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Item No. 10M Meeting Date: June 14, 2004 Type of Business: CB WK: Work Session; PH: Public Hearing; CA: Consent Agenda; CB: Council Business City Administrator Review _______ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Greg Lee, Director of Public Works Item Title/Subject: Sanitary Sewer Illicit Connection Inspection Program Ordinance Change to Chapter 907.06 entitled Storm Water At the June 7, 2004 work session, Council directed Staff to make a revision to Chapter 907.6, Storm Water, to reflect the implementation of an illicit water discharge program. Chapter 907.6, Storm Water is as follows with additions underlined and deletions to read: 907.06: STORM WATER: It shall be unlawful to discharge or cause to be discharged into the Municipal sewer system, either directly or indirectly, any roof, storm, surface, or ground, sump pump, footing tile, or other natural precipitation, water of any type or kind or water discharged from any air conditioning unit or system. (1988 Code § 71.07) Subd. 1. Definition and Method: Dwellings and other buildings and structures which require, because of the infiltration of water into basements, crawl spaces and the like, a sump pump system to discharge excess water, shall have a permanently installed discharge line which shall not at any time discharge water into the sanitary sewer system. A permanent installation shall be one which provides for year-round discharge capability to either the outside of the dwelling, building or structure, or is connected to the City storm sewer or discharges on the surface within the property or drainage easement. It shall consist of a rigid discharge line, without valving or quick connections for altering the path of discharge. Discharge directly into the street or street guttering system is prohibited. Subd. 2. Disconnection: Before November 1, 2004, any person, firm or corporation having a roof, surface, ground, sump pump, footing, or air conditioning unit or system now connected and/or discharging into the sanitary sewer system shall disconnect and/or remove same. Any disconnects or openings in the sanitary sewer shall require a plumbing permit and must be closed or repaired in an effective as approved by the City Building Inspector. Subd. 3. Inspection: Every person owning improved real estate that discharges into the City’s sanitary sewer system shall allow an employee of the City of Mounds View or their designated representative(s) to inspect the building(s) to confirm that there is no sump pump or other prohibited discharge into the