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No person, other than a properly authorized agent of the City acting under the rules and regulations and a special permit of Council and under the instruction of the City Engineer or Assistant Service Director, shall make any connection with the sanitary sewerage system of the City.
(a) Only a licensed sewer builder shall do any work in connection with the sanitary sewerage system of the City. The application for a license shall be accompanied by a fee of five dollars ($5.00) and shall be made in writing setting forth the name of the applicant, his place of business and the class of work for which he desires a license, together with a statement of his previous business experience as a sewer builder.
(b) He shall execute and deliver to the Clerk of Council a bond signed by himself and a surety company in the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) in favor of the City, conditioned on his compliance with all the rules and regulations and on his indemnification of the City against any loss or damage occasioned by any accident, neglect or unskillfulness on his part or on the part of his employees in the performance of any work or in the selection or use of any improper material. Such bond shall be approved by the Mayor before a license is issued.
(c) All licenses to sewer builders shall be signed by the Mayor and the Clerk of Council. They shall expire on January 1 following such issue, unless sooner revoked by direction of Council. No sewer builder shall allow his name or his license to be used by any other person to obtain a permit or for any other purpose.
(d) Any license may be revoked for failure to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter or for any misconduct on the part of the sewer builder or his employees or for any good and sufficient reason satisfactory to Council.
(Ord. 46. Passed 12-23-13.)
(a) Application by residents of the City for a permit to make house connections shall be made through a licensed sewer builder who shall pay to the Clerk of Council two dollars ($2.00) for each house connection to the street sewer.
(Ord. 46. Passed 12-23-13.)
(b) Within forty-eight hours after completing any sewer connection, upon the permit issued, the sewer builder shall make a time return in writing, countersigned by the Assistant Service Director, of all work done by him on the premises and file the same with the Clerk of Council. (Adopting Ordinance)
(c) All work prescribed in this chapter shall be done under the direction and inspection of Council or its authorized agents.
(Ord. 46. Passed 12-23-13.)
(d) The sewer builder shall obtain from the Assistant Service Director information regarding the location of all Y's from the detailed sewer plans on file in the office of the Clerk of Council.
The Assistant Service Director shall be subject to the orders and directions of Council and those of the City Engineer. He shall be responsible for the operation of the sewerage system.
He shall oversee the construction of all plumbing and all house connections to the sewerage system of the City. He shall sign all house connection permits and shall be responsible for the operation of the flushing manholes and the removal of the collection in the dirt pans of the manholes.
Throughout the length of the sewerage system, there have been provided Y's and one- eighth bends, duly marked by one by two-inch scantling which extend to within about twelve inches of the surface of the ground. The Assistant Service Director shall ascertain the exact location of these Y's which are definitely recorded in the office of the Clerk of Council. Care shall be exercised in making house connections when removing the stopper in the one-eighth bend to prevent the breakage of the bell of the same.
All house sewers shall be constructed of vitrified sewer pipe of the bell and spigot pattern. All pipe shall be of deep and wide socket dimensions and may be either in two or three-foot lengths. All pipe shall be six inches in internal diameter and shall be true and straight and of first quality. The Assistant Service Director shall have the right to reject all house sewer pipe which does not conform to these specifications.
Under no circumstances shall connections to the street sewers be made at points other than at the Y-connections provided by the City in the street sewers, except under special permission and under special direction of the City Engineer. Unless under special permission of the City Engineer or the Assistant Service Director, all pipe shall be laid in open trench at a minimum slope of one-quarter inch per foot.
Joints shall be made with special care, using first a hemp gasket soaked in neat Portland cement and carefully caulked into the bell of the pipe. Upon the hemp gasket there shall be placed a mortar consisting of one part Portland cement and two parts clean coarse sand. The mortar shall extend around the pipe and shall be beveled off for at least three inches. Special care shall be exercised to secure a good joint upon the invert of the pipe.
Under special conditions, if required by the City Engineer, house services shall be constructed of extra heavy cast iron soil pipe with lead joints.
The sewer trench between the sewer and the property line shall be carefully and thoroughly tamped in a workmanlike manner, or the material may be puddled as it is deposited in the trench or the entire trench may be flooded with water at the discretion of the Assistant Service Director or the City Engineer.
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