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Section 1335.07 Storm and Screen Doors and Windows. The owner of a rental unit is responsible for providing and hanging all screens and storm doors and storm windows required under Section 1335. Section 1335.08 Basic Equipment and Facilities. No person may occupy, or lest to another for occupancy, any dwelling or dwelling unit which does not comply with all of the following: Subd. I. Sump Prunes. (a) Purpose. The discharge of water from roofs, surfaces, groundwater sump pmnps, 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 December 31, 1999, 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. Unless inspected prior to then, they may have 45 days to make the disconnection. (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. (e) Correction Period - Reins ep ction. Properties which fail during the first inspection shall be re -inspected within 45 days to allow corrections to be completed. If property fails the re -inspection, the $100.00 per month surcharge shall be imposed on every sewer bill until compliance is achieved. (f) Future Inspections. Each sump pump or sump pump basket installation identified will be re -inspected periodically.