Ohio Code 6119.08 – Rules and regulations of the district
In order to accomplish the purposes of a regional water and sewer district, to protect its projects, to secure the best results from the construction, operation, and maintenance thereof, and to prevent damage by the misuse of any such projects or by the pollution or misuse of the waters of the state within the district or without the district and served or affected by a project or projects of the district, the board of trustees may make and enforce such rules and regulations as are necessary and advisable:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 6119.08
- court: means , unless the context indicates a different meaning or intent, the court of common pleas in which the petition for the organization of a regional water and sewer district is filed. See Ohio Code 6119.011
- Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
- Person: means any natural person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation other than a political subdivision. See Ohio Code 6119.011
- Political subdivision: includes departments, divisions, authorities, or other units of state governments, watershed districts, soil and water conservation districts, park districts, municipal corporations, counties, townships, and other political subdivisions, special water districts, including county and regional water and sewer districts, conservancy districts, sanitary districts, sewer districts or any other public corporation or agency having the authority to acquire, construct, or operate waste water or water management facilities, and all other governmental agencies now or hereafter granted the power of levying taxes or special assessments, the United States or any agency thereof, and any agency, commission, or authority established pursuant to an interstate compact or agreement. See Ohio Code 6119.011
- Pollution: means the placing of any noxious or deleterious substances in any waters of the state or affecting the properties of any waters of the state in a manner that renders those waters harmful or inimical to the public health, or to animal or aquatic life, or to the use of the waters for domestic water supply, industrial or agricultural purposes, or recreation. See Ohio Code 6119.011
- Regional water and sewer district: means a district organized or operating for one or both of the purposes described in section 6119. See Ohio Code 6119.011
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Waste water: means any storm water and any water containing sewage or industrial waste or other pollutants or contaminants derived from the prior use of the water. See Ohio Code 6119.011
- Waters of the state: means all streams, lakes, ponds, marshes, watercourses, waterways, wells, springs, irrigation systems, drainage systems, and all other bodies or accumulations of water, surface and underground, natural or artificial, that are situated wholly or partly within, or border upon, this state, or are within its jurisdiction, except those private waters that do not combine or effect a junction with natural surface or underground waters. See Ohio Code 6119.011
(A) To protect and preserve the projects of such district, prescribe the manner of their use by any person or political subdivision and preserve order within and adjacent thereto;
(B) To prescribe the manner in which ditches, sewers, pipelines, or other works shall be adjusted to or connected with the projects of the district and the manner in which waste is disposed of within the district;
(C) To prescribe the permissible uses of the water supply and the manner of its distribution and to prevent the pollution or unnecessary waste of such water supply;
(D) To prohibit or regulate the discharge into the waste water facilities of the district of any liquid or solid waste detrimental to its works and improvements.
Such rules and regulations shall not be inconsistent with the laws of the state or the rules and regulations or requirements of the environmental protection agency.
The board may enforce by mandamus, injunction, or other legal remedy rules and regulations made by it pursuant to this section, and may remove any harmful or improper construction or obstruction or may close any opening or connection made improperly or in violation of such rules and regulations. The board may bring such suit in mandamus in the court of appeals in the first instance, if it deems it advisable. Any person or political subdivision which willfully fails to comply with such rules and regulations shall be liable for damage caused by such failure and for the cost of restoring or replacing any construction damaged or destroyed.