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ORDINANCE NO. ~ i ~ ~_, <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, <br />INDIANA, AMENDING CHAPTER 17, ARTICLE 1, SECTION 17-4 OF THE SOUTH <br />BEND MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING INFLOW TO THE CITY'S SANITARY <br />SEWER SYSTEM <br />STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT <br />The City of South Bend's National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) <br />permit requires South Bend to restrict flow of clear liquids into its sanitary sewer system. To <br />clarify and emphasize the restriction of flow into the City sanitary sewer system, it is necessary <br />to amend Chapter 17, Article 1, Section 17-4 of the South Bend Municipal Code. --~- <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE <br />CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA that Chapter 17, Article 1, Section 17-4 shall be amended <br />to read in its entirety as follows: <br />SECTION I. Chapter 17, Articlel, Section 17-4 of the South Bend Municipal Code shall be <br />amended to read in its entirety as follows: <br />Sec. 17-4. Downspouts and drains to be connected with storm sewers; exception. <br />(a) After the effective date of this article, no newly constructed gutter, <br />dovrnspout, roof drain, foundation drain or off-street-parking-area drain, or other <br />source of inflow shall be connected with or permitted to drain into the sanitary <br />sewer system of the City. After such date, whenever it becomes necessary to <br />rebuild, repair or replace any such drain existing prior to the enactment of this <br />section, the same shall be rebuilt, 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 do so, all such gutters, <br />downspouts, roof drains, foundation drains and off-street-parking-area drains shall <br />be connected to or designed to flow into the storm sewer system of the City, and <br />within the boundary limits of the downtown urban renewal area shall be so <br />connected, whether newly constructed or previously existing, as soon as the storm <br />sewer system in the area is completed. <br />(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply where a different method <br />of disposing of rainwater is ordered by the City Engineer or the Building <br />Commissioner. <br />(d) Construction of new combined sewers outside of the existing <br />combined sewer area is prohibited. New construction tributary to the combined <br />