(A) 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 American Society of Testing Materials, Water Pollution Control Federation Manual of Practice No. 9, and Standard Specifications for Water and Sewer Main Construction in Illinois. All such connections shall be made gastight and watertight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the Superintendent before installation.
(B) The connection of the building sewer to the public sewer shall be made at the `Wye Branch,’ if such branch is available at a suitable location. If the public sewer is 12 inches in diameter or less, and no properly located Wye Branch is available, the owner shall at his expense install a Wye Branch at the public sewer at the location specified by the Superintendent. If the public sewer is greater than 12 inches in diameter, and no properly located Wye Branch is available, a neat hole may be cut into the public sewer to receive the building sewer with entry in the downstream direction at an angle of about 45 degrees. A 45 degree elbow may be used to make such connection with a spigot and cut so as not to extend past the inner surface of the public sewer. The invert of the building sewer at the point of connection shall be at the same or at a higher elevation than the invert of the public sewer. A smooth neat joint shall be made and the connection made secure and water tight by encasement in concrete. Special fittings may be used for the connection only when approved by the Superintendent.
(C) All new connections tributary to the combined sewer system of the city shall comply with the following provisions:
(1) New construction: All new inflow connections to the combined sewer system shall be designed to minimize and/or delay contribution to the combined sewer system.
(2) New construction connection: Domestic waste connection shall be separate from the inflow connection to the combined sewer for all new construction in order to facilitate disconnection if a storm sewer becomes available.
(D) Disconnection of inflow sources on combined sewer system: Should a storm sewer be constructed within 200 feet of a property line, the property owner shall connect all inflow sources that are connected to the combined sewer to the storm sewer within six months of the construction of the storm sewer.
(E) The sewer plant superintendent may for good reason direct that the actual connection to a public sewer line be made at a point other than one to the sewer line easement, street or other existing sewer line usage, adjacent to the property line of the landowner. Should he do so, the city shall in addition to providing the sewer tap, also pay the additional cost for such connection as directed by the superintendent to be at other than the point where the landowner’s property would be perpendicular to said sewer main.
(Ord. 652, passed 8-21-95; Am. Ord. 678, passed 4-7-97) Penalty, see § 51.999