§ 13-8-5 — Damaging sewerage works

Sec. 13-8-5. - Damaging sewerage works.

A. No person shall maliciously, willfully, or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface, or tamper with any structure, appurtenance or equipment which is part of the sewage works. Any person violating this provision may be subject to immediate arrest and shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable as provided in section 1-8 of this Code of Ordinances and shall be responsible for correcting such damages. B. If public sewer and/or the WWTP becomes obstructed or damaged, whether intentionally or otherwise, the person or persons responsible for such discharge or other cause of damage may be billed and shall pay for the expenses incurred by the city in cleaning out, repairing or rebuilding the sewer and/or WWTP. This includes, but is not limited to: (i) the discharge of fats, oil and grease into the sewer system; and (ii) digging or other surface or subsurface work puncturing a sewer pipe. C. No unauthorized person shall enter into or alter any manhole or similar appurtenance of any public sewer, place or cause to be placed anything therein or interfere therewith. No person shall insert or place in any public sewer, manhole or other appurtenance thereof any debris or other materials which such sewer manhole or appurtenance thereof was not intended to receive. The city may remove or require the removal of any unauthorized materials or substances from the public sewer, repair or replace damaged infrastructure, and shall seek reimbursement of all costs, expenses and resulting damages incurred by city. Any removal or repair work undertaken by city may be performed directly by city workforces or city may engage the services of a contractor to perform such work.

(Code 1985, § 33-126; Ord. No. 4023, § 1, 3-26-1991; Ord. No. 5793, § 2, 8-17-2021)