LATERAL SEWERS

§ 51.040 OWNER RESPONSIBILITIES.

   (A)   Property owners and/or customers shall be required to install and maintain, at their cost, all sewer laterals from the sewer main to the customer’s home.

   (B)   Any cost that the city may incur in repairing the sewer lateral, including, but not limited to replacement of street surfacing, replacement of sod, cost of labor and materials and all other costs reasonably incurred in the repairing of the sewer lateral, shall be promptly remitted to the city by the property owner and/or customer.

   (C)   The property owner shall indemnify the city from any loss or damages that may directly or indirectly result from installing lateral sewers.

(Prior Code, § 51.040) (Ord. 2270, passed 6-17-1972; Ord. 03-39, passed 11-17-2003) Penalty, see § 51.999

§ 51.041 LATERAL SEWER TO SERVE EACH BUILDING.

   One sewer tap shall be provided for every tract or parcel of land, except, upon written request to the Director of Public Works, City Engineer or Chief Building and Code Inspector or the administrative authority for an exception.

(Prior Code, § 51.041) Penalty, see § 51.999

§ 51.042 PROHIBITED CONNECTIONS.

   No person shall connect interior or exterior roof downspouts, interior or exterior foundation drains, areaway drains or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater to a lateral sewer or a building drain, which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer. Any cross-connection between a potable water supply and a sanitary sewer shall be prohibited.

(Prior Code, § 51.042) Penalty, see § 51.999

§ 51.043 CONNECTION REGULATIONS; CONFORMANCE WITH CODES.

   The connection of any lateral sewer into the public sanitary sewer system shall conform to the requirements of the Building and Plumbing Codes or other applicable rules and regulations of the city. The City Engineer must approve any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials prior to installation.

(Prior Code, § 51.043) Penalty, see § 51.999

§ 51.044 CONSTRUCTION REGULATIONS.

   The type and size of materials, slope and alignment of a lateral sewer, and the methods used in excavating, placing of pipe, jointing, testing and backfilling the trench, shall all conform to the requirements of the Building and Plumbing Codes or other applicable rules and regulations of the city.

(Prior Code, § 51.044) Penalty, see § 51.999

§ 51.045 ON-SITE REQUIREMENTS.

   All excavations for lateral sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights in accordance with the current Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Services to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, trails, parkways and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the City Engineer.

(Prior Code, § 51.045) (Ord. 2270, passed 6-17-1972; Ord. 03-39, passed 11-17-2003) Penalty, see § 51.999

§ 51.046 ABANDONMENT OF SEWER LATERALS.

   All abandoned sewer laterals must be terminated and capped at the tap on the main sewer line.

(Prior Code, § 51.046) (Ord. 05-12, passed 3-7-2005) Penalty, see § 51.999