(A) The community sewer system, as presently designed, is limited in capacity for both initial hookups and flow through the system. All connections to the community sewer system shall be permitted only after the Sewer Board has determined that there is a demonstrated need for the connection. No connections shall be allowed outside the corporate city limits.
(B) No unauthorized person shall uncover, make a connection with or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any community sewer system without first obtaining a written permit from the Sanitation Manager. All permit applications shall be approved by the Sanitation Manager and must meet specifications specified by the city. A permit inspection fee, in an amount established by the City Council, shall be paid at the time the permit application is filed.
(C) The property owner shall pay all costs and expenses incident to the installation of the building sewer and its connection to the community sewer system, including, but not limited to, the costs of interceptor tanks and effluent lines required to service the property. The property owner shall reimburse the city for any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be caused by the installation of the building sewer. Nothing contained in this section shall prevent any person from applying for and receiving any grant monies available through the County Housing Authority and Urban Renewal Agency.
(D) The city may, on a one-time basis only, pay or cause to be paid the partial cost of installations to the community sewer from the execution of this chapter until final designs of the public sewer system have been approved. At all other times, the costs shall be assessed the property owner.
(E) 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 the building drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged to or from the interceptor tank and public sewer system at no cost to the city.
(F) 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 the public treatment works.
(G) A person applying for connection to the community sewer system shall notify the Sanitation Manager when the effluent sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The Sanitation Manager will inspect the proposed connection to the street sewer, including the installation of the interceptor tank and piping. The connection shall be under the supervision of the Sanitation Manager, or his or her representative. No pipings, fittings, or tankage shall be backfilled or covered in any way until the Sanitation Manager has inspected and approved the completed work.
(H) All excavations for effluent sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard. Private contractors involved in the construction described in this chapter shall defend, preserve, and shall hold the city harmless from any claims made by third parties injured due to the contractor’s negligence. Streets, sidewalks, parkways, and private property disturbed in the course of the work described herein shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the City Council.
(I) The city shall have the right, at all times, to enter property by way of the appropriate easement, in order to inspect, repair, clean, or otherwise service the community sewage system, including the interceptor tank.
(Prior Code, § 50.05) (Ord. 420, passed 10-5-1987)