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(A) A special connection charge as set by resolution shall be paid to the city prior to making a connection to the public sanitary sewer system of the city outside the corporate limits of the city. This special connection fee shall be in addition to any other fees and charges provided for in this chapter and shall be applicable to each connection to the sanitary sewer system of the city outside the corporate limits of the city.
(Prior Code, § 51.063)
(B) Applicants for sewer connection shall be charged for expenses for all service pipe and trenching to which the applicant’s connection is to be made.
(C) (1) If the connection is to be made to any sanitary sewer which have been laid and constructed in a sewer district of the city wherein special assessments have been levied upon the property in the district to pay all or any part of the cost of construction thereof, and the property to which the connection is made has not been assessed in the district, or if the connection is to be made to any sanitary sewer hereafter constructed by the city without the levying of any special assessments for the construction thereof, the person desiring to connect shall pay the city a special connection charge as set by resolution.
(2) The fees and charges shall be in addition to other fees and charges provided for in this chapter. The special connection charge shall be paid only once with respect to the property.
(3) For the purposes of this section, FRONT FOOTAGE OF THE LOT is determined as that portion of the lot facing the sanitary sewer to which the person wishes to connect. The connection charge shall be paid to the city at the time the application is filed.
(Ord. 2696, passed 3-3-1980; Ord. 03-39, passed 11-17-2003)
All costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be the responsibility of by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the city from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
(Prior Code, § 51.064) (Ord. 2270, passed 6-17-1972; Ord. 03-39, passed 11-17-2003)
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for each building.
(Prior Code, § 51.065) (Ord. 2270, passed 6-17-1972; Ord. 03-39, passed 11-17-2003) Penalty, see § 51.999
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the Developer or Contractor and approved for use by the Department of Public Works.
(Prior Code, § 51.066) (Ord. 2270, passed 6-17-1972; Ord. 03-39, passed 11-17-2003) Penalty, see § 51.999
The type and size of materials, slope and alignment of a lateral sewer, materials of construction of a building sewer and the methods to be 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, § 51.067) (Ord. 2270, passed 6-17-1972; Ord. 03-39, passed 11-17-2003) Penalty, see § 51.999
Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such building drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.
(Prior Code, § 51.068) (Ord. 2270, passed 6-17-1972; Ord. 03-39, passed 11-17-2003) Penalty, see § 51.999
Applications for permits to connect, tap, construct, modify or make attachments to public sewers shall be made to the Director of Public Works, City Engineer or Chief Building Code Inspector upon forms provided by the city. A fee in accordance with the city fee schedule as set by resolution to cover the cost of inspection, recording and other expenses shall accompany such applications. The application shall show the exact location of the proposed work, and when requested by the Director, the plumber shall provide plans or specifications of the proposed work. When required, an application shall be on file with the Director 24 hours before the issuance of a permit. If work is commenced prior to application for the permit, an investigation fee in addition to the permit fee in the same amount as the permit fee shall be assessed. Each permit shall expire six months from date of issuance.
(Prior Code, § 51.069)
The owners of all houses, buildings or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes within the city and whose property line is within 300 feet of the public sanitary sewer system are hereby required, at the owner’s expense, to install suitable toilet facilities and to connect the facilities directly with the proper public sewer within one year from the date the public sanitary sewer system is constructed and any septic tanks, cesspools and similar private sewage disposal facilities shall be abandoned and filled with suitable material. Should a health hazard exist, as determined by the Board of Health, after a public sanitary sewer system is constructed within 100 feet of the property line, the property owner will be required to connect suitable toilet facilities directly with the proper public sewer system.
(Prior Code, § 51.070) (Ord. 2354, passed 5-1-1974; Ord. 2818, passed 11-2-1981; Ord. 2776, passed 5-3-1982; Ord. 03-39, passed 11-17-2003) Penalty, see § 51.999
No person shall connect with or tap any sanitary sewer in the city when the property to be served has not been assessed for lateral services. In this event, no plumber or other person shall make any connection with or tap any sewer, nor shall the city grant a connection permit until the owner of the property to be served, or the person desiring such connection first makes application for permission to tap or connect with the public sewers and complies with the conditions and requirements of the city which may include the payment of an equitable amount for lateral service. The city reserves the right to refuse to grant a permit to any person who applies for a permit to connect with the public sewers, where the property to be served has not been assessed for lateral service, or, if assessed, has not made such payment.
(Prior Code, § 51.071) Penalty, see § 51.999
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