(a) All piping used in the installation of sewers or sewer connections shall be of the best quality socket pipe of a kind acceptable to the Commissioner. No pipe smaller than six (6) inches in diameter shall be used for any sewer connection.
(b) All sewers and sewer connections shall be designed and installed in accordance with the City Building Code and the latest edition of "Design and Construction of Sanitary and Storm Sewers," prepared by the Joint Committee of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Water Pollution Control Federation.
(c) Each portion of a sewer connection shall be laid in as direct and straight a line as ground conditions permit from the public sewer to the property line of the premises to be drained. All pipes shall be laid by the use of a spirit level to a grade of not less than one (1) foot per one hundred (100) feet. The best Portland cement and clean sand shall be placed in and around each joint so that all joints are watertight.
(d) All openings made by a licensed sewer builder within the street for the purpose of laying sewers or sewer connections shall be done in an open trench. All paving material, flagging, curb and ballasting shall be carefully removed and preserved. After the connection is properly laid, the trench shall be backfilled in accordance with rules and regulations of the Division of Streets. Paving materials, flagging and curb shall be replaced by the City at the property owner's expense.
(e) All openings and obstructions in any street shall be carefully guarded and protected at all times, and during the night time shall be defined by colored lights. Every other precaution necessary to guard against accidents shall be taken. At all times the work shall be done in a manner that causes the least inconvenience to property owners and the general public.
(f) Whenever Council by resolution orders the paving or repaving of any street following installation of a sewer, the Director of Finance shall notify the abutting property owners, in writing, to make such sewer and water connections as he or she may designate within a time specified in the notice. If the required connections are not made within the time specified, the Director shall cause them to be made and shall obtain reimbursement through the use of a special assessment against abutting property owners. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require abutting property owners to make any payment other than the original cost of constructing sewer and water connections as provided in division (a) of Section 541.03.
(g) Nothing in this chapter shall prevent any licensed sewer builder from installing laterals as part of any contract work approved by and being performed under the inspection of the City.
(Ord. No. 609-17. Passed 6-4-18, eff. 6-5-18)