(A) No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the city utilities.
(B) Applications for permits to connect to a public sewer of the city must be made on a blank form furnished and prescribed by the Board. Applications and permits shall be left and placed on file in the office of the city utilities.
(C) There shall be two classes of building permits: for establishments producing only domestic wastewaters, including residences, institutions, public facilities, and commercial establishments; and for establishments producing industrial wastewater. In either case, the owner, his authorized agent, or his representative shall make application on the form furnished by the city utilities. Building plans, specifications, or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the city utilities for all new or existing multiple-dwelling property buildings, commercial buildings, institutional buildings, showing plumbing lines, traps, clean-outs and fixtures, shall be submitted to the city utilities before a building sewer permit is issued. Industrial applicants and any other person designated by the city utilities may be required to file a periodic discharge report in accordance with the provisions of §§ 51.040 through 51.045. A permit and inspection fee shall be paid at the time the application is filed and executed. For all building sewer permits the fee shall be $10 plus an additional $1 per 100 linear feet of building sewer, or fraction thereof.
(D) In the application, the owner, his agent or his representative shall agree to construct and maintain the building sewer and connections in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter or any other city regulations regulating the same.
(E) No building sewer can be extended from work already in place, and which has been duly inspected and accepted; nor can any additions or new connections of any description be made to, or with, such finished work without permission being obtained to make the proposed additions or extensions from the city utilities.
(F) A building sewer permit issued by the Board does not authorize the opening of any highway, street, or alley without first notifying the proper state, county, township, or city highway department and securing a permit by said highway department.
(G) All sewer permits shall be valid for one year after the date of issue shown on the permit. If work is not completed in this year, it shall be necessary to secure a new permit. The permit is to be given to the property owner at the conclusion of the job.
(H) The city utilities shall have a maximum of 45 days from the date of application to grant the permit, deny the application, or amend the applications with special conditions. Any denial or amendments by the city utilities shall be in written form with the reasons for such denial or amendments in writing to the person making such application. Appeals of any decisions by the city utilities shall be done according to § 51.032.
(Ord. 6386, passed 3-20-17)