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The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of all sanitary sewers including building sewers, and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the 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. In the absence of suitable code provisions or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the A.S.T.M. and W.P.C.F. Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply. (Ord. 603 (part), 2004: prior code § 5-105)
No sewer trench shall be filled or sewer pipe covered until the service sewer has been first inspected by the public works director or his assistant. Persons making sewer connections shall give at least eight hours' notice to the public works director of the time when such service sewer shall be ready for inspection. The public works director shall inspect such sewer within a reasonable time and if such service sewer is not properly laid or connected, the public works director shall order the same to be taken out and relaid. When such service sewer is completed, approved, and permission granted, the owner or person in charge shall be allowed to use the same. (Ord. 603 (part), 2004: prior code § 5-106)
The filling of earth around and on top of all connecting pipes with lateral or main sewers shall be done in a manner to obtain the greatest compaction possible. Earth shall be laid and tamped in regular layers not exceeding twelve (12) inches in depth up to the road surface and the street or alley shall be left in as good of a condition, whether paved or unpaved, as it was prior to the laying of such pipe. (Ord. 603 (part), 2004: prior code § 5-107)
Whenever any sewer connecting a building with a common sewer or another drain becomes obstructed, broken or out of order in any way, the person in charge of the premises drained by such sewer shall within forty-eight (48) hours after notice from the public works director, reconstruct, repair or cleanse such sewer. In case of neglect or refusal the public works director shall report the same to the common council who shall cause such sewer to be reconstructed, repaired or cleansed at the expense of the person in charge who shall be charged in the manner as for a special assessment. Further, in the event that any person, firm, partnership or corporation is responsible for the obstruction of any city trunk or other sewer line, the person, firm, partnership or corporation shall be charged for the appropriate repair in the same manner as for a special assessment. (Ord. 603 (part), 2004: prior code § 5-108)
No one shall deposit or permit to be deposited in any sewer connected with a public sewer any garbage, hair, ashes, foodstuffs, rags, automobile oil or grease or any other thing whatsoever except feces, urine, necessary closet paper, liquid housewater and domestic garbage processed by an approved disposal unit. Further, no one shall permit or allow the roof drain on any structure to drain into the sewage system. (Ord. 603 (part), 2004: prior code § 5-109)
All sewer systems of every business, residence or other property within the city shall be connected to the Custer City sewage treatment system. Cesspools, septic systems and drop toilets are specifically prohibited. All sewer connections shall be in accordance with the ordinances of the city and shall be approved by the public works director. (Ord. 603 (part), 2004: Ord. 349, 1990: prior code § 5-110)
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