The methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing and backfilling the trench shall all conform to the requirements of the Building and Plumbing Code or other applicable rules and regulations of the city.
(A) (1) Each connection shall be made at the "Y" designated for that property. Only where the designated "Y" is not located within three feet of the point of measurements furnished by the Superintendent will a tap-in connection be allowed.
(2) 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 and the Water Pollution Control Federation Manual of Practice No. 9 and the latest edition of 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 Plumbing Inspector before installation.
(3) The person making the connection shall make an opening in the main sewer similar to the interior diameter of the "Y" branch and then properly cement and attach a saddle in place or use a universal rubber saddle with stainless steel bands. The saddle shall have a suitable curvature to conform to the outside diameter of the public sewer. Either option must be approved by the PWD on the sewer application prior to installation.
(B) The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building sewer and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing and backfilling the trench shall all conform to the requirements of the Building and Plumbing Code or other applicable rules and regulations of the city. In the absence of code provisions or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the A.S.T.M. and W.P.C.F. Manual of Practice No. 9 and the latest edition of the Standard Specifications for Water and Sewer Main Construction in Illinois shall apply.
(C) 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 such building drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.
(D) No person shall make connection of roof down spouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain that in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
(E) The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the PWD when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. Each and every part of a sewer connection shall be inspected and approved by the PWD or his or her representative before being concealed or backfilled.
(F) Any person filling in an excavation without having first received the written approval of the PWD as provided in this subchapter shall, in addition to suffering the fine herein imposed, expose the sewer for inspection by the PWD at no cost to the city. In any case where the PWD finds the work on any sewer not done in a satisfactory manner as herein provided, he or she shall serve written notice on the person to whom the permit is issued, stating wherein such work is deficient and ordering said person to remedy such defect within 24 hours. In the event such person fails to comply therewith, the PWD shall cause such defect to be corrected at the expense of the person to whom the permit was issued. The inspection fee shall be paid to the City Clerk as a fee for the performance of the PWD, and it shall be the duty of the PWD to inspect any sewer connection or sewer pipe within the city. It shall also be the duty of said PWD to inform the approving authority of any violation of this section and to assist in the prosecution of offenders.
(G) All excavations for building sewer installation shall comply with the provisions of this code relating to excavations in streets and shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard, streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the city.
(Ord. 1121, passed 12-20-99)