8-19-18: SEPARATE SEWER TO BE PROVIDED:

   (A)   A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building, except that where one building stands at the rear of another on an interior lot and no private sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley, court, yard, or driveway, the building sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer, but the city does not or will not assume any obligation or responsibility for damage caused by or resulting from any such connection.

   (B)   Any new connection, which is tributary only to a combined sewer, shall be designed to minimize and/or delay inflow contribution to the combined sewer system. The technique to minimize or delay inflow shall be approved by the wastewater treatment superintendent.

   (C)   Any inflow source connected to a combined sewer system shall be connected to a storm sewer within twelve (12) months after a storm sewer becomes available. Procedures for disconnecting an inflow source from a combined sewer and connecting to a storm sewer shall be approved by the wastewater treatment superintendent.

   (D)   Any new construction, which is tributary only to a combined sewer, shall be constructed with a separate domestic waste line and a separate stormwater line to facilitate disconnection when a storm sewer becomes available. (Ord. 2073, 2-7-2012)

8-19-19: USE OF OLD BUILDING SEWERS:

   (A)   Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the building official, to meet all requirements of this chapter. (Ord. 1268, 12-5-1989)

   (B)   An existing service sewer may be used for remediation water if upon examination by the city, it meets all requirements of this chapter. (Ord. 1454, 3-7-1995)

8-19-20: CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS:

The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building sewer, and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing, and backfilling the trench, shall all conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing code or other applicable rules and regulations of the city. In the absence of code provisions or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the American Society Of Testing Materials, "Water Pollution Control Federation Manual Of Practice No. 9", and "Standard Specifications For Water And Sewer Main Construction In Illinois" shall apply. (Ord. 1268, 12-5-1989)

8-19-21: BASEMENT FLOOR ELEVATION:

Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such building drain shall be lifted by a means which is approved in accordance with article II of this chapter and discharged to the building sewer. (Ord. 1268, 12-5-1989)

8-19-22: ROOF DOWNSPOUTS AND OTHER CONNECTIONS NOT PERMITTED:

No person(s) shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains or other sources of surface runoff or ground water, except remediation waters meeting all requirements as set forth in subsection 8-19-31(M) of this chapter, to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer, or directly to a public sanitary sewer. (Ord. 2073, 2-7-2012)

8-19-23: CONFORMANCE TO BUILDING AND PLUMBING CODES:

The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing codes, or other applicable rules and regulations of the city, or the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of American Society Of Testing Materials, "Water Pollution Control Federation Manual Of Practice No. 9", and "Standard Specifications For Water And Sewer Main Construction In Illinois". All such connections shall be made gastight and watertight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the plumbing inspector before installation. (Ord. 1268, 12-5-1989)

8-19-24: INSPECTION AND CONNECTION NOTIFICATION:

The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the building official when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the building official or his representative. (Ord. 1268, 12-5-1989)