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<br />(2) This section is not intended to modify or repeal any other ordinance, rule, regulation, or other
<br />provision of law. The requirements of this section are in addition to the requirements of any other ordinance,
<br />rule, regulation, or other provision of law, and where any provision of this section imposes restrictions
<br />different from those imposed by any other ordinance, rule, regulation or other provision of law, whichever
<br />provision is more restrictive or imposes higher protective standards for human health or the environment shall
<br />apply.
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<br />(B) Clear water drainage. CLEAR WATER DRAINAGE, for the purpose of this section, is defined as
<br />stormwater, natural precipitation, melting snow, ground water or flow from roof runoff, ground surface runoff,
<br />subsurface drainage, down spouts, eave troughs, rainspouts, yard drains, sump pumps, footing tiles or
<br />swimming pools, foundation drains, yard fountains, ponds, cistern overflows, water discharged from any
<br />nonresidential air conditioning unit or system, or any other water that is not required to be treated by state of
<br />federal law, that enters the sanitary sewer system through any separation, gap, crack, fracture, collapse or
<br />other structural defect in the sewer lateral. Swimming pool water that is required to be treated in accordance
<br />with city, county or state regulations shall not be considered clear water.
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<br />(C) Private sewer lateral. PRIVATE SEWER LATERAL, for the purpose of this section, is defined as all
<br />sewer service pipes extending from the city sanitary sewer main to the dwelling, building or structure it
<br />serves.
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<br />(D) Ownership responsibility. The property owner shall own and be responsible for the rout ine maintenance
<br />and repair of the sanitary private sewer lateral, including the connection to the city sanitary sewer main.
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<br />(E) Prohibited discharges into the sanitary sewer system. It shall be unlawful for any person whose property
<br />is provided with sanitary sewer service to directly or indirectly cause or permit to be discharged, pumped or
<br />drained any clear water drainage into the city’s sanitary sewer system.
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<br />(F) Prohibited connections. No person shall make or maintain a connection between any condu ctor, device or
<br />system designed to move clear water drainage from its source to any pipe, cleanout, floor drain, foundation
<br />drain, sink or any other apparatus with a direct connection to the city’s sanitary sewer system.
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<br />(G) Sump pumps. A sump pump is a mechanical device used to remove liquid collected in a sump usually
<br />constructed below the normal grade of the gravity system, usually below basement floor level. Dwellings and
<br />other buildings and structures that require a sump pump system to collect and d ischarge excess clear water
<br />drainage because of the infiltration of water into basements, crawl spaces and the like shall obtain a permit and
<br />have a permanently installed discharge line that complies with the following:
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<br />(1) It shall not any time discharge water into the city’s sanitary sewer system or be capable of connection
<br />or reconnection to the city's sanitary sewer system;
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<br />(2) It shall provide for year-round discharge capability to the outside of the dwelling, building or
<br />structure, to the city's storm sewer system;
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<br />(3) It shall consist of a rigid discharge line constructed of rigid piping material inside the dwelling or
<br />building, without any connections for altering the path of discharge, and if connected to the city’s storm sewer
<br />line, must include a check valve of an approved type and diameter; and
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<br />(4) It must be directed toward the front or rear yard so as not to trespass or discharge onto adjoining
<br />properties.
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<br />(H) Single-family, owner-occupied properties. No person shall sell, advertise for sale, give or transact a
<br />change in title or property ownership of real property with one or more buildings or structures, without first
<br />obtaining a certificate of inflow and infiltration (l&I) compliance from the City or complying with Subsection
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