(a) No person shall construct, continue, extend or connect any house sewer or drain, or open any trench or remove any pavement for such purpose, within the City without first procuring a permit from the Building Commissioner in writing, to do so. No such work shall be commenced or prosecuted unless such permit is upon the grounds and in the possession of the person in charge of the work.
The permit shall be granted on the express condition that the owner or tenant for whose benefit such connection shall be made, and each succeeding owner or tenant, shall, in consideration of the privilege thereby granted, hold the City harmless for any loss or damage that may in any way result from or be occasioned by such connections.
(b) Permits shall be taken out in each case in the name of the plumber before the work is commenced. Each permit shall designate the name of the owner, agent or person in whose interest the work is to be done, the street and number of the house and sublot and shall include such definite description of the premises as to clearly define the location of the same.
(c) The sewer connection inspection permit herein provided for, a copy of which shall be furnished the Director of Public Service and Development at the time of issuance, shall be issued on application to the Building Commissioner and, upon payment by the applicant of a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00), such permit shall authorize either one connection to a sanitary sewer, one connection to a stormwater sewer or one connection to each, if both connections are to be located in the same trench, but such permit shall not authorize the making of any opening in any street to extend beyond the curb line of the street, unless a street opening permit has first been obtained to do so.
(d) Connections made to the main sewer or made to the service connection of the main sewer at the curb line, for premises named in a permit, shall be made only by licensed plumbers or sewer builders.
Such information as the City possesses relative to the depth and location of the sewer, or connection at the curb line, shall be furnished on application and all reasonable care shall be taken to insure the correctness of such information, but the City shall not be liable for any error arising therefrom.
(e) All openings made within the street lines for the purpose of laying any sewer connection or house drain shall be done in open trench. All paving material, flagging, curb and ballasting shall be carefully removed and preserved. After the connection is properly laid, the trench shall be refilled in accordance with the City regulations relating to street openings.
(f) The Building Commissioner before granting any permit, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, which will necessitate any excavation in, upon or under any state highway in the City, or the making of a connection to a sewer or house connection sewer for which a permit is also required from a county sanitation district or a political subdivision other than the City, shall require such permit to be presented for inspection.
(g) Nothing in this section shall be deemed or construed to require the application for or the issuance of a permit for the purpose of removing stoppages in any house connection sewer, except when it is necessary to replace any part or all of the sewer connection or to excavate in any street or sidewalk or sewer easement in connection therewith.
(h) A permit under which an excavation, tunnel or the laying of sewer or storm drain pipe in any public street is contemplated shall be issued only to other departments of the City, other governmental agencies or qualified contractors.
(i) The provisions of subsections (a) through (e) hereof, shall not be construed to apply to contractors constructing house connection sewers under contracts entered into under proceedings had or taken pursuant to any of the procedure ordinances of the City, the County or the State statutes, or other contracts authorized by Council, providing for the construction of house connection sewers.
(j) (1) No person having obtained a permit from the City shall construct, alter or repair any house connection sewer or any portion of any house connection sewer, or make a connection to any public sewer or house connection, pursuant to any permit, at any place other than that designated thereon. Neither shall the person fail, refuse or neglect to comply with any requirement contained or referred to in this section.
(2) At all times, while the work under any such permit is in progress, the original of the permit shall be kept at the place of the work and shall, on demand, be exhibited to the City or to any of its inspectors, agents or representatives, or to any police officer.
(k) The construction of all sewers, and all repairs to sewers, shall be in accordance with the Uniform Standard for Sewerage Improvements of the combined agencies of the City of Cleveland, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District, Cuyahoga County Sanitary Engineering Division, the Municipal Engineers Association of Northeast Ohio and Ohio EPA Northeast District Office.
(l) The provisions of this chapter are supplementary to the provisions of the City Building Code. (Ord. 12-40. Passed 11-19-12.)