§ 13.32.050. Prohibited substances designated.

A.

Definitions.

1.

"Garbage" means solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food from the handling, storage, and sale of produce.

2.

"Industrial wastes" means the liquid wastes from industrial processes as distinct from sanitary sewage.

3.

"Properly shredded garbage" means garbage that has been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle greater than one-fourth of an inch in any dimension.

B.

No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, cooling water, or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer.

C.

No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described waters or wastes into any public sewer:

1.

Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than one hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit;

2.

Any water or waste which may contain more than fifty parts per million by weight of fat, oil, or grease;

3.

Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil, or other flammable or explosive liquid or gas;

4.

Any garbage that has not been properly shredded;

5.

Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, paunch manure and grits such as brick, cement, onyx, carbide, or any other solid or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interference with the proper operation of the sewer system;

6.

Any waters or wastes having any corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment, and personnel of the sewage system;

7.

Any waters or wastes containing a toxic or poisonous substance in sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with the sewer system or constitute a hazard to humans or animals;

8.

Any waters or wastes containing suspended solids of such character and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required to handle such materials in the sewer system;

9.

Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable of creating a public nuisance.

(Res. 171 (part), 1983: prior code § 10-7-5)