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§ 52.060 UNAUTHORIZED CONNECTIONS.
   No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenances thereto and no person, firm, or corporation shall make any connections to any part of the sewer system without first making an application to the city and securing a permit therefor.
(Ord. 46, passed 4-8-1975) Penalty, see § 52.999
§ 52.061 BUILDING SEWER PERMITS.
   (A)   There shall be two classes of building sewer permits for the city: for residential and commercial service; and 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.
   (B)   The permit applications shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or other information considered pertinent in the secretary’s judgment.
   (C)   A permit and inspection fee as established from time to time by the Directors shall be paid to the secretary at the time the application is filed.
(Ord. 46, passed 4-8-1975)
§ 52.062 BUILDING SEWER AND SERVICE CONNECTION COSTS; MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS.
   (A)   All costs and expenses incident to the installation, connection, maintenance, repair, and replacement of the building sewer and service connection shall be borne by the owner.
   (B)   The owner shall indemnify the city from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation, connection, maintenance, repair, and replacement, of the building sewer and service connection.
(Ord. 46, passed 4-8-1975; Ord. 216, passed 4-11-1995)
§ 52.063 USE OF EXISTING SEWERS.
   Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings, or new building sewers, only when they are found, on examination and testing by the secretary, to meet all requirements of this chapter.
(Ord. 46, passed 4-8-1975) Penalty, see § 52.999
§ 52.064 SEPARATE BUILDING SEWER.
   A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building, except where one building stands at the rear of another on an interior lot and no private 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, provided, however, that apartments, courts, motels, and similar structures held under a single ownership shall be permitted to use a single sanitary sewer connection while such single ownership shall continue, such single connection to be of a size and type approved by the secretary as adequate for the purpose.
(Ord. 46, passed 4-8-1975)
§ 52.065 BASEMENT SERVICE.
   Building sewers serving buildings with basements shall, whenever possible, 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 sewage carried by such drain shall be lifted by approved means and discharged to the building sewer.
(Ord. 46, passed 4-8-1975)
§ 52.066 RESTRICTED CONNECTIONS.
   No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
(Ord. 46, passed 4-8-1975) Penalty, see § 52.999
§ 52.067 POINT OF CONNECTION.
   Building sewer connections shall be made on the house side of the septic tank except as provided in § 52.004(B) of this chapter.
(Ord. 46, passed 4-8-1975)
§ 52.068 BUILDING SEWERS AND SERVICE CONNECTIONS.
   Construction of building sewers and service connections shall conform to this chapter, to the State Plumbing Code, being O.A.R. 918-750-0100 et seq., and to the standards for building sewer and/or service connection construction in the city, together with all amendments thereof, or hereafter adopted. Copies of building sewer and/or service connection standards are available in the City Supervisor office.
(Ord. 46, passed 4-8-1975; Ord. 216, passed 4-11-1995) Penalty, see § 52.999
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