(a) No unauthorized person shalf uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public sanitary sewer or appurtenance thereof or connect a building sewer without first obtaining a written permit from the Utilities Director.
(b) There shall be two classes of building sewer permits:
(1) For residential and commercial services; and
(2) For service to establishments producing industrial waste.
In either case, the property owner or his agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the Director or Engineer. The permit applications shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Director or Engineer. Permit, inspection, tap-in fee and connection charges shall be in the amount and in accordance with the provisions of Sections 911.08
and 911.11
and shall be paid at the time the application is filed.
(c) An costs incidental to the installation and connection of the buitding sewer shall be borne by the property owner. The City shall install the building sewer from the property line to the public sewer and connect the same with the public sanitary sewer unless the Director waives this requirement and permits the owner to install such buildmg sewer. In the event the City installs the building sewer and makes the connection, a charge in the amount of the estimated cost of construction and in addition to those charges contained in subsection (b) hereof, shall be paid with the filing of the application for a building sewer permit.
(d) A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building; except where one building stands at the rear of another on an interior lot and no private sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley, court, yard or driveway, the building sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer.
(e) Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the Director, to meet all requirements of this chapter.
(f) All new sanitary sewer lines must be constructed of PVC sewer pipe material as approved by the Engineer and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, in accordance with the specifications of the American Society of Testing Materials for such pipe. It shall be installed in compliance with standard specifications of the Engineer.
(g) Building sewers shall be not less than six inches in diameter and shall have a slope of not less than one-eighth inch per foot.
(h) All excavation required shall be open trench work unless otherwise approved by the Director, and the pipe trench shall be left open, after the pipe is laid, to permit inspection of the work by the Inspector.
(i) The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall be made by a "wye" or "tee" branch, if such branch is available at a suitable location. If the public sewer is twelve inches in diameter or less and property located and a "wye" or "tee" branch or service connection is not available, the connection to the public sewer shall be made by drilling or cutting a neat hole in the top or side of the public sewer, where possible, to receive a pipe "slant" or "Y" Saddle with entry in the downstream direction at the angle of such "slant" or "Y" Saddle, or by breaking out pipe and inserting a new "wye" branch and new pipe with rubber joints as may be required and directed by the Director. The invert of the building sewer at the point of connection shall be above the top of the sewer, where possible, but always at a higher elevation than the invert of the public sewer. A smooth neat joint shall be made, and the connection made secure and watertight by encasement in concrete.
(j) The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Engineer when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the Engineer.
(k) All excavations for building 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 in a manner satisfactory to the City.
(Ord. 84-14. Passed 10-13-14.)
(Ord. 84-14. Passed 10-13-14.)