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Drain and Downspout Disconnect Ordinance Regulations
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<br />(a) ^ m,.,. the e ff et:,.,.. a+e oft-his „«.:,.1. "No newly constructed gutter, downspout, roof drain,
<br />foundation drain or off - street parking area drain shall be connected with or permitted to drain into the
<br />sanitary sewer system of the City. After Whenever it becomes necessary to rebuild, repair or
<br />replace any such drain existing prior to the °n°et R-ca is seet:,.. he sa it shall be rebuilt, repaired or
<br />replaced in such a manner that it will no longer be built, repaired or replaced in such a manner that it will
<br />no longer be connected with or flow into the sanitary sewer system of the City.
<br />(b) Whenever it is reasonably feasible to a„ . A , ,,.r. ptter a,..,,,,..peiit. r-ee f a_..:,,,
<br />feundafien dfaias and eff stTeet parking e&ea df-ains shall be eenneoted te or- designed to gem, into the
<br />s4enn sewer system of the City, and w4hin the boundafy limits of the dewftteA% urban r-enewal afea shaH
<br />hp qA Asm1pstpj 4.*hether newly eenstpaeted er- pre,,4eusly existing, as see- Fig thesteFm se;iver system in
<br />the area is eempleted.
<br />(e) The provisions of this seetion shall nat apply where a differvn4 methed ef dispesing af
<br />rainiv-atef is ,. «ae«va by the City Engineer „« the Building n,.„,„,issi,.,,,,«
<br />(b) Storm water and all other unpolluted drainage including cooling water shall be discharsed to
<br />retention or detention basins, to naturally occurring or construed wetlands, to rain barrels, cisterns, to a
<br />natural outlet, or utilize other Best Management Practices (BMP) methods approved by the Department
<br />of Public Works and authorized by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) or in
<br />the case of residential properties to "On -Lot Treatment" practices recommended by the Environmental
<br />Protection Agency (EPA).' The Department of Public Works is authorized to institute additional
<br />compliance regulations and standards so lop as s they are discussed with the Council's Utilities Committee
<br />prior to taking effect and conspicuously posted on the City of South Bend's official municipal website.
<br />(c) Due to the extraordinary estimated costs to implement the Long Tenn Control Plan (LTCP)
<br />mandated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Indiana Department of Environmental
<br />Management (IDEM), all buildings, sump pumps, and parking lots which currently direct their stormwater
<br />into the sanitary or combined or storm water sewers shall have up to five (5) years from the date of the
<br />passage of this ordinance to disconnect, with the following limited exceptions and requirements:
<br />(1) All building rooftops located in Commercial/Mixed Use Districts defined in Section
<br />21 -03 of Article 3 of Chapter 21 of the South Bend Municipal Code which include: OB
<br />Office Buffer District, MU Mixed Use District, O Office District, LB Local Business
<br />District, CB Community Business District, CBD Central Business District, and GB
<br />General Business District, shall have a limited exemption which shall be subject to the
<br />owner(s) of each such building filing with the City's Department of Public Works
<br />(DPW) within the first three (3) years of said five (5) year period, a feasibility study
<br />' IDEM sets forth "Technical Resources for Best Management Practices (BMP) which promote the most environmentally -
<br />friendly methodologies. See: www.in.gov.IDEM. The EPA has set forth as part of their "Best Management Practices" On -Lot
<br />Treatment methods which are available at hM: / /water.eya.goy /i)olwaste /npdes /swbmp /On- Lot - Treatment cf n
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