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• CITY OF ST. ANTHONY ORDINANCE 1998-OOA AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING DISCHARGES INTO THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM; AMENDING CHAPTER 13, SECTION 1335.15, SUBD. 8, OF THE 1993 ST. ANTHONY CODE OF ORDINANCES The City Council of the City of St. Anthony hereby ordains: Section 1. Subdivision 8 of Section 1335.15 of the Code of Ordinances is hereby amended to read in full as follows: 1335.15. Sump Pumps. (a) Purpose. The discharge of water from roofs, surfaces, groundwater sump pumps, footing tile, swimming pools, or other flow of precipitation into the City system results in flooding and overloading of the sanitary sewer system. When this water is discharged into the sanitary sewer system, it is treated at the sewage treatment plant, resulting in very large and needless expenditures. The City Council, therefore, finds it in the best interest of the City to prohibit such discharges. (b) Discharge Prohibited No water from any roof, surface, groundwater sump pump, footing tile, swimming pool, or other flow of storm water shall be discharged into the sanitary sewer system. Dwellings and other buildings and structures which require, because of infiltration of water into basements, crawl spaces, and the like, a sump pump discharge system, may 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 City storm sewer or discharge through the curb and gutter to the street. Inside piping shall be rigid pipe with fixed joints, pvc or equivalent. (c) Disconnection. Before October 1, 1998, any person, firm, or corporation having a roof surface, groundwater sump pump, footing tile, or swimming pool now connected and/or discharging into the sanitary sewer system shall be disconnected from the sanitary sewer and redirected in an effective, professional manner. (d) Inspection. Every person owning improved real estate that discharges into the City's sanitary sewer system shall allow an employee of the City of St. Anthony or a designated representative of the City to inspect the buildings to confirm that there is no sump pump or other prohibited discharge into the sanitary sewer • system. In lieu of having the City inspect their property, any person may furnish a certificate from a licensed plumber certifying that their property is in compliance with this ordinance.