<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 78-21. - Use of public sewers.</div>
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               (a)
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               No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater, surface water,
               groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, or unpolluted cooling or industrial
               process waters to any sanitary sewer.
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               (b)
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               Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers as
               are specifically designated as storm sewers, or to a natural outlet designated by
               the approving authority. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may
               be discharged to a storm sewer or natural outlet if so advised by the approving authority.
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               (c)
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               Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall discharge, or cause to be discharged,
               any of the following described waters or wastes to any public sewer:
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               (1)
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               Any liquid or vapor, other than cooling water, having a temperature higher than 150
               degrees F (65 degrees C).
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               (2)
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               Any waters or wastes which contain any substance that will solidify or become discernibly
               viscous at any temperature between 32 and 150 degrees F.
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               (3)
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               Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil, mineral oil or other flammable or explosive
               liquid, solid or gas.
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               (4)
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               Any noxious or malodorous gas, such as hydrogen sulfide, sulfur dioxide, or nitrous
               oxide or other substance, which either singly or by interaction with other wastes,
               is capable of creating a public nuisance or hazard to life, or of preventing entry
               into sewers for their maintenance and repair.
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               (5)
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               Any garbage that has not been properly shredded, comminuted, or triturated.
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               (6)
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               Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar,
               plastic, wood, paunch manure, hair and fleshings, entrails, lime slurry, lime residues,
               beer or distillery slops, chemical residues, paint residues, cannery waste bulk solids,
               or any other solid or viscous substance, capable of causing obstruction to the flow
               of the sewers, or other interference with the proper operation of the sewage system.
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               (7)
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               Any waters or wastes, acid and alkaline in reaction, having corrosive properties capable
               of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment and personnel of the sewage system.
               Free acids and alkalis must be neutralized at all times, within a permissible pH range
               of 6.0 to 10.0.
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               (8)
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               Any materials of a radioactive nature, either by natural condition or through induced
               irradiation, which have a half-life greater than 100 days. Any discharge of radioactive
               materials or isotopes will require a special permit issued by the approving authority.
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               (9)
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               Any cistern or tank overflow, cellar drain, discharge from any vehicle wash rack or
               water motor, or the contents of any privy vault, septic tank or cesspool, except as
               provided herein.
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               (10)
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               Any waters or wastes containing any toxic substance in toxic quantities, as defined
               by state and federal laws and regulations.
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               (11)
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               Any waters or wastes containing substances in quantities which will cause the treatment
               plant to violate its permit limits.
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               (Ord. of 7-19-1983, Â§ III)
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