(A) No person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the City Administrator.
(B) (1) There shall be two classes of building sewer permits:
(a) For residential and commercial service; and
(b) For service to establishments producing industrial wastes.
(2) 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 Administrator.
(C) All costs and expense incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the city 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 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.
(E) Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the City Administrator, to meet all requirements of this title.
(F) The building sewer shall be placed to connect to the service line and shall be installed according to the requirements of the State Building and Plumbing Codes, city ordinances and the Design Manual of Streets and Ways for the city.
(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 sewage carried by such building drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.
(H) 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.
(I) The city shall install a service from the main public sewer line to the owner’s property line upon payment of the connection charges required by § 52.24 and compliance with all other provisions of this title.
(J) Should the City Administrator determine that special monitoring structures or equipment are necessary, the City Administrator may require that they be installed, and their cost and expense shall be borne by the owner.
(K) The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the City Administrator of his or her designee the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the City Administrator or his or her representative.
(L) 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 city.
(Prior Code, § 52.03) (Ord. 261, passed 5-8-1979) Penalty, see § 50.99
Statutory reference:
Oregon Residential Specialty Code, see O.A.R. 918-0002 et seq.
Oregon Structural and Energy Efficiency Codes, see O.A.R. 918-460-0010 et seq.
Oregon Specialty Plumbing Code, see O.A.R. 918-750-0110 et seq.