Title
An Ordinance relating to discharges of surface or groundwater into the Urban County sanitary sewer system and creating Article VIII of Chapter 16 of the Code of Ordinances (Sections 16-111 through 16-115) to ensure adequate enforcement to deter and prevent introduction of surface or ground water into the Urban County sanitary sewer system; to prohibit discharge of surface or ground water into the sewer system as a condition of initial or continued sanitary sewer service; to provide that Urban County Government representatives shall have access at all reasonable times to enter properties for inspections; to provide for notice of prohibited discharges to owners or occupants of property and require abatement; to provide for a supplementary sanitary sewer user charge in the amount of $75.00 on all sanitary sewer user charge billings for those properties that do not permit Urban County Government representatives to inspect and those that do not abate an unauthorized condition within sixty (60) days until the inspection is permitted or the condition is abated; to provide that failure to abate such condition may subject property owners to civil or criminal penalties; and to provide that the supplementary user charge is in addition to any fines or other penalties imposed under applicable law. [Council Office, Maynard]
Summary
The Environmental Quality Committee approved a draft ordinance to address the problem of surface and groundwater entering the sanitary sewer system from private properties, often through sump pump connections. The proposed ordinance authorizes Division of Water Quality employees to inspect private properties and to require owners to abate illegal discharges of surface and/or groundwater into the sanitary sewer system. If Council approves the ordinance, Division of Water Quality will initiate an accompanying cost assistance program that would reimburse affected property owners up to $3,500 for any needed corrective work, to be paid for wit...
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