(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)