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(A) May be required. When required by the City Engineer, the owner of any property served by a building sewer carrying wastes of unusual strength or character shall install and maintain, at no cost to the city, a suitable control manhole in the building sewer to facilitate the observation, sampling, and measurement of the wastes.
(B) Location, installation, and maintenance by owners. Such manholes, when required, shall be accessible and safely located and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the City Engineer. The manhole shall be installed by the owner at his expense and shall be maintained by him so as to be safe and accessible at all times.
('66 Code, § 6-4.113) (Ord. 409-C-S, passed 8-9-79) Penalty, see §§ 1-2.01 et seq.
No unauthorized person shall maliciously, wilfully, or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface, or tamper with any structure, appurtenance or equipment which is a part of the municipal sewerage system.
('66 Code, § 6-4.114) (Ord. 409-C-S, passed 8-9-79) Penalty, see §§ 1-2.01 et seq.
The City Engineer and other duly authorized employees of the city bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter upon all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, and testing sewage dis-charges and all improvements related the related thereto in accordance with the provisions of this article.
('66 Code, § 6-4.115) (Ord. 409-C-S, passed 8-9-79) Penalty, see §§ 1-2.01 et seq.
All measurements, tests, and analyses of characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in this article shall be determined in accordance with the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Waste-water, published by the American Public Health Association, and shall be performed upon suitable samples taken at the control manholes. In the event no special manhole has been provided, the control manhole shall be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in the public sewer to the point at which the building sewer is connected. Sampling shall be carried out by customarily accepted methods to reflect the effect of constituents upon the sewerage works and to determine the existence of any potential hazard to the public health, safety, and welfare.
('66 Code, § 6-4.116) (Ord. 409-C-S, passed 8-9-79)
The city is empowered to adopt reasonable rules and regulations or to impose reasonable conditions, in addition to those specifically authorized by this article, upon any permit issued for the purpose of implementing this article. A copy of the rules and regulations shall be maintained in the office of the City Engineer and shall be available for inspection upon the request of any member of the public. Copies of the rules and regulations shall be reproduced for sale to members of the public at a reasonable charge. Without limitation to the generality of any other provision of this article, a violation of the rules and regulations shall be grounds for the suspension or revocation of a permit.
('66 Code, § 6-4.117) (Ord. 409-C-S, passed 8-9-79)
No statement contained in this chapter shall be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the city and any commercial or industrial concern whereby any waste of unusual strength or character may be conditionally accepted by the city for treatment, subject to payment therefor by the discharger.
('66 Code, § 6-4.118) (Ord. 409-C-S, passed 8-9-79)
ARTICLE 2: SEWER SERVICE CHARGES
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