(a) No person shall tap, make connection with or procure service into any main or trunk sewer in the City, or into any lateral sewer connected with any main or trunk sewer or into any lateral sewer, except upon written application to the Director and approval as set forth below.
(b) Every person desiring to tap or make connection with any main or trunk sewer in the City, shall, before making such tap or connection, apply to the Utilities Clerk on a blank form to be provided by the Director. The application shall state the residents name, location of tap (residents address), contractor, date of tap and the size and type of tap desired. The Director shall consult the records with reference to such sewer or service, and if in his judgment the tap or connection can and should be made, he shall upon payment by the applicant of a fee issue to the applicant, a written permit authorizing the making of such tap or connection. The fees for storm sewer tap are listed in Section 921.20.
(c) All sewer taps must use a fernco saddle T or Y and should be core cut or sawed. If a crack extrudes from the saddle the tap will be rejected. P.V.C. Sch. 35 or Sch. 40 T or Y with appropriate fernco bands must be installed. An eighteen inch vertical distance between sewer and water line must be maintained; (a ten foot sleeve around the waterline in lieu of the eighteen inch separation is permitted). A ten-foot horizontal separation between water and sanitary sewer lines must be maintained. Any tap in approved subdivision will be exempt. Any deviation from this policy must be by written approval of the Safety/Service Director. All taps must be inspected by and approved by the Director or his designated personnel. Failure to provide for inspection will require said contractor to reopen hole for the inspection at their expense.
(d) Where any tap or street access necessitates excavating or tunneling under or across any paved street or alley, the applicant shall, in addition to the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) hereof, as a condition precedent to the issuance of a permit therefore, file with the Director a good and sufficient bond, conditioned to faithfully replace such street or alley in as good condition as the same was prior to such excavating or tunneling.
(e) (1) All alleys other than stone are the same bond amount as streets. A stone alley must be returned to normal condition. City retains all fees’ to pay for the repair of the street. All digging must be replaced with stone. Any trench work over forty square feet will be time and materials and all trenches should be compacted in one foot lifts. All street repairs for water service work will be included in Delphos water Dept. fees. The bond amount shall be refunded after the contractor (other than City) completes a satisfactory restoration. Fees will be charged as outlined in utility street bonds applicable unless a contract or purchase order agreement as agreed to by the Director. Such bond shall be listed in Section 921.20.
(2) Fees collected under this section shall be appropriated to the guaranteed bond fund and used primarily for street repairs.
(Ord. 2004-23. Passed 4-13-04.)