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<br /> 1 <br />ORDINANCE NO. ___, THIRD SERIES <br /> <br />CITY OF ORONO <br />HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE amending Orono Municipal Code Sections 14.166 and 14- <br />189 and adding Sections 14-190, 14-191, and 14-192 related to inspections of <br />sanitary sewer service connections. <br /> <br /> <br />THE CITY COUNCIL OF ORONO ORDAINS: <br /> <br />SECTION 1. Orono Municipal Code Section 14.166is hereby amended by adding the <br />following definitions: <br /> <br />Infiltration: An indirect connection or discharge of clear water into the sanitary sewer <br />system. <br /> <br />Inflow: Any direct connection of clear water into the sanitary sewer system. <br /> <br />Sewer Service Lateral or Service Lateral: The portion of the sanitary sewer system that <br />generally is perpendicular to the sewer main and extends from the sewer main to the structure <br />being served. <br /> <br /> <br /> SECTION 2. Orono Municipal Code Section 14-189 is hereby amended by adding the <br />underlined language and deleting the strikethrough language as follows: <br /> <br />Sec. 14-189. - Prohibited discharges of groundwater/stormwater into the sanitary sewerage system. <br />(a) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged, directly or indirectly, any stormwater, <br />surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage or cooling water to any sanitary <br />sewer. Any person having a roof drain, sump pump, unauthorized swimming pool discharge, <br />cistern overflow pipe or surface drain connected and/or discharging into the sanitary sewer <br />shall disconnect and remove any piping or system conveying such water to the sanitary <br />sewerage system. <br />(b) Inspection. Every person owning improved real estate that discharges into the city's sanitary <br />sewerage system shall allow inspection by authorized city employees or its agents of all <br />properties or structures connected to the sanitary sewerage system to confirm there is no <br />sump pump or other prohibited discharge into the sanitary sewerage system. <br />(1) In lieu of authorizing a city inspection of the property, the property owner may furnish a <br />certificate from a licensed plumber, in a form acceptable by the city, certifying that the <br />property has no prohibited discharge in the municipal sanitary sewer system. All <br />inspections and inspection reports must include a date-stamped video record of the <br />complete lateral line from the property to sewer main. All inspections must be performed <br />and reports completed in accordance with City standards and specifications. Once a <br />sewer service line is televised and the line is deemed to be in good working order by the <br />public works department, the line does not need to be re-televised for 10 years.