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.

96.07 PROPERTY OWNER’S RESPONSIBILITY.

All costs and expenses incident to the installation, connection, and maintenance of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the City from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.

96.08 ABATEMENT OF VIOLATIONS.

Building sewers, whether located upon the private property of any owner or in the public right-of-way, which are constructed or maintained in violation of any of the requirements of this chapter shall be deemed a nuisance and the same shall be abated by the City in the manner provided for the abatement of nuisances.

(Code of Iowa, Sec. 364.12[3])