(a) Wherever the tap-in is to be made into the public sanitary sewer at a place where there is no wye in the public sewer lines for the tap-in to be made, the actual physical connection between the private sewer line and the public sewer line shall be made by the Director of Public Service or an authorized representative. In addition to making the actual physical connection, the Director or authorized representative shall inspect the entire private sewer line installation from the building in which the private sanitary sewer line is installed to the tap-in at the public sewer line. This inspection shall be made within twenty-four hours after notice of the completion of the laying of the private sewer line from the building to the public sewer line, and shall be made prior to the coverage of the private sewer line with dirt or the backfilling of the private sewer line ditch. A fee shall be charged by the City for making the physical connection and performing the inspection. The fee, which shall be determined by the fee schedule in effect, shall be come due and payable by the owner, agent or lessee of the property at the time that he makes his application to the Department of Public Utilities for the tap-in into the public sanitary sewer line.
(b) Wherever the tap-in is to be made into the public sanitary sewer line at a place where there is a wye already installed in the public sewer line for the tap-in to be made, the Director of Public Service or authorized representative, shall inspect the physical connection and the private sanitary sewer line installation from the building in which the private sewer line is installed to the tap-in at the public sewer line. This inspection shall be made within twenty-four hours after notice of the completion of the laying of the private sewer line from the building to the public sewer line and shall be made prior to the coverage of the private sewer line with dirt or the backfilling of the private sewer line ditch. A fee shall be charged by the City for making the inspection. The fee, which shall be determined by the fee schedule in effect, shall become due and payable by the owner, agent or lessee of the property at the time that he makes his application to the Department of Public Utilities for the tap-in into the public sanitary sewer line.
(c) The inspection fee for residential sanitary sewer users beyond the corporate limits shall be three times the fee within the City.
(d) The inspection fee for connection to the sanitary sewer shall be credited to the Sanitary Sewer Operating Fund and used only for the purpose of construction, operation and maintenance of the sanitary sewerage facilities.
(Ord. 19-90. Passed 2-20-90.)