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compliance. All properties found during periodic re- inspection to have violated <br />this ordinance will be subject to the $100.00 per month surcharge for all months <br />between the two most recent inspections. <br />(h) Winter Discharge. The City Manager's office is authorized to issue a permit to <br />allow a property owner to discharge Surface Water into the sanitary sewer system. <br />The permit shall authorize such discharge only from November 15 to March 15 <br />and a property owner is required to meet at lease one of the following criteria in <br />order to obtain a permit: <br />(1) The freezing of the surface water discharge from the sump pump or <br />footing drain is causing a dangerous condition, such as ice buildup or <br />flooding, on either public or private property. <br />(2) The property owner has demonstrated that there is a danger that the sump <br />pump discharge pipes will freeze up and result in either failure or damage <br />to the sump pump unit or cause basement flooding. <br />(3) The water being discharged from the sump pump or footing drain cannot <br />be readily discharged into a storm drain or other acceptable drainage <br />system. <br />Subd. 9. Manual and Automatic Check Valves. Check valves if necessary to prevent <br />sewer back -flow. Prior to the closing of the sale of a dwelling, the seller shall request <br />that a sanitary sewer line to the main street line be inspected for manual and automatic <br />check valves. If the Compliance Officer determines that both manual and automatic <br />check valves are necessary to prevent back -flow, the situation must be corrected before <br />the dwelling is considered in compliance to be sold. <br />1/4/2008 13 -7 <br />