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(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit to be deposited upon any public or private property within the city or any area under its jurisdiction any human excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste.
(B) It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet any sanitary sewage, industrial waste or other polluted water except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with the provisions of this article.
(C) Except as provided in this article, it shall be unlawful to construct any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage or industrial waste.
(E) At such time as the public sanitary sewer system becomes available to premises served by a private sanitary sewage disposal system, connection to the public system shall be made in compliance with this article, and any septic tank, cesspool and similar private disposal facilities located thereon shall be abandoned in accordance with County Health Department regulations and discontinued for sanitary sewage disposal use.
(F) All private sanitary sewage disposal systems maintained in compliance with this article shall be maintained in a sanitary manner at all times at the sole expense of the owner thereof.
(G) All abandoned private sanitary sewage disposal systems shall be completely filled with earth, sand, gravel, concrete or other approved material. Upon the abandonment or discontinuation of use of a septic tank or privy, the sewage and sludge contents thereof shall be completely removed and disposed of by a septic tank cleaner who is duly licensed. The tank or the pit, in the instance of a privy, shall be treated with at least 10 pounds of chlorinated lime or other chemical or disinfectant acceptable to the health officer, and the tank or pit shall be completely backfilled with approved material and made safe from the hazard of collapse or entrapment.
(1993 Code, § 68-143) (Ord. passed 1-22-2001; Ord. 2014-01, passed 1-27-2014)
§§ 68-144 – 68-155 RESERVED.
DIVISION 3. BUILDING SEWERS AND CONNECTIONS
(A) A separate and independent building sewer (lead) shall be provided for every building.
(B) All costs and expenses incident to the installation of the building sewer and the connection of the building sewer to the public sewer shall be borne by the property owner.
(C) All building sewers (leads) shall meet or exceed the requirements of this Code.
(D) Building sewers shall consist of pipes and fittings of the following types and sizes:
(1) Pipe must be of sufficient diameter to carry the estimated volume of discharge. Minimum pipe size permitted is 4 inch ID;
(2) Pipe must be 1 of the following materials and cannot be mixed in the connection lines to include the fittings:
(a) Cast iron with rubber-type gaskets;
(b) Cast iron NH pipe with neoprene stainless couplings;
(c) Ductile iron with rubber-type gaskets, slip joint or mechanical joint;
(d) Vitrified clay tile with ASTM C425 joints;
(e) Reinforced concrete with ASTM C443 joints;
(f) PVC plastic, schedule 40 or better;
(3) No tees, double tees, or crosses or double hub pipes shall be permitted; and
(4) All changes in grades or direction shall be made with appropriate fittings.
(E) Cleanouts shall be installed every 50 feet of straight run and at each 45 degree direction change, and all cleanouts shall be plugged. All cleanouts shall be the same diameter as the pipe they serve.
(F) All lines shall be laid at a minimum slope of 1/8 inch per foot grade and a maximum slope of ½ inch per foot grade for 4 inch lines and a minimum of 1/8 inch per foot grade and a maximum ½ inch per foot grade for 6 inch lines.
(G) The method to be used in excavating, placing of pipe, jointing, testing and backfilling the trench shall conform to the requirements of the Plumbing Code rules (Part 7) issued by the State Department of Labor Construction Code Commission and the regulations of the city, where applicable.
(H) No building sewer shall be laid within 3 feet of any bearing wall. The depth shall be sufficient to afford protection from frost.
(I) In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such drain shall be lifted by a pumping system and discharged to the building sewer.
(J) All excavation for building sewer installation and connection shall be adequately guarded by barricades and lighting so as to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, alleys, parkways and other public property disturbed in the course of the installation and connection work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the city.
(1993 Code, § 68-156) (Ord. passed 1-22-2001; Ord. 2014-01, passed 1-27-2014)
(A) No person shall uncover, make any connections with or openings into, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereto without first obtaining a written connection permit from the city. Each non-domestic user shall be required to submit to the POTW superintendent in such form as the superintendent shall require a baseline monitoring report.
(B) The fee, if any, for the connection permit shall be an amount established by resolution of the City Council from time to time to recover the actual costs to city of the granting and administration of the permit.
(C) The owner or contractor applying for a connection permit will provide the city a sketch of the installation showing all dimensions, direction and such other information concerning the installation as shall be requested by the city. The owner or contractor will receive one copy of the connection permit. A second copy will remain the property of the city.
(D) No connection to the system will be permitted unless there is capacity available in all downstream sewers, lift stations, force mains and the sewage treatment plant, including capacity for treatment of BOD and suspended solids.
(E) All connections to the system will be made by a licensed contractor or plumber; provided, however, that a property owner may make his own installation and connection in accordance with the requirements of this article and law so long as he has secured a connection permit.
(F) All licensed contractors and plumbers making connections to the systems shall file with the city a copy of their plumbers’ or contractors’ license from the state and a copy of their liability insurance prior to performing any connections to the system.
(G) No person shall connect roof downspouts, foundation drains, areaway drains or any sources of surface water or groundwater to a building sewer which in turn is connected to the system.
(H) No building sewer shall be covered until after it has been inspected and approved by authorized personnel of the city or its designee. No building sewer may be used until finally approved after the trench is backfilled and an air test is conducted.
(1993 Code, § 68-157) (Ord. passed 1-22-2001; Ord. 2014-01, passed 1-27-2014)
§§ 68-158 – 68-170 RESERVED.
DIVISION 4. PUBLIC SEWER USE
(A) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater, surface water, groundwater or roof water to any sanitary sewer.
(B) Stormwater, groundwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged into storm drains or to a natural outlet approved by the city. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged, upon application to and approval by the city, to a storm drain or natural outlet.
(1993 Code, § 68-171) (Ord. passed 1-22-2001; Ord. 2014-01, passed 1-27-2014)
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