CHAPTER 1038
Water and Sewer Connections

1038.01   General provisions.

1038.02   Permit required.

1038.03   Issuance of permit.

1038.04   Sewer tapper's license; bond.

1038.05   Connection procedures.

1038.06   Construction of connections.

1038.07   Powers and authority of inspectors.

1038.08   Inspections.

1038.99   Penalty.

CROSS REFERENCES

Compulsory water and sewer connections - see Ohio R.C. 729.06

Management and control of sewerage system - see Ohio R.C. 729.50

Regulations to control house sewers and connections - see Ohio R.C. 729.51

Management and control of waterworks - see Ohio R.C. 735.28 et seq.

Water rates for users outside corporate limits - see Ohio R.C. 743.13

Untreated sewage see Ohio R.C. 3701.59

Responsibility of Manager re construction of sewerage system - see ADM. 232.01 

Prosecutions for theft of utilities - see GEN. OFF. 642.26 

Polluting and diverting watercourses - see GEN. OFF. 660.04 

1038.01 GENERAL PROVISIONS.

   (a)   A separate and individual water service lateral shall be provided to each single family unit or commercial building.

   (b)   A separate and individual building sewer shall be provided to each single family unit or commercial building.

   (c)   All costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection of a water service lateral or building sewer shall be borne entirely by the property owner. The owner shall indemnify the Municipality from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer or water service lateral.
(Ord. 9-87. Passed 3-9-87.)

1038.02 PERMIT REQUIRED.

   (a)   No person shall make any connection with any sewer or water main or make any repair, removal or excavation thereof without first obtaining a permit therefor from the Water Division and the Sewer Division.

   (b)   Permits shall be kept and displayed at the construction site at all times while work is in progress.

   (c)   The issuance by the Department of Service of a permit to tap into a sewer or water line does not relieve the permit holder of the responsibility of securing permits from the proper governing agencies for permission to perform the work in the public or private rights-of-way that are involved.

(Ord. 9-87. Passed 3-9-87.)