(A) All building sewer installations shall be constructed to conform to the provisions of the State Plumbing Regulations, latest edition, and the city’s sewer specifications. Connections within the public right-of-way shall be made only by a licensed plumber of the state, and be witnessed by the City Inspector. Proof of a valid permit will be required prior to construction.
(B) A separate, and independent, electrical circuit shall be provided for every STEP interceptor tank.
(C) Existing building sewers and building plumbing may be used in connection with new buildings only when they meet all requirements of the applicable Plumbing Code.
(D) 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 codes, or other applicable rules and regulations of the state and city. In the absence of code provisions, or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in the current addition of the Plumbing Code and Building Code, adopted by the city, shall apply.
(E) 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 interceptor tank, sanitary sewerage carried by such building drain shall be lifted by an approved means, and discharged to the building sewer, and the property owner shall provide a backwater valve to prevent backflow of sewage.
(F) No person(s) shall make connection of roof downspouts, foundation drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surface runoff, or groundwater, to a building sewer or building drain, which, in turn, is connected directly, or indirectly, to a public sanitary sewer.
(G) The connection of the building sewer into the interceptor tank shall conform to the requirements of the applicable Plumbing Code and city specifications. All such connections shall be made essentially gastight and watertight, and verified by visual inspection.
(H) The applicant for the sewer permit shall notify the City Inspector when the building sewer is ready for inspection, and connection to the interceptor tank. The connection, and testing, of the interceptor tank shall be made in the presence of the City Inspector, or his or her representative. After installation, the STEP tank shall be tested for water-tightness to include all connections to the tank. Any leakage shall be eliminated, or the tank replaced.
(I) All excavations for sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways, and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored to a condition equal to that previously existing.
(J) Plumbing within newly constructed houses, buildings, or structures shall be so oriented (unless otherwise approved by the city in writing) as to allow the building sewer to stem from the side closest to the system piping.
(K) An interceptor tank, control panel, and proper pump, and piping, shall be installed so that each parcel has independent sewerage facilities.
(Prior Code, § 10.04.07) (Ord. 2007-17, passed - -)