921.12 BUILDING SEWERS AND CONNECTIONS.
   (a)   Permit Required. No person shall construct a building sewer or drain or uncover, make any connections with or openings into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Safety-Service Director or his representative.
(Ord. 1804. Passed 2-5-90.)
   (b)   Application for Permit; Fees.
      (1)   An application for a permit required by subsection (a) hereof, shall be filed in the office of the Safety-Service Director or his representative on a form prescribed by the Municipality. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plan, specifications or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Safety-Service Director.
         (Ord. 465. Passed 1-17-66.)
      (2)   The applicant shall pay a fee to the Safety-Service Director or his representative at the time the application is filed in accordance with the following schedule:
 
New tap into sanitary sewer   $150.00
Connection to existing
sanitary tap   150.00
New tap into storm sewer   150.00
         (Ord. 2363. Passed 2-15-99.)
      (3)   The permit required by subsection (a) hereof, shall specify the permissible use of such sewer and connection and such specifications shall be governed by the requirements of this chapter.
      (4)   In the event that any new tap into the City’s sanitary sewer system requires the improvement or increase in capacity of an existing City lift station, there shall be charged to the applicant in addition to the fee set in subsection (b)(2) hereof, a tap fee equal to the cost of the improvement or increase in capacity. This additional tap fee shall be contained in a Sanitary Sewer Lift Station Improvement Agreement describing the required improvements and shall be based upon the cost of such improvements. This Agreement shall be executed by the applicant and the Safety-Service Director on behalf of the City upon the advice and approval of the City Consulting Engineer and Law Director.
         (Ord. 2917. Passed 5-10-10.)
 
   (c)   Cost of Sewer Installation and Maintenance. The property owner shall pay the cost of constructing and maintaining the building sewer from the point where such building sewer connects with the public sewer line into the building or premises served.
 
   (d)   Separate Sewers Required. A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building, except present sewer structures in use.
 
   (e)   Use of Old Building Sewers. Old building sanitary sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found on examination and test by the Safety- Service Director to meet all requirements of this chapter.
 
   (f)   Required Pipe Materials. The building sanitary sewer shall be cast iron soil pipe, vitrified clay sewer pipe, or other suitable material approved by the Safety-Service Director. Joints shall be tight and waterproof. Cast iron pipe with leaded joints may be required by the Director where the building sewer is exposed to damage by tree roots. If installed in filled or unstable ground, the building sewer shall be of cast iron soil pipe, except that non-metallic material may be accepted if laid on a suitable concrete bed or cradle as approved by the Director.
 
   (g)   Size and Slope of Sewer. The size and slope of the building sanitary sewer shall be subject to the approval of the Director, but in no event shall the diameter be less than four inches. The slope of such four-inch pipe shall be not less than one-fourth inch per foot.
 
   (h)   Entrance into Building; Grade; Depth. Whenever possible the building sanitary sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. No building sewer shall be laid parallel to or within three feet of any bearing wall, which might thereby be weakened. The depth shall be sufficient to afford protection from frost. The building sewer shall be laid at uniform grade and in straight alignment insofar as possible. Changes in direction shall be made only with properly curved pipe and fittings.
 
   (i)   Removal if No Gravity Flow. In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity of flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such drain shall be lifted by approved artificial means and discharged to the building sewer.
 
   (j)   Excavations. All excavations required for the installation of a building sanitary sewer shall be open trench work unless otherwise approved by the Safety-Service Director. Pipe laying and backfill shall be performed in accordance with the latest ASTM specifications except that no backfill shall be placed until the work has been inspected.
 
   (k)   Joints.
      (1)   All joints and connections in sanitary sewers shall be made gastight and watertight. Cast iron pipe joints shall be firmly packed with oakum or hemp and filled with molten lead, Federal Specification (QQ-L-156) not less than one inch deep. Lead shall be run in one pouring and caulked tight. No paint, varnish or other coatings shall be permitted on the jointing material until after the joint has been tested and approved.
      (2)   All joints in vitrified clay pipe or between such pipe and metals shall be made with approved hot-poured jointing material or cement mortar as specified below.
      (3)   Material for hot-poured joints shall not soften sufficiently to destroy the effectiveness of the joint when subjected to a temperature of 160 degrees Fahrenheit, and shall not be soluble in any of the wastes carried by the drainage system. The joint shall first be caulked tight with jute, hemp or similar approved materials.
      (4)   Cement joints shall be made by packing a closely twisted jute, or oakum gasket, of suitable size to fill partly the annular space between the pipes. The remaining space shall be filled and firmly compacted with mortar composed of one part of Portland cement and three parts of mortar sand. The material shall be mixed dry; however, sufficient water shall be added to make the mixture workable. Mortar which has begun to set shall not be used or retempered. Lime putty or hydrated lime may be substituted to the extent of not more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the volume of the Portland cement that may be added.
      (5)   Other jointing materials and methods may be used only upon approval of the Safety-Service Director.
 
   (l)   Connecting Building Sewer into Public Sewer. The connection of the building sanitary sewer into the public sanitary sewer shall be made at the "Y" branch, if such branch is available at a suitable location. If the public sewer is twelve inches in diameter or less, and no properly located "Y" branch is available, a neat hole may be cut into the public sewer to receive the building sewer, with entry in the downstream direction at an angle of approximately forty-five degrees. A forty-five degree ell may be used to make such connection, with the spigot and cut so as not to extend past the inner surface of the public sewer. The invert of the building sewer at the point of connection shall be at the same or at a higher elevation than the invert of the public sewer. A smooth neat joint shall be made, and the connection made secure and watertight by encasement in concrete. Special fittings may be used for the connection only when approved by the Safety- Service Director.
 
   (m)   Inspections. The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Safety- Service Director when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the Safety-Service Director or his representative.
 
   (n)   Safety Requirements; Restoration of Pavement. All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the Municipality.
 
   (o)   Laying Pipe in Streets. No person or corporation shall lay any pipe or conduit for any purpose whatsoever in any street within five feet on either side of a public sewer in any street without permission of the Safety-Service Director.
 
   (p)   Repair of Surface. Any settlement of the surface over a drain on any street or public way occurring within six months after the laying of the drain shall be repaired by the Municipality at the expense of the drain layer, if the repairs are not made by the drain layer within twenty-four hours after notice to repair is given to such drain layer by the Safety-Service Director.
(Ord. 465. Passed 1-17-66.)