Legal Documents of Rocky Top

No occupant, firm, or corporation shall connect any of the following: rain water leaders, down spouts, cisterns, overflows, surface drains, unpolluted water from air conditioning systems, industrial cooling operation, swimming pools, or the like, in any manner so as to discharge into any public sanitary sewer which empties into any sewage ejector or sewage disposal plant maintained by the City of Rocky Top, Tennessee.

Any connection which is presently attached shall be removed immediately or within a time that the city council considers reasonable. However, the city shall have the right to disconnect or correct any present discharge if the city feels there is an emergency situation.

The service director, building inspector, water and sewer superintendent, or such other authorized personnel, may enter upon any private or public premises to make inspection thereof for the purpose of determining whether or not the owner or occupant of the same is complying with the provision of this chapter.

Any occupant, firm, or corporation, violating the provisions of this chapter shall be punished by a fine of not less than two dollars ($2.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00) and that each separate day shall be considered a violation. (1996 Code, § 18-109, modified)