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A. It is unlawful for any person to place, throw or deposit or cause or permit to be placed, thrown or deposited in any sanitary sewer, privy, vault or cesspool or in any vessel or receptacle connected to any sanitary sewer, any dead animal, fish, offal or garbage, hair, ashes, cinders, waste gasoline, distillate, lubricating oil, grease, any by-product of petroleum or poisonous or flammable or explosive liquids or gasses, glass, broken ware, hay, straw, rags, dirt, rubbish, fruit, vegetables, peelings, bones or kitchen refuse of any kind, or any other matter or thing whatsoever, excepting fecal matter, urine, necessary toilet paper and liquid slops.

The provisions of this section shall not apply to garbage that is deposited into the sanitary sewer system through a garbage disposal device installed and maintained in accordance with the plumbing code of the City.

B. All businesses, industries, government entities and any other entity, exclusive of residential units which discharge into the City's Sanitary Sewer shall obtain a discharge permit or a waiver thereof from the East Bay Municipal Utility District pursuant to EBMUD Ordinance No. 311 and shall comply with the requirements for wastewater discharges as regulated therein and as may be conditioned by the permit.

It is unlawful for any person to place, deposit or discharge into any sanitary sewer lateral or manhole, any hazardous waste, radioactive, flammable, corrosive or explosive materials without a permit therefor from EBMUD. (Ord. 6587-NS § 1, 2000: Ord. 6214-NS § 4, 1993: Ord. 2861-NS, 1947: Ord. 1468-NS, 1928: Ord. 1412-NS § 4, 1928)