a private sanitary sewer overflow. When a private sanitary overflow is found to occur, it shall be the responsibility of the private property owner to: (1) Immediately prevent the continued discharge of wastewater onto the public right-of-way; (2) Capture and collect any overflowed or spilled wastewater and return it to the appropriate sewer facilities; (3) Clean and sanitize all affected areas, both within private property and public right-of-way, to the satisfaction of the director of public works; and (4) Comply with all other federal, state, and local health department requirements. (b) Any private property owner who causes or creates a condition which causes a private sanitary sewer overflow and or fails to satisfy the above mitigation responsibilities will be subject to administrative citations under section 1-21. If city personnel are dispatched to perform any of the actions outlined in this section, for any reason, the city reserves the right to charge the private property owner for staff time, equipment, and material spent. Such charges may be billed directly to the private property owner or his/her designee or added to the owner's sewerage service utility account if one (1) exists. (c) The remedies available to the city pursuant to the provisions of this article shall not limit the city's right to seek any other remedy that may be available by law. (Ord. No. NS-2921, 7, 8-1-17) ARTICLE IV. CONSTRUCTION AND ABANDONMENT OF WELLS Sec. 39-60. Purpose. It is the purpose of this article to control the construction and reconstruction of wells to the end that the ground water of this city will not be impaired in quality and that water obtained from such wells will be suitable for the purpose for which used and will not jeopardize the health, safety or welfare of the people of this city and to provide for the destruction of abandoned wells or wells found to be public nuisances to the end that such wells will not impair the quality of ground water or otherwise jeopardize the health, safety or welfare of the people of this city. (Ord. No. NS-1219, § 1, 9-16-74) Sec. 39-61. Definitions. As used in this article, the following words shall have the meaning provided in this section. (Supp. No. 30) Created: 2025-01-29 11:22:14 [EST] Page 39 of 54