(A) The customer of the Sewer Department, upon approval of his or her application, shall be responsible for procuring the necessary supplies and labor necessary to bring the sewer service from the main onto the property to be served, including actual tapping of the main. The municipality shall be responsible for installation of all sewer mains.
(B) In making excavations in streets, alleys, or sidewalks for the purpose of installing pipe or making repairs, the paving, stones, and earth must be removed and deposited in a manner that will occasion the least inconvenience to the public and provide for adequate drainage. No person shall leave an excavation made in the street, alley, or sidewalk open at any time without a barricade, and during the night, warning lights. After the house sewer is laid, the public ways and property shall be restored to good condition. If the excavation in the public ways and property is left open or unfinished for a period of 24 hours or more, the City Superintendent may finish or correct the work, and all expenses so incurred shall be charged to the owner, occupant, or lessee of the property.
(C) All installations or repairs of pipes require inspection and supervision by the City Superintendent at the time the work is ready for each inspection. All installation shall be done under the supervision and strictly in accordance with the rules, regulations, and specifications for such installation prescribed by the City Superintendent; provided, that the said rules, regulations, and specifications have been reviewed and approved by the governing body.
(Prior Code, § 3-208) Penalty, see § 51.99
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see Neb. RS 18-503