Ordinance 3735 - Laserfiche WebLink

System designated by the Commissioner of Public Works as the Sanitary Sewer System. Section 29. DETERMINATION OF CHARACTER OF WASTE MATTER. Before any matter of any nature may be discharged into the Sewer System, which discharge might reasonably be considered a violation of this ordinance, the controlling characteristic of such matter shall be determined to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Public Works. The responsibility of initiating such determinations, of any costs in- volved, and of submitting the results of said determinations to the Commissioner of Public Works for his approval, 1 PP lie solely with the party or parties desiring to discharge the matter into the Sewer System. Verification of these results and the decision as to whether or not a permit shall be issued, shall be the responsibility of the Commissioner of Public Works . The fact that any matter has been dis- charged into the Sewer System prior to the passage of this ordinance or subsequent thereto but without any objection from the Commissioner of Public Works does not constitute a valid right to so discharge such matter. Upon discovery by the Commissioner of Public Works at any time that any matter being discharged into the sewer does not conform to the requirements of this ordinance, the Commissioner may immediately stop the discharge of such matter into the Sewer System. Section 30. PRETREATMENT. When at any time it becomes necessary or desirable to discharge into the Sewer System any matter from any source which does not conform to the requirements outlined in Section 4, it is hereby required that before such matter may be discharged into the Sewer System, the producer thereof shall pretreat same at his own expense to a degree that will produce an effluent which does conform to the said requirement. Such pretreatment plants shall be understood to include grease traps, chemical or biochemical plants, sedimentation chambers and any other devices which effect a 19.