(A) The property owner is responsible for the total cost to install the sewer lateral from the house, building, or structure on the customer's property to the public sewer main, including the connection to the public sewer main.
(B) The property owner shall be responsible for the cleaning, jetting, root cutting, or other necessary maintenance to ensure proper function of the entire sewer lateral from the house, building, or structure to the public sewer main.
(C) The property owner is responsible to repair or replace a non-functioning sewer lateral from the house, building, or structure on the customer's property to the city right-of-way.
(D) The city is responsible to repair or replace (at the city’s option) the portion of the customer’s non-functioning sewer lateral within the city right-of-way. Prior to the city making repairs to a non-functioning sewer lateral within the city right-of-way, the property owner shall prove to the satisfaction of the city that the sewer lateral pipe has failed, collapsed, settled, or experienced other problems that cannot be fixed by routine maintenance, and is within the city right-of-way. The city is not responsible for a property owner's expense to prove that the non-functioning sewer lateral is in the city right-of-way.
(E) If necessary, the city will replace roadways, driveways, curbs, sidewalks, asphalt, concrete, and grass in the city right-of-way. The city will not be responsible for replacement of private improvements in the city right-of-way, such as landscaping, irrigation, or other items.
(1980 Code, § 50.38) (Ord. 6771, passed 4-2-2001; Am. Ord. 7520, passed 2-6-2006; Am. Ord. 8674, passed 5-21-2018)