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No person shall build, lay, rod, videotape a main sewer, clean, line or pump into any sewer or sewer structure or drain upon private property of the public way without first having obtained a permit from the department of buildings; provided, however, that no permit shall be required for a building's owner, or property manager, or an employee of any of the above to rod or clean any private drain on that property.
No person shall construct any drain or make any connection to any City of Chicago public sewer, private sewer or waterway without first having obtained a permit from the department of buildings, and, if required, from the general superintendent of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District and any other applicable agencies.
No person shall excavate or make any opening upon the public way or other public place without first having obtained a permit from the department of transportation.
No person shall seal or abandon any sewer or sewer structure unless a permit is first obtained from the department of buildings and the sealing or abandonment is done in the presence of an inspector from the department of buildings.
No person shall uncover or excavate under or around any public sewer, for any purpose, without first having obtained the written consent of the department.
No person shall lay, alter or repair any part of a house drain or drains, or any part of a catch basin or strainer of a house drain or drains, or any part of a cesspool or water closet connecting with any public sewer unless a permit is first obtained from the department of buildings.
Any person who violates this section shall be fined $200.00 for the first offense, and $1,000.00 for the second and any subsequent offense. Any licensed drain layer who violates this section three or more times within any calendar year shall have his license suspended or revoked in accordance with Section 4-28-140 of this Code.
(Added Coun. J. 2-6-02, p. 78883, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 11-13-07, p. 14999, Art. II, § 1)