A. Independent Lines Required; Exceptions:
1. Independent Lines Required:
a. A separate and independent sewer service line shall be installed to each tract or parcel of land.
b. The sewer service line shall be on the same property as the unit or buildings being served thereby and shall not cross another parcel of real property without a written permit therefor being issued by the Sewer Superintendent to ensure the adequacy of the design, location, and recorded easement therefor.
c. After the effective date hereof, a separate and independent sewer service line shall be provided for every new parcel or tract of land connecting to the sanitary sewer system of the City.
2. Exceptions:
a. Separate sewer service lines are not required for uses that are on a single parcel or tract of land such as, but not limited to, a recreational vehicle park/court, mobile home court/park, commercial or residential condominium, multi-unit nonresidential complex, multiple-family dwelling/apartment, accessory dwelling unit, hotel/motel, or each cabin in a cabin court.
b. Where sewer service is now provided through one independent sewer service line to several buildings on more than one parcel or tract of land, upon written application of the property owner, the City may approve in writing, for a stated and limited period of time, subject to reasonable conditions, the acceptance of sewage from said line until separate sewer service lines are provided at the owner's expense. Where more than one dwelling is served from one such service line, the established monthly rate shall be charged for each building or use served in the same manner as if each did, in fact, have an individual sewer service line.
B. Installation Of Lines:
1. When a sewer connection permit has been granted, the sewer tap at the sewer main and the line from the sewer main to the property line shall be installed by the City at the applicant's expense, and the sewer service line from the property line to the building shall be installed and maintained by and at the expense of the owner of the building served.
2. All sewer service lines within any public rights-of-way or easements shall be constructed, inspected before the work is covered, tested, and certified as being in conformance with the City Standard Drawings and Standard Specifications governing the construction of sewer service lines. All costs and expenses incident to the installation and/or connection of the building sewer service line and/or service connection, as well as all costs and expenses for repairs and replacements of any damaged or defective building sewer service lines and/or service connections occurring after inspection and approval by the City Sewer Superintendent, shall be borne by the property owner receiving service therefrom. The property owner shall indemnify the City from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned to the public sewer system as a result of the installation of the building sewer service line, the making of the service connection and/or the repair and replacement of the same.
3. If the property owner neglects, fails or refuses to correct, repair or replace any such damage or defect within thirty (30) days after receiving written notice to correct issued by the City, the City may correct the same at the costs and expense of the property owner. Said written notice to correct shall be served upon any such property owner personally, or by registered or certified mail, directed to his or her last known post office address, and should the building sewer line or connection in question run from a living unit, such written notice to correct shall also be served on the occupant thereof personally, or by registered or certified mail, directed to his or her last known post office address, and if such occupant is absent therefrom, by posting such notice in a conspicuous place at the entrance of the building.
C. Maintenance, Repair And Extension Of Lines:
1. All sewer users shall keep their individual sewer service lines in good repair and condition so that said lines shall function properly and shall not allow detectible amounts of groundwater to enter into the sewer system.
2. a. When any sewer service line or private sewer connected to any public sewer becomes obstructed, broken or out of order from the tap on the sewer main to the building served, the owner of the building served shall immediately repair or cause to be repaired the same at the owner's expense.
b. No person shall construct, relay, repair, or extend any side sewer or private sewer until the person doing the work has obtained the appropriate sewer permit.
c. It shall be unlawful for any person to extend any private sewer or side sewer beyond the limits of the property for which a permit has been given without obtaining a new permit for the desired extension.
d. A permit and inspection fee for residential or commercial sewer work shall be established by resolution of the Common Council and 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. (Ord. 2010-07, 9-23-2010)