City of Defiance - Water Pollution Control

Sewer Ordinance Section 925 Index

The rules, regulations, and requirements applicable to the City’s sewer system are contained in Section 925 of the Codified Ordinance of the City of Defiance. Section 925 also contains the rules and requirements applying to the City’s approved industrial pretreatment program. The index to Section 925 is as follows:

925.01 Scope; Objectives	925.02 Definitions
925.03 Use of public sewers required	925.04 Building Sewers & Connections
925.05 Limitations on discharges to public sewers	925.06 Industrial user discharge permits; reporting
925.07 Notification requirements for industrial users	925.08 General requirements for industrial users
925.09 General conditions for industrial users	925.10 Revenue schedule
925.11 Billing; surcharge	925.12 Failure to pay bills; termination of service
925.13Enforcement	925.135 Appeals
925.14 Authority of City Eng., City Admin., Supt. of WPC, & Pretreatment Appeal Board	925.15 Right of entry
925.16 Sewer connections; fees	925.17 Deferred payments
925.18 Installation of lot service pipe	925.19 Precedence of tap cost agreements
925.20 Precedence of certain ordinances	925.21 Connections outside City
925.22 Permit required for connections	925.23 Notices of violations
925.24 Damaging or tampering with wastewater works	925.25 Severability
925.26 Conflicts	925.99 Penalty

All of the City of Defiance Codified Ordinances can be reviewed by using the link provided below: City of Defiance Codified Ordinances - Home Page

EDITOR'S NOTE: Chapter 925, previously a codification of Ordinance 5208, passed October 2, 1990, was repealed and re-enacted in its entirety by Ordinance 5330, passed October 15, 1991.

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The Codified Ordinances and other documents that appear in this Website may not reflect the most current legislation adopted by the City of Defiance. The Codified Ordinances are provided for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as the definitive authority for local legislation. Additionally, the formatting and pagination of the posted documents vary from the formatting and pagination of the official copy. The official printed copy of the Codified Ordinances should be consulted prior to any action being taken. For further information regarding the official version of any portion of the Codified Ordinances in this website, please contact the City of Defiance directly.

CROSS REFERENCES

Sale of Municipally-owned utilities - see CHTR. 6.06 Power to regulate water closets and privies - see Ohio R.C. 715.40 Power to construct sewerage system - see Ohio R.C. 715.40, 717.01 Compulsory sewer connections - see Ohio R.C. 729.06 Regulations to control house sewers and connections - see Ohio R.C. 729.51 Untreated sewage - see Ohio R.C. 3701.59 Interference with sewage flow - see Ohio R.C. 4933.24 Management and control of sewers - see ADM. 137.05

925.01 SCOPE; OBJECTIVES
(a) The sewerage system of the City, including all existing and future sanitary and combined sewers, is a public utility. It is necessary and conducive to the protection of the public health, safety and welfare, and for the convenience of the City, to levy and collect charges on all lots, lands and premises now served with water from the Municipal Waterworks, or with water obtained from wells on lots, lands and premises, the liquid being a major factor in the production of sanitary sewage or waste which should be treated according to the State Department of Health standards under strict supervision in order to ensure the preservation of the health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of the City.

(b) The objectives of this ordinance are:

(1) To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the City wastewater works which will interfere with the operation or performance of the system or contaminate the resulting sludge;

(2) To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the wastewater works which will pass through the systems, inadequately treated, into receiving waters or the atmosphere, or otherwise be incompatible with the facilities;

(3) To improve the opportunity to recycle and reclaim wastewaters and sludges from the wastewater works; and

(4) To provide for the equitable distribution of the costs to operate the water works. (Ord. 5330. Passed 10-15-91.)