Each individual property owner or user of the POTW shall be entirely responsible for the maintenance of the building sewer located on private property. This maintenance will include repair or replacement of the service line from the building owned by the private property owner to the edge of the property line of the property owner as deemed necessary by the Superintendent to meet specifications of the city. If it is determined by a property owner that a problem exists in the sewer line between the property owner’s line, and the city main sewer, the property owner may contact the Superintendent and request that the line be repaired or cleaned so that it will continue to accept effluent from the property owner’s building. However, if the Superintendent and/or city employees determine that there is no blockage in the city’s portion of the line, commonly referred to as the “tap,” or main sewer, or should it be determined that the property owner has not installed a cleanout in accordance with § 55.055 and has not installed a cleanout at the owner’s property line at grade level, the property owner shall be assessed a service charge equal to the actual cost incurred by the city in making the service call, or $50, whichever is greater.
(Ord. 610.1-07-08-13, passed 7-8-2013)