(A) Connection required. Connection to the public sewer system is required in accordance with the provisions of the Minnesota State Building Code, Chapter 4715, Minnesota Plumbing Code, and the ordinances of the City of Brooklyn Park.
(B) Private sewage treatment system repair. At such time as a public sewer becomes available to a property served by a private sewage treatment system, and the private system cannot be repaired or reconstructed as provided in Chapter 101 of this title, a direct connection must be made to the public sewer in compliance with this section, and any septic tanks, cesspools and similar private sewage disposal facilities must be abandoned and removed or filled with suitable material. No individual sewage treatment of disposal system is permitted to discharge into any public sewer or natural outlet.
(C) Separate public sewer service connections required.
(1) All connections must be made in accordance with the provisions of the Minnesota State Building Code, Chapter 4715, Minnesota Plumbing Code, and Rule 4715.0310 thereof. A separate and independently connected building sewer must be provided for each property and for each unit contained within a structure; i.e., a duplex must have two services from the public sewer main to the building. Exceptions to this provision may be allowed subject to the approval of the Building Official.
(2) Where one building stands at the rear of another on an interior lot and no public sewer service connection can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley, court, yard or driveway, the sewer service connection from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one sewer service connection except for rate purposes.
(3) Connection of more than one property to a sewer service extension of the public sewer that is intended for a single service connection, is subject to the approval of the Building Official. Such a connection must be made through a manhole constructed at the connection. The manhole, when required, must be located at the public utility easement, right-of-way, or sewer service extension from the public sewer, must be accessibly and safely located, and must be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the Building Official. The manhole must be installed by the owner at the owner's expense, will become the property of the city and maintained by the city so as to be safe and accessible at all times.
('72 Code, § 605:20) (Am. Ord. 1988-587(A), passed 1-25-88; Am. Ord. 1995-779, passed 4-24-95) Penalty, see § 99.99