CHAPTER 96
BUILDING SEWERS AND CONNECTIONS

 

96.01 Permit	96.05 Sewer Tap
96.02 Permit Fee	96.06 Inspection Required
96.03 Plumber Required	96.07 Property Owner’s Responsibility
96.04 Connection Requirements	96.08 Abatement of Violations

 

96.01 PERMIT.

No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connection with or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the City. The application for the permit shall set forth the location and description of the property to be connected with the sewer system and the purpose for which the sewer is to be used, and shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or other information considered pertinent. The permit shall require the owner to complete construction and connection of the building sewer to the public sewer within sixty (60) days after the issuance of the permit, except that when a property owner makes sufficient showing that due to conditions beyond the owner’s control or peculiar hardship, such time period is inequitable or unfair, an extension of time within which to comply with the provisions herein may be granted. Any sewer connection permit may be revoked at any time for a violation of these chapters.

96.02 PERMIT FEE.

The person who makes the application shall pay a fee in the amount of $200.00 for single-family dwellings (or $200.00 for the first unit of a multiple-family dwelling, $100.00 for the second unit and $50.00 for each additional unit in one building), or $200.00 for each commercial or industrial customer to the City to cover the cost of issuing the permit and supervising, regulating, and inspecting the work, and to reimburse the City for costs borne by the City in making sewer service available to the property served.

96.03 PLUMBER REQUIRED.

All installations of building sewers and connections to the public sewer shall be made by a State-licensed plumber.

96.04 CONNECTION REQUIREMENTS.

The installation of the building sewer and its connection to the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the International Plumbing Code, the laws of the State and other applicable rules and regulations of the City.

96.05 SEWER TAP.

Connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall be made at the “Y” branch, if such branch is available at a suitable location. If no properly located “Y” branch is available, a saddle “Y” shall be installed at the location specified by the Administrator. The public sewer shall be tapped with a tapping machine and a saddle appropriate to the type of public sewer shall be glued or attached with a gasket and stainless steel clamps to the sewer. At no time shall a building sewer be constructed so as to enter a manhole unless special written permission is received from the Administrator and in accordance with the Administrator’s direction if such connection is approved.

96.06 INSPECTION REQUIRED.

No building sewer shall be covered, concealed, or put into use until it has been tested, inspected and accepted as prescribed in the International Plumbing Code.