§ 13.24.370. Discharge—Objectionable materials.

Except as otherwise provided by this section, it is unlawful to place, deposit or discharge or to cause, suffer or permit to be placed, deposited or discharged either directly or indirectly into any public sewer of this city or into any house sewer connection therewith in the city, or on or upon any street, alley or public place or on or upon any private property or any other place in the city in such manner that the same will be permitted to run into any such public sewer or house sewer, any of the following substances:

A.

Any oil, petroleum, naphtha, liquid asphaltum or petroleum product, or any fatty matter, rags, sand, earth or stone dust;

B.

Dead animals, fish, fruit or vegetable matter in any form except garbage deposited into the sanitary sewer system by means of garbage grinders as in this chapter provided;

C.

Any refuse or industrial liquid waste other than domestic sewage that will not readily disintegrate in the sewage treatment plant or that will cause or tend to cause obstructions in the sewer system or the sewage treatment plant or interfere or tend to interfere with the efficient and successful operation of said system or said plant, or cause a potential hazard or objectionable odor;

D.

Any chemicals or waste destructive to masonry;

E.

Grease except in quantities commonly contained in domestic sewage;

F.

Any effluent of a temperature exceeding 140 degrees Fahrenheit;

G.

Any radioactive waste except where special permit has been granted by the city engineer and in type and amounts as specified from time to time by the city engineer. Permission to discharge radioactive waste shall be terminated immediately at the discretion of the city engineer if in his opinion the discharge constitutes or may constitute a public health hazard;

H.

Any industrial waste including but not limited to mineral salts, molds, or wastes resulting from their manufacture and other products which will tend to sterilize activated sludge, trickling filter slimes, or slime growth on artificial or natural slow sand filters.

(Ord. 4170 § 3.01(a), 1950)