(a) No person, unless authorized by the City Engineer, shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public sanitary sewer or building (house) sewer or building drain or their appurtenances thereof without first obtaining a connection permit from the City Engineer and/or the building permit section of the City and complying with their rules and regulations, which by reference are included herein.
(b) A new permit will not be issued when it has been determined by the City Engineer and/or the Superintendent of the Water Reclamation Facility that there does not exist sufficient capacity in the Wastewater Treatment System, including collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of wastes as may be discharged by the applicant of such new permit.
(c) There shall be two classes of connection permits as follows:
(1) Class A. Residential connection permit.
(2) Class B. Nonresidential connection permit.
In either case, the owner or his agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the City. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the City Engineer. At the time of the filing of the application, the applicant must submit to the City Engineer a connection permit and inspection fee of five hundred dollars ($500.00) for a Class A permit and one thousand dollars ($1,000) for a Class B permit. Prior to issuing a Type B connection permit, an industrial wastewater discharge permit application shall be submitted to and approved by the Superintendent of the Water Reclamation Facility. There will be an additional fee to be paid by the applicant if a City industrial wastewater discharge permit is required pursuant to Section 943.21.
(Ord. 29-2008. Passed 3-24-08; Ord. 79-2008. Passed 6-2-08.)
(d) Whenever a public sanitary sewer has been or may be constructed and the cost thereof has been paid by the City, and no assessments have been levied upon the abutting property for the cost of the same, and the owner of any abutting property makes application to the City Engineer for a permit to tap such sewer, no permit shall be issued to any such abutting owner unless such owner also pays into the City Treasury an amount per foot front of the abutting owner's property, equal to the cash rate charged or amount assessed per foot front on the property abutting the adjoining public sanitary sewer.
(Ord. 182-91. Passed 11-18-91.)
(e) All costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall be responsible for the maintenance and repair of the building sewer running from the building to the sewer main, including any portion of the building sewer which may lie within the public right of way. The owner shall indemnify and save harmless the City from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation and/or repair of the building sewer.
(Ord. 113-97. Passed 6-2-97.)
(f) If the owner of abutting property is unable to pay the fee prescribed by subsection (c) hereof in a lump sum, the payment shall be made as follows:
(1) Subject residents shall make a fifty dollar ($50.00) deposit prior to issuance of a connection permit for sewer connections.
(2) The balance due shall be paid in twelve equal monthly installments. At the discretion of the City Engineer's Office, the installments may be extended to a maximum of eighteen months for those who have larger sums due in cases of an emergency.
(3) Terms to settle the balance due shall be arranged when the deposit is paid and shall be so recorded on the receipt and office ledger.
(4) All monthly installments shall be paid to the office of the Director of Public Service.
(5) Property owner shall sign a contract embodying the terms of payment.
(6) Any request for a payment schedule exceeding eighteen months shall be presented to the Utility Accounts Board of Review for their approval.
(Ord. 182-91. Passed 11-18-91.)