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BUILDING SEWERS AND CONNECTIONS
§ 51.120 DISTURBING PUBLIC SEWERS.
   No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with, or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the city.
(Ord. O-09-20, passed 8-24-09) Penalty, see § 51.999
§ 51.121 DISCHARGES RESTRICTED.
   All disposal by any person into the sewer system is unlawful except those discharges in compliance with federal standards promulgated pursuant to the Federal Act and more stringent state and local standards.
(Ord. O-09-20, passed 8-24-09) Penalty, see § 51.999
§ 51.122 CLASSES OF BUILDING SEWERS.
   There shall be three classes of building sewer permits: for residential; for commercial service; and for service to establishments producing industrial wastes. In either case, the owner or his or her agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the city. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the city. A permit and inspection fee for a residential or commercial building sewer permit shall be paid to the city at the time the application is filed. The industry, as a condition of permit authorization, must provide information describing its wastewater constituents, characteristics, and type of activity.
(Ord. O-09-20, passed 8-24-09) Penalty, see § 51.999
§ 51.123 CONDITIONS FOR ISSUANCE OF BUILDING SEWER PERMITS.
   A building sewer permit will only be issued and a sewer connection shall only be allowed if it can be demonstrated that the downstream sewerage facilities, including sewers, pump stations and wastewater treatment facilities, have sufficient reserve capacity to adequately and efficiently handle the additional anticipated waste load.
(Ord. O-09-20, passed 8-24-09) Penalty, see § 51.999
§ 51.124 SEPARATE SEWERS REQUIRED.
   A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building, except that where one building stands at the rear of another on an interior lot and no private sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley, courtyard, or driveway, the building sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer; provided, that both buildings are under one ownership. If under two ownerships there must be a standard manhole installed between the two buildings for cleaning purposes.
(Ord. O-09-20, passed 8-24-09) Penalty, see § 51.999
§ 51.125 OLD BUILDING SEWERS.
   Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the city to meet all requirements of this chapter.
(Ord. O-09-20, passed 8-24-09) Penalty, see § 51.999
§ 51.126 MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS.
   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 Codes 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 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 shall apply.
(Ord. O-09-20, passed 8-24-09) Penalty, see § 51.999
§ 51.127 BUILDING DRAIN.
   Wherever 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 a means which is approved by the city and discharged to the building sewer.
(Ord. O-09-20, passed 8-24-09)
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