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ORDINANCE NO. 1? V
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE USE OF
PUBLIC AND PRIMATE SEWERS AND DRAINS,
PRIVATE SEWAGE DISPOSAL, THE INSTALL-
ATION AND CONNECTION OF BUILDING
SEWERS, AND THE DISCHARGE OF WATERS
AND WASTES INTO THE PUBLIC SEWER
SYSTEMS, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR
VIOLATIONS THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF
DEERFIELD, AS FOLLOWS:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning
of terms used in this ordinance shall be as follows:
SECTION 101. "Village" shall mean the Village of Deerfield,
County of Lake, State of Illinois.
SECTION 102. "Sewage Works" shall mean all facilities for
collecting, pumping, treating, and disposing of sewage.
SECTION 103. !'Engineer" shall mean the Village Engineer of the
Village of Deerfield, or his authorized deputy, agent, or representative.
SECTION 104. "Sewage" shall mean a combination of the water -
carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions, and
industrial establishments.
SECTION 105. "Public Sewer" shall mean a sewer in which all
owners of abutting properties have equal rights, and is controlled by
public authority.
SECTION 106. "Sanitary Sewer" shall mean a sewer which carried
sewage.
SECTION 107. "Storm Sewer" or "Storm Drain" shall mean a sewer
which carries storm and surface waters and drainage.
SECTION 108. "Sewage Treatment Plant" shall mean any arrange-
ment of devices and structures for treating sewage.
SECTION 109. "Industrial Wastes" shall mean the liquid wastes
from industrial processes as distinct from sanitary sewage.
SECTION 110. "Garbage" shall mean solid wastes from the prepa-
ration, cooking, and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage,
and sale of produce.
SECTION 111. "Properly Shredded Garbage" shall mean the wastes
from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food that have been
shredded to such degree that all particles will be carried freely under
the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no
particle greater than 2 inch in any dimension.
SECTION 112. "Building Drain" shall mean that part of the lowest
horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge
from soil, waste, and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the
building,and conveys it to the building sewer, beginning 2 feet outside
the inner face of the building wall.
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SECTION 113. "Building Sewer" shall mean the extension from the
building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal.
SECTION 114. "B. 0. D." (denoting Biochemical Oxygen Demand)
shall mean the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical exidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in 5 days at 20
degrees C., expressed in parts per million by weight.
SECTION'115. "pH" shall mean the logarithm of thelreciprocal of
the weight of hydrogen in grams per liter of solution.
SECTION 116. "Suspended Solids" shall mean solids that either
float on-the - surface of, or are in suspension in water, sewage, or
other liquids; and which are removable by laboratory filtering.
SECTION 117. "Natural Outlet" shall mean any outlet into a
watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or ground
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association,
118. "Watercourse" shall mean a channel in which a flow
zrs, either continually or intermittently.
119. "Person" shall mean any andiyidual, firm, company,
society, corporation, or group.
SECTION 120. "Shall"'is::mandatory; "May" is permissive.
.SECTION 121. "Approval of the Engineer" means that work completed
and equipment and materials used complies with the provisions of this
ordinance.
ARTICLE II
USE OF PUBLIC SEWERS REQUIRED
SECTION 201. It shall be unlawful for any person to place,
deposit; or permit to be deposited in an unsanitary manner upon public
or private property within the Village of Deerfield, or in any area
under the jurisdiction. of said Village, any human or animal excrement,
garbage, or other objectionable waste.
SECTION 202. It shall be unlawful to discharge.to any natural
outlet within the Village of Deerfield, or in any area under the
jurisdiction of said Village, any sanitary sewage, industrial wastes,
or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been
provided in accordnace with subsequent provisions of this ordinance.
SECTION 203. Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be un-
lawful to construct, or maintain any provy, privy vault, septic tank,
cesspool, or other facility intended or used for the disposal' of sewage.
SECTION 204. The owner of all houses, buildings used for
human occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purpose, situated
within the Village and abutting on any street, alley, or right of way,
in which there is now located or may in the future be located a public
sanitary sewer of the Village, is hereby required at his expense to
install suitable toilet facilities therein, and to connect Etch facilities
directly with the proper public sewer in accordaace with the provisions
of this ordinance, within ninety (90) days after date of official notice
to do so, provided that said public sewer is within four hundred (400)
feet of the property line. It shall be unlawful to use any house or
building for occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes, other
than storage, unless such structure is equipped with proper toilet
facilities connected with the public sanitary sewer system,,.as required
in this Section.
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ARTICLE III
PRIVATE SEWAGE DISPOSAL
SECTION 301. Where a public sanitary sewer is not available
under the provisions of Section 204, the building sewer shall be
connected to a private sewage disposal system complying with.the pro- _ ••
visions of this Article. However, no private sewage disposal system
shall have connection with more than a single swelling of the character
permitted in the zoning district involved.
.SECTION 302. Before commencement of construction of a private
sewage disposal system the owner shll first obtain a written permit
signed by the Building Commissioner. The application for such permit
shall be made on a form furnished by the Village, which the applicant
shall supplement by any plans, specifications and other information as
are deemed necessary by the Engineer. A permit and inspection fee of.
Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) shall be paid to the Village Collector at the
time the application is filed.
SECTION 303. A permit for a private sewage disposal system shall
not become effective until the installation is•c6mpleted and approved
by the Village. He shall be allowed to inspect the work at any stage
of construction, and, in any event, the applicant for the permit shall
notify the Engineer when the work is ready for final inspection, and
before any underground portions are covered. The inspection shall be
made within two (2) working days of the receipt of notice by the Village.
SECTION 304. The type, capacities, location, and layout of a
private sewage disposal system shall comply with all recommendations of
Circular No. N 815, Septic Tanks, of the Department of Public Health of
the Sate of Illinois, and /or Bulletin: 'Index No. G 5.5, Septic Tank
Systems, Circular Series, of the University of Illinois Small Homes
Council, whichever is,more restrictive.
SECTION 306. The owner shall operate and maintain the private
sewage disposal facilities in a sanitary manner at all timeq, at no
expense to the Village.
ARTICLE IV
BUILDING SEWERS AND CONNECTIONS
SECTION 501. No unauthorized person shall uncover, make 4ny
connections with or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any public.
sewer or appurtenances therof without first obtaining a written permit
from the Village Engineer.
SECTION 502. There shall be two (2) classes of building sewer
permits: (1) for residential and commercial service, and (2) for
service to establishments producing industrial wastes. In either case,
the owner or his agent shall make application on a form .furnished by the
Village. The permit application shall be supplemented by any.plans,
specifications, or other information considered pertinent in the jud ent
of the Village Engineer. A permit and inspection fee of Five ($5.00
Dollars for a residential or commercial building sewer permit and,
TwentyFive ($25.00) for an industrial building sewer permit shall.be
paid to the Village Collector at the time the application is filed.
SECTION 503. All costs and expense incident to the installation
and connection of the building sewer shall.be borne by the owner. The
owner shall indemnify the Village from loss or damage that may directly
or indirectly be occasioned by installation of the building sewer.
SECTION 504. A separate and independent building sewer shall be
provided for every building; except where one existing building atands
at the rear of another existing building on an interior lot and no private
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SECTION 510. All joints and connections shall be made gas tight and
water tight and root - proof.
Cast iron pipe joints shall be firmly packed with oakum or hemp and
filled.with molten lead, not less than one (1) inch deep. Lead shall be
run-in one pouring qnd calked tight. No paint, varnish, or other coatings
shall be permitted on the jointing material until after the joint has been
tested and approved.
All joints in-vitrified_icl4y -pipe or between such pipes and metals
shall be made with approved hot - poured jointing material or bituminous
pre- moulded joints.
Material for bituminous joints shall not soften sufficiently to
destroy the effectivehess of the joint when subjected to a temperature
of one hundred sixty (160) degrees Fahrenheit, nor be soluble in any
of the wastes carried by the drainage systeip.
Other jointing materials and methods may be used only by approval
of the Engineer.
SECTION 511. The connection of the building sewer into the public
sewer shall be made at the "Y" branch, if such branch is available at a
suitable location. If the pul:lic sewer is twelve (12 ) inches in diameter
or less, and no properly located "Y" branch is'available,'the owner shall,
at his expense, install a "Y" branch in the public sewer at the location
specified by the Engineer. Where the public sewer is greater than twelve
(12) inches in diameter, and no properly located "Y" branch is available,
a neat hole may be cut into the public sewer to receive the building sewer
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with entry in the downstream direction at an angle of about forty -five (45t
degrees. A forty -five (45) degree ell may be used to make such connection,
sewer isarailable or can be constructed to the rear building through
an adjoining alley, court, yard, or driveway, the building sewer from
the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole
considered as one building sewer.
SECTION 505. Old building sewers may be used in connection with
new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the
Village Engineer, to meet all requirements of this Ordinance.
SECTION.506. The building sewer fall be cast iron soil pipe;
vitirfied.clay sewer pipe; asbestos cement pipe; or equal; ot other
suitable material approved by the Village Board of Trustees. Joints small
he gas tight, water tight and root proof. If installed in filled or
unstable ground, the building §ewer shall be of cast iron soil pipe, except
that non- metallic material may be accepted if laid on a suitable concrete
bed of cradle as approved by the Engineer.
SECTION 507. The site and slope of the building sewer shall be
subject to the approval of the Engineer, but in no event shall the
diameter be less than six (6) inches for a sanitary building sewer, I and four
(4) inches for a storm building sewer. The slope of such 4 -inch pipe shall
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be not less than one - eighth U /8) inch per foot.
SECTION'508. Whenever possible the building sewer shall be brought
to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. No building
sewer shall be laid parallel to or within three (3) feet of any bearing
wall,.iahich might thereby be weakened. The depth shall be sufficient to
afford protection from frost. The building sewer shall be laid at uniform
-grade and in straight alignment insofar as possible. Changes in direction
shall be made only with properly curved pipe and fittings.
SECTION 509• All excavations required for the installation,of a
building sewer shall be open trench work unless otherwise approved by the
Engineer. Pipe ]paying and backfill shall be performed in accordance with
good construction practice except that'no backfill shall be placed until
the work has been inspected.
SECTION 510. All joints and connections shall be made gas tight and
water tight and root - proof.
Cast iron pipe joints shall be firmly packed with oakum or hemp and
filled.with molten lead, not less than one (1) inch deep. Lead shall be
run-in one pouring qnd calked tight. No paint, varnish, or other coatings
shall be permitted on the jointing material until after the joint has been
tested and approved.
All joints in-vitrified_icl4y -pipe or between such pipes and metals
shall be made with approved hot - poured jointing material or bituminous
pre- moulded joints.
Material for bituminous joints shall not soften sufficiently to
destroy the effectivehess of the joint when subjected to a temperature
of one hundred sixty (160) degrees Fahrenheit, nor be soluble in any
of the wastes carried by the drainage systeip.
Other jointing materials and methods may be used only by approval
of the Engineer.
SECTION 511. The connection of the building sewer into the public
sewer shall be made at the "Y" branch, if such branch is available at a
suitable location. If the pul:lic sewer is twelve (12 ) inches in diameter
or less, and no properly located "Y" branch is'available,'the owner shall,
at his expense, install a "Y" branch in the public sewer at the location
specified by the Engineer. Where the public sewer is greater than twelve
(12) inches in diameter, and no properly located "Y" branch is available,
a neat hole may be cut into the public sewer to receive the building sewer
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with entry in the downstream direction at an angle of about forty -five (45t
degrees. A forty -five (45) degree ell may be used to make such connection,
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with the spigot end cut so as not to extend past the inner surface, of
the public sewer. The invert of the builidng sewer at the point,of con-
nection shall be at the same of a higher elevation than the invert of
teh public sewer. A smooth, neat'joint shall be made, and the connection
made secure and water -tight by encasement in concrete.
SECTION 512. The applicant for the building sewer permit shall
notify the Plumbing Inspectot when the building sewer is ready for
inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be
made under the supervision of the Building Commissioner or his represent-
ative.
SECTION 513.. All excavations for building sewer installation
shall be adquately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect
the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public
property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a
manner satisfactory to the City and in compliance with existing ordinances.
ARTICLE V
USE OF PUBLIC SEWERS
SECTION 6bo. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
any storm water,' surface water, ground water, roof runoff,.cooling water
or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer,..
SECTION 602., Storm water and all other unpolluted drainage shall..
be discharged into storm sewers or into a natural outlet.
SECTION 603. All storm water drains, including roof drains, yard
drains, area drains and surface drains, now connected to any sanitary
sewer or sanitary building sewer; shall be disconnected therefrom.with
in six (6) months from the date of the passage of this ordinance.
SECTION 604. All storm water drains, including roof drains, yard
drains, area drains and surface drains, shall be connected to existing
storm sewers where said sewers are available. If said sewers are not
available, then said stnmm water may be emptied into natural outlets,
or may be run onto the street pavement area at the gutter or ditch line.
However, in no case shall said water be discharged so as to run over a
public sidewalk::
SECTION 605. Except as hereitafter provided, no person shall dis-
charge or cause to be discharged any of the following described waters or
wastes to any public sewer
(a) Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150 degrees
Fahrenheit.
(b) Any water or waste which may contain more than 100 parts per
million, by weight, of fat, oil or ,grease.,
(c) Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil,,or other flammable
or explosive liquid, solid, or gas.
(d) Any garbage that has not been properly shredded.
(e) Any &t hes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass,
rags, feathers, tar,,plastics, wood paunch manure 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 sewage works.
(f) Any waters or Wastes having a pH lower than 5.5 or higher than
9.0, or having any other corrosive property capable of-causing damage,
or hazard to structures, equipment, and personnel of the sewage works.
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(g) Any waters or wastes containing a toxic or poisonous substance
in sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment
process, constitute a hazard to himans, or animals, or create any hazard
in'the receiving waters of the sewage treatment plant.
(h) Any waters or wastes containing suspended solids of such
character and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required
to handle such materials at the sewage treatment plant.
SECTION 607. Where installed, all grease, oil and sand inter-
ceptors shall be maintained by the owner, at his expense, in continuously
efficient operation at all times.
SECTION 608. The admission into the public sewers of any waters
or wastes having (a) a 5 day Biochemical Oxygen Demand greater than 300
parts,per million by weight of suspended solids, or (b) containing more
than 350.parts per million by weight of suspended solids, or (c) containing
any quantity of substances having the characteristics described in Section
605,'or (d) having an average daily flow greater than 2% of the average
daily sewage flow of the City, shall be subject to the review and approval
of the Village. Where necessary in the opinion of the Village, the owner
shall-provide, at his expense, such preliminary treatment as may be
necessary to, (a) reduce the Biochemical &ygen Demand to 300 parts per
million and the suspended solids to 350 parts per million by weight, or
(.b) reduce objectionable characteristics or contituents to within the
mzximum limits provided for in Section 605, or (c) control the quantities
and rates of discharge of such waters or wastes. Plans, specifications,
and any other pertinent information relating to proposed preliminary
treatment facilities shall b submitted for the approval of the Engineer,
and of the Water Pollution Control Commission of the State of Illinois,
and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced until said
approvals are obtained in writing.
SECTION 609. Where preliminary treatment faciclities are provided
for any waters of wastes, they shall be maintained'continuously in satis-
factory and effective operation, by the owner at his expense.
SECTION 610. When required by the Village, the owner of any
property served by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall
install a suitable control manhole in the building sewer to facilitate.
observation, sampling and measurements of the wastes. Such manhol9, when
required, shall be accessibly and safely located, and shall be constructed
in accordance with plans approved by the Engineer. the manhole shall be
installed by the owner at his expense and shall be maintained by him so
as to be safe and accessible at all times.
SECTION.611. All measurements, testa, and analyses of the
characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in
Section 605 and 608 shall be determined in accordnace with "Standard,
Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage," and shall be determined
at the control manhole provided for in Section 610, or upon suitable
(i) Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable of creating
a public nuisance.
SECTION 606. Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided
when, in the opinion of the -Engineer, they are necessary for the
property handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts,
or any flammable wastes, sand and other harmful ingredients; except that
such interceptors shall not be required for private living quarters or
dwelling units. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity
approved by the Village, and shall be located as to be readily and easily
accessible for cleaning and inspection.
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Grease and oil interceptors shall be contructed of impervious
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materials capable of withstanding abrupt and extreme-changes in tempera -
tures. They shall be of substantial construction, water- tight, and
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..equipped with easily removable covers which, when bolted in place, shall
be gas tight and water - tight.
SECTION 607. Where installed, all grease, oil and sand inter-
ceptors shall be maintained by the owner, at his expense, in continuously
efficient operation at all times.
SECTION 608. The admission into the public sewers of any waters
or wastes having (a) a 5 day Biochemical Oxygen Demand greater than 300
parts,per million by weight of suspended solids, or (b) containing more
than 350.parts per million by weight of suspended solids, or (c) containing
any quantity of substances having the characteristics described in Section
605,'or (d) having an average daily flow greater than 2% of the average
daily sewage flow of the City, shall be subject to the review and approval
of the Village. Where necessary in the opinion of the Village, the owner
shall-provide, at his expense, such preliminary treatment as may be
necessary to, (a) reduce the Biochemical &ygen Demand to 300 parts per
million and the suspended solids to 350 parts per million by weight, or
(.b) reduce objectionable characteristics or contituents to within the
mzximum limits provided for in Section 605, or (c) control the quantities
and rates of discharge of such waters or wastes. Plans, specifications,
and any other pertinent information relating to proposed preliminary
treatment facilities shall b submitted for the approval of the Engineer,
and of the Water Pollution Control Commission of the State of Illinois,
and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced until said
approvals are obtained in writing.
SECTION 609. Where preliminary treatment faciclities are provided
for any waters of wastes, they shall be maintained'continuously in satis-
factory and effective operation, by the owner at his expense.
SECTION 610. When required by the Village, the owner of any
property served by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall
install a suitable control manhole in the building sewer to facilitate.
observation, sampling and measurements of the wastes. Such manhol9, when
required, shall be accessibly and safely located, and shall be constructed
in accordance with plans approved by the Engineer. the manhole shall be
installed by the owner at his expense and shall be maintained by him so
as to be safe and accessible at all times.
SECTION.611. All measurements, testa, and analyses of the
characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in
Section 605 and 608 shall be determined in accordnace with "Standard,
Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage," and shall be determined
at the control manhole provided for in Section 610, or upon suitable
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samples taken at said control manhole. In the event that no special
manhole has been required, the control manhole shall be considered to
be the nearest downstream manhole in the public sewer to the_point at
which the building sewer is connected.
SECTION 612. No statement contained in the article shall be con-
strued as preventing any special agreement or arrangements between the
City and any industrial concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual
strengths or character may be accepted by the Village for treatment,
subject to the approval of the State Sanitary Water Board, and subject
to payment therefor by the industrial concern.
ARTICLE VI
AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL
SECTION 701. No unauthorized person shall maliciously, wilfully,
or ne gently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with '
any structure, appurtenance, or equipment which is a part of the munici-
pal sewage works.
SECTION 702. No connections to the municipal sewage works shall
be made except by plumbers and sewer contractors licensed by,.arid bonded
to, the Village of Deerfield.
ARTICLE VII
POWERS AND AUTHORITY OF INSPECTORS
SECTION 801. All duly authorized employees of the Village shall be
permitted to enter upon all properties for the purposes of inspection,
observation, measurement, sampling, and testing, in accord&Ace with the
provisions of this ordinance.
ARTICLE VIII
PENALTIES
SECTION 901. Any person violating any of the provisions of this
ordinance shall: become liable to the City for any expense, loss or damage
occasioned the Village by reason of such violation.
SECTION 902. Any person violating any provision of this ordinance
shall be fined not less than X5.00, nor more than $200.00, for each offense.
Each and every day on which the violation of any of the provisions of this
ordinance occurs shall constitute a separate and distincttoffense:.
ARTICLE IX
VALIDITY
SECTION 1001. All ordinances or parts =of! ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 1002. The invalidity of any section clause, sentence, or
provision of thisordinance shall not affect the validity of any other part
of this ordinance which can be given effect without such invalid part or parts.
ARTICLE X
ORDINANCE IN FORCE
SECTION 1101. This ordinance shall be in full force from and after
its passage, approval, and publication as provided * law.
PASSED this 25th day of July, 1955. 0
APPROVED
01illage Pregildent
ATTEST:
Village Clerk