Loading...
No statement contained in this subchapter shall be constructed as preventing any special agreement or arrangements between the city and any industrial concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted by the city for treatment, subject to payment therefor by the industrial concern, in accordance with applicable ordinance and any supplemental agreements with the city.
(Prior Code, § 52.18)
BUILDING SEWERS AND CONNECTIONS
Unused septic tanks, cesspools, leaching pits, and similar devices and structures shall be backfilled or made safe and unusable in a manner acceptable to the city.
(Prior Code, § 52.30) Penalty, see § 52.99
(A) The size, slope, alignment, and materials of construction of a building sewer and the method used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing, and backfilling the trench shall all conform to the requirements of the Building Code and Plumbing Code, being located in M.S. Chapter 346B, or other applicable rules and regulations. In the absence of code provisions, or in amplifications thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the Water Pollution Control Federation (W.P.C.F.) Manual of Practice No. 9 and the American Society for Testing Materials (A.S.T.M.) standards shall apply.
(B) Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, such building drain shall be provided with a lifting device by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.
(C) No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, roof drains, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain which, in turn, is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
(D) The construction of the building sewer and its connection into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the State Plumbing Code, being M.S. §§ 326B.41 et seq., the sewer specifications included herein, and other applicable rules and regulations and procedures adopted by the city. All such construction shall be made gas-tight and water-tight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the city prior to installation.
(Prior Code, § 52.31) Penalty, see § 52.99
ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
(A) Duly authorized employees of the city shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, and testing in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and § 10.20.
(B) While performing the necessary work on private property as referred to in division (A) above, the authorized employees of the city shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises.
(C) Duly authorized employees of the city shall be permitted to enter all private properties through which the city holds easements for that purpose of, but not limited to, inspection, observation, maintenance, and construction of public water and sewer facilities.
(Prior Code, § 52.40)
(A) Any person found to be violating any provisions of this chapter shall be served by the city with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the time period stated in such notice, permanently cease all violation.
(B) Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall become liable to the city for any expense, loss, or damage occasioned by the city by reason of such violation.
(Prior Code, § 52.41) Penalty, see § 52.99
Loading...