A. Connection Required: Every parcel of land or premises within the boundaries of the City, improved for occupancy and occupied or used by any person, or for a commercial, industrial, business, governmental or recreational or other use, shall be connected to the public sanitary sewer system. The owner of such land shall make, or cause to be made, such connection within one hundred eighty (180) days of the effective date hereof. All charges associated with the laying of pipe from the home or facilities to be served by the City's mains and all other costs incurred in connecting to said mains shall be borne by the property owner. All such connections to the City's mains shall be properly designed and constructed in conformity with requirements specified by the City. It shall be unlawful for any person to construct, use or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool, or other facilities intended or used for disposal of sewage unless otherwise approved by the Council and South Central Public Health District for areas of land located within the City limits such as, but not limited to, lands located at the west boundary City limits adjacent to Lower Broadford Road and the sixty one (61) acre parcel owned by the City located at the east boundary City limits adjacent to Slaughterhouse Road.
B. Permit To Connect; Capacity Of System:
1. It shall be unlawful to uncover, make any opening into, use, install, connect to, repair or alter any portion of the public sewer system or any portion or appurtenance thereof or to tap into or connect to any sanitary sewer line, whether lateral, main, or interceptor, without having first obtained from the City a permit therefor.
2. An application shall include an application form provided by the City, plans of the proposed work, payment of the permit fee established by resolution of the Common Council, payment of all other applicable fees, and posting a bond for street restoration, if applicable.
3. Except for existing structures, no sewer permit shall be issued to any person or persons, and no waste or sewage line shall be connected or hooked up to the City sewer system, until a valid building construction permit for the building or structure for which a sewer connection or hookup is contemplated shall have been issued by the City, and a copy thereof is submitted to and filed with the Sewer Superintendent.
4. If, in the judgment and discretion of the Common Council, sewage treatment facilities and/or its sewage collection lines have reached capacity, or the granting of permits for further and additional sewage connections and hookups to the City Wastewater Collection and Treatment System results in an over capacity of the system or any significant portion thereof, the City may refuse to accept applications for, or issuance of, any sewer permits for connections to said system until wastewater collection and treatment shall have adequate and satisfactory capacity to receive, handle, treat and dispose of the City's sewage.
C. Utility Payment Agreement Required: A connection of any kind to a public sewer line shall not be made nor shall any sewage be permitted to flow through such connection except pursuant to an approved utility payment application, signed by the property owner or legal representative, and issued by the City as required under this chapter.
D. Permit And Inspection Fee: A permit and inspection fee as established per adopted resolution for a residential or commercial sewer service shall be paid to the City at the time the application for same is filed. The amount of the permit and inspection fee for an industrial waste sewer service will vary with each permit and shall be reasonably established by the Sewer Superintendent at the time of the application based upon the circumstances of each application.
E. Plumber Requirements:
1. It shall be unlawful for any person not having a current and valid State of Idaho and City plumber's license to connect to, repair, alter or work on any public sewer line.
2. No person without a valid State plumber permit shall make any connection with, opening into, or otherwise alter any public sewer or appurtenance thereof, except for work done by the City Sewer Department and personnel.
F. Workmanship: The City may reject any material or workmanship for cause, and upon such order, rejected material shall be removed and replaced with approved material. Disapproved workmanship shall cause the removal and replacement of all materials involved, including appurtenances, excavation, backfilling and other items.
G. Recreational Vehicles (RVs): It shall be unlawful to connect an RV into the public sewer system. (Ord. 2010-07, 9-23-2010; amd. Ord. 2019-06, 7-30-2019)