(A) All owners and occupants of premises where sewers are now available, or are hereafter made available, shall within 60 days from the date that the Superintendent of the sewer system, or other duly authorized official of the city, furnishes notice to the owner of the property, either by personal written notice or by notice published in a local newspaper of general circulation throughout the city, that the sewer line has been installed, placed in operation, and is available to the premises, connect therewith all sanitary sewerage drain pipes of the premises.
(B) All connections shall be made under the regulations as the city may establish. Failure to effect the connection is hereby declared to be unlawful and shall constitute a nuisance. No stormwater drain shall remain connected or be connected with any separate sanitary sewer heretofore or hereafter constructed as, or made a part of, the sewer system of the city, nor shall any stormwater be otherwise introduced to any such separate sanitary sewer.
(C) (1) No person shall make connections 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.
(2) Any such connections which already exist on the effective date of this subchapter shall be completely and permanently disconnected within 60 days of the effective date of this subchapter. The owners of any building sewers having any connections, leaks, or defects shall bear all costs incidental to removal of those sources. Pipes, sumps, and pumps for those sources of ground and surface water shall be separate from wastewater facilities. Removal of those sources of water without presence of separate facilities shall be evidence of drainage to public sanitary sewer.
(D) The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the Building and Plumbing Code or other applicable rules and regulations of the city, or the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the A.S.T.M. and the W.P.C.F. Manual of Practice No. 9. All such connections shall be made gastight and watertight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the Mayor before installation.
(Ord. 5-25-64-2, passed 5-25-1964; Ord. 50.021, passed 3-4-1999; Ord. 2008-4, passed 6-10-2008) Penalty, see § 50.999