§ 20.36.400. Deposit of certain substances prohibited.
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A person shall not place, throw or deposit, or cause or permit to be placed, thrown
or deposited in any public sewer or main-line sewer any dead animal, offal, or garbage,
fish, fruit or vegetable waste, or other solid matters, or materials or obstructions
of any kind whatever of such nature as shall clog, obstruct or fill such sewer, or
which shall interfere with or prevent the effective use or operation thereof. A person
shall not cause or permit to be deposited or discharged into any such sewer any water
or sewage, or liquid waste of any kind containing chemicals, greases, oils, tars or
other matters in solution or suspension, which may clog, obstruct or fill the same,
or which may in any way damage or interfere with or prevent the effective use thereof,
or which may necessitate or require frequent repair, cleaning out or flushing of such
sewer to render the same operative, or which may obstruct or cause an unwarranted
increase in the cost of treatment of the sewage, or which may introduce into a POTW
any pollutant(s) which cause pass through or interference. Stormwater runoff shall
not be discharged into a sanitary sewer.
