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No statement contained in this subchapter shall be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the city and any industrial concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted by the city for treatment, subject to payment therefor, by the industrial concern.
(1989 Code, § 51.66) (Ord. 6-1974, passed 7-15-1974)
SEWER TAPS
For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BUILDING SEWER. Any drain or pipe used for transmitting sewage from a point outside of any foundation or other wall to the sanitary sewer main.
COMBINED SEWER. A sewer receiving and conveying both sanitary wastewater and surface runoff from storms.
INFLOW/CLEAR WATER CONNECTION. A pipe or conduit for conveying rain water, groundwater, subsurface water, condensate, cooling water or other similar discharge, but excluding sewage.
LATERAL SEWER. A sewer line that is at least four inches in diameter that is connected to the sewer main and extends to the inside edge of the property line.
SANITARY SEWER. A sewer that conveys liquid and water-carried wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants and institutions, and to which storm, surface and groundwaters are not intentionally allowed to enter.
SEWER. A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water.
STORM SEWER. A pipe or conduit for conveying rain water, groundwater, subsurface water, condensate, cooling water or other similar discharge, but excluding sewage.
(Ord. 2002-0303, passed 3-11-2002)
(A) Before any excavation work is performed in a public right-of-way in the city, the person(s) responsible for installing or repairing any existing sewer line connected to the city sewer system shall:
(1) Notify the Utilities Superintendent’s office of any work to be done;
(2) Obtain all bonds, permits and fees as required by city ordinance and state law; and
(3) Submit plans showing the proposed location of the excavation which clearly outlines the scope of the work to be performed and show any public street, alley, sidewalk, curb, sewer or water lines/mains or any other public right-of-way utility or lines that may be disturbed, damaged, altered or otherwise affected by the proposed excavation.
(B) No owner or occupant of any real property shall tap or drain either directly or indirectly into any public sewer until a sewer tap permit has been obtained and until he or she has satisfied his or her obligation to pay all tap fees, assessments, reimbursements or pro rata shares of sewer extension costs, established by ordinance or private agreement, that are laid against that property for public sewers installed to serve it.
(C) (1) Generally. No particular qualifications shall be required of any person to obtain a sewer tap permit, but all such connections shall conform to the provisions of this subchapter as they relate to sewer pipe composition and installation of sewer pipe. Should it appear at the time application is made for a sewer tap permit that there is noncompliance with the provisions of this subchapter, no sewer tap permit will be issued until the nonconformity has been corrected.
(2) Schedule of fees.
(a) The Board of Public Works and Safety shall determine the amount of the sewer tap inspection fee which shall be paid to the Clerk-Treasurer of the city prior to issuance of a permit.
(b) The schedule of permit fees to be paid shall be as follows and such fees must be paid before the permit is issued:
Permit | Fee |
Sanitary sewer tap fee | $35 |
Storm drain tap fee | $35 |
(3) Inflow/clear water connection. For any building or structure constructed after adoption of this subchapter, the inflow/clear water connection to a combined sewer shall be made separate and distinct from the sanitary waste connection in order to facilitate disconnection of the former if a separate storm sewer subsequently becomes available. In this situation, two sewer tap fees must be purchased.
(Ord. 2002-0303, passed 3-11-2002) Penalty, see § 51.999
(A) Whenever any application for the permit required by this subchapter is approved, the applicant shall give a bond, valid for a period of one year, in a sum as fixed by the Board of Public Works and Safety in an amount to be governed by the character of the work to be done, but not less than $15,000, guaranteeing that the place where the work is to be done shall be restored to a good condition and in the manner provided for by this subchapter, and guaranteeing that the permit holder shall keep the same in first-class condition for a period of one year after the date of the completion and acceptance of the work. The bond shall also be conditioned to hold the city harmless from all damages to person or property which may arise from neglect, or want of care on the part of such principal or his or her employees in the prosecution of any such work, and that such principal will comply with all ordinances, rules and regulations relating to such work and the manner in which it is to be done. The bond shall be underwritten by a surety company approved by the Board of Public Works and Safety, and shall be delivered by the applicant to the Utilities Superintendent or his or her designee. No permit shall be issued by the Utilities Superintendent until such approved bond has been filed with him or her.
(B) An annual bond may be given any person having a large volume of excavation work to do. Application for permission to give annual bonds shall be made to the Board of Public Works and Safety and the application shall state the particular kind of trenching, digging or excavating which the applicant expects to do. Such application shall also pledge conformity to all ordinances on the subject, set forth the willingness and ability of the applicant to execute the bond required by this section in such cases, and shall be signed by the name of such person under which shall be written the street and number of the applicant’s place of business or residence. If permission is given by the Board of Public Works and Safety for the applicant to give an annual bond, thereupon the applicant shall execute to the city a bond with surety to be approved by the Mayor in a sum not less than $50,000 guaranteeing that the place where the work is to be done shall be restored to a good condition and in the manner provided for by this subchapter, and guaranteeing that the permit holder shall keep the same in first-class condition for a period of one year after the date of the completion and acceptance of the work. The bond shall also be conditioned to hold the city harmless from all damages to person or property which may arise from neglect, or want of care on the part of such principal or his or her employees in the prosecution of any such work, and that such principal will comply with all ordinances, rules and regulations relating to such work and the manner in which it is to be done.
(Ord. 2002-0303, passed 3-11-2002; Ord. 5-2014-1, passed 5-20-2014) Penalty, see §
51.999
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