(a) All taps on the public sewer shall be done by City forces as set forth in existing ordinances or in this chapter. No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connection with or opening into, or use, alter or disturb, any public sewer or appurtenance without obtaining a written permit from the City Engineer.
(b) There shall be two classes of building sewer permits, one for residential and commercial service and one for service to establishments producing industrial wastes. In either case, the owner or his or her agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the City. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the City Engineer. A permit and inspection fee of ten dollars ($10.00) for a residential or commercial building sewer permit and twenty dollars ($20.00) for an industrial building sewer permit shall be paid to the Finance Director at the time the application is filed. This permit and inspection fee shall be added to and paid with any fees required by existing ordinances for tapping into the public sewer by City forces.
(c) All costs and expenses incidental to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the Municipality from any loss or damage that may, directly or indirectly, be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
(d) A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building. However, where one building stands at the rear of another on an interior lot and no public sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley, court, yard or driveway, the building sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer, with approval of the City Engineer.
(e) Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the City Engineer, to meet all requirements of this chapter.
(f) The size, slope, alignment and materials of construction of a building sewer, 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 Code of the City and shall be approved by the City Engineer. The building sewer shall be not less than six inches in internal diameter and shall be laid in open trench.
(g) 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 wastewater carried by the building drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.
(h) No person shall make any connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains or other sources of surface run-off or ground water to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
(i) The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall be at an existing riser, “Y” branch or lot service pipe located on the applicant's side of the street, if the riser or “Y” branch is available at a suitable location. If no properly located “Y” branch or riser is available at the applicant's side of the street, the City forces will tap the public sewer and extend the service pipe to the applicant's side of the street as set forth in existing sewer tap ordinances. The connection between the building sewer and the public sewer, “Y” branch, lot service pipe or riser shall be made secure and watertight by encasement in concrete. Special fittings may be used for the connection only when approved by the City Engineer.
(j) The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the City Engineer when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the City Engineer.
(k) All excavations for building sewer installations shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights 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 City.
(Ord. 5330. Passed 10-15-91.)