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(a) Connections to sanitary sewer from any lateral to the City Sanitary Sewer System requires the filing of an application with Service-Safety Director or his designate. Said application shall be accompanied by the appropriate connection fee as set forth in the following schedule:
BUILDING CONNECTION | CASH FEE |
Single Family Residential, Mobile Home, Apartment Complex, Multi Family Residence, Inside City Manufactured Home Park, Condominium. (Duplex or Multi-Family Dwellings with the potential for separate ownership shall have outside City separate laterals from the building to the right-of-way line). | $285.00 per unit inside City $535.00 per unit outside City |
Commercial Building | $310.00 per unit inside City $560.00 per unit outside City |
Industrial Building | $410.00 per unit inside City $660.00 per unit outside City |
(b) A special Sanitary Sewer Development Fund is established to receive income derived in accordance with subsection (a) hereof, and from which expenditures may be made for engineering and various consulting services and for the defrayment of other costs connected with the continuing maintenance, improvement and future expansion and extension of the City sewer system.
(c) Any person desiring to tap in the City sewer shall make application and fully comply with all of the provisions set forth in this chapter. The Service-Safety Director and or duly appointed employee shall then issue the permit. The fee for issuing the permit shall be thirty dollars ($30.00) and shall be paid irrespective of any other fees or charges provided herein. The permit must designate the person making the tap.
(d) No tap or reconnection shall be made on any City sewer except by a bonded sewer tapper. Each bonded sewer tapper must have on deposit with the Service-Safety Director a bond to the amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) to keep the City free and harmless from any costs, expenses, damages or claims arising or growing out of such right or privileges so granted.
(e) At all times when joint material and/or dimensions are not compatible, a commercial adaptor or connecting device must be used, in compliance with Ohio EPA regulations.
(f) All applications for sewer tap under these sections shall be provided an application packet as set forth in Appendix A and incorporated in this chapter.
(g) Any tap into the sewer system will be considered a separate tap and shall be assessed as such.
(h) Any duplex or multi-family unit with potential for separate ownership shall have separate taps.
(i) Waiver of Deposits. The Service-Safety Director shall waive all connection fees on applications to connect to the City Sanitary Sewer System under the following conditions:
(1) Property owned or leased by the City;
(2) Private property upon which assessments have been levied by the City for construction of sanitary sewers and less than twenty (20) years have elapsed from date of said assessment;
(3) In proven cases of extreme hardship, the City may investigate the feasibility of waiving fees and completing repair work.
(Ord. 9-2024. Passed 3-18-24.)
It shall be the duty of the Superintendent of Sewers to locate the wye's or designate where the tap shall be made. The person desiring to make the tap shall notify the Service-Safety Director as to the time when the tap is to be made. Such tap shall be kept open and not covered until the Service- Safety Director or person so designated by him has made the inspection of the tap and the same has been approved. The inspection shall be made within three hours of the time in which notice comes to the office of the Service-Safety Director. However, he shall not be required to make the inspection after working hours, Saturday afternoons, Sundays or holidays. All materials used in making such tap shall be approved by the Superintendent of Sewers or duly appointed employee.
(Ord. 13-2001. Passed 2-20-01.)
(a) Extension Costs. The cost of sanitary sewer line extensions and connections shall be paid by the developer or individual requesting the sanitary sewer line.
(b) Distance of Extension. Sanitary sewer lines shall be extended the full distance across the development, tract or lot that is to be serviced, i.e., to the farthest point of the lot line, except where the City Engineer determines it is not practicable.
(c) Size of Line. The size of a sanitary sewer line shall be determined by the City Engineer, based on requirements for the satisfactory servicing of present and future areas to be serviced.
(d) Lines to be City Property. All sanitary sewer lines after installation, shall become the property of the City, and all maintenance thereon shall be the responsibility of the City.
(Ord. 32-2002. Passed 8-20-02.)
(a) All connections thereto must have proper City approval. All property owners are required to take out and pay for the necessary permits for making connections to existing sanitary sewer lines.
(b) The City shall not issue permits for connections to properties when the owner has not contributed to the construction cost of the line to which they are connecting, until the owners have remunerated those who constructed or had the line constructed in accordance with the following requirements:
(1) The remuneration shall be paid to the person, persons or corporation responsible for the initial construction of the sanitary sewer line.
(2) The remuneration shall be based on one-half of the actual cost per foot of the original construction of the sanitary sewer line, that is, one-half per each side of the street serviced.
(3) Evidences, in writing, must be furnished to the City that satisfactory remuneration has been made before a permit shall be issued.
(4) In the event of a disagreement between the parties regarding the amount of remuneration, the Engineering Department shall have the authority to determine the amount of remuneration which must be paid before a permit shall be issued.
(5) If the person, persons or corporation responsible for the initial installation of the sanitary sewer line is deceased, or if the corporation is dissolved, their rights for remuneration shall cease to exist and shall not vest to their heirs, successors and assigns.
(6) When the conditions or circumstances as set forth in subsection (b)(5) hereof exist, the property owner desiring to connect to sanitary sewer lines he did not pay for shall be required to remunerate the City at fifteen dollars ($15.00) per front foot before a permit shall be issued.
(c) For lines installed after 1/10/97 the period of time to receive reimbursement to the day would be for 10 years from initial installation and then after the 10 year period has expired, the City shall receive the reimbursement of one-half of the actual cost per foot, and if unknown, pursuant to subsection (b)(6)hereof.
(Ord. 32-2002. Passed 8-20-02.)
(a) Prior to any installation of any sewer taps, the applicant must request written permission of the City before crossing any street, road, alley or public driveway. The City will elect if the applicant is permitted to bore the lateral under said roadway or is permitted open-cut excavation through said roadway. The City may direct the applicant to take any additional requirements as are necessary to secure or protect the lateral or the sewer tap. The same bond requirement is required for both forms of installation.
(b) All excavations herein permitted shall be closed in the manner prescribed and the materials approved by the Service-Safety Director, and within five days from the time that such excavation was started, unless an extension of time is secured from the Director for good cause shown.
(c) The repair or replacement of sidewalks caused by opening in streets, alleys or public grounds shall be considered to be a repair or replacement of an improved street and the deposit for same shall be in conformity with Section 903.02 concerning any deposit required for the opening of an improvement street.
(d) See Appendix “A 1-7". (Ord. 49-2002. Passed 11-4-02.)
Any person found to be violating any provision of this chapter except Section 923.10 shall be served by the Superintendent or duly appointed employee with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit not to exceed for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations.
(Ord. 13-2001. Passed 2-20-01; Ord. 32-2002. Passed 8-20-02.)
(a) Each industrial user shall provide protection from accidental discharge of prohibited materials or other wastes regulated by this chapter. Facilities to prevent accidental discharge or prohibited materials shall be provided and maintained at the owner's or operator's own cost and expense. Detailed plans showing facilities and operating procedures to provide this protection shall be submitted to the City for review, and shall be approved by the City before construction of the facility. Review and approval of such plans and operating procedures shall not relieve the industrial user from the responsibility to modify his facility as necessary to meet the requirements of this chapter.
(b) If, for any reason, a facility does not comply with or will be unable to comply with any prohibition or limitations in this chapter, the facility responsible for such discharge shall immediately notify the City so that corrective action may be taken to protect the treatment system. In addition, a written report addressed to the City detailing the date, time, and cause of the accidental discharge; the quantity and characteristics of the discharge; and corrective action taken to prevent future discharges, shall be filed by the responsible industrial facility with five (5) days of the occurrence of the noncomplying discharge.
(Ord. 13-2001. Passed 2-20-01; Ord. 32-2002. Passed 8-20-02.)
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