925.10 SEWER TAPPING, PLUMBING LICENSE.

   No person shall perform sewer tapping work unless such person has first obtained from the City, a sewer tapping license or a plumbing license, if a method of obtaining such licenses has been provided for elsewhere by City ordinance.

(Ord. 90-5835. Passed 8-14-90.)

925.11 PERMIT REQUIRED.

   No person shall perform sewer tapping work unless the person has first obtained a permit from the Chief Building Inspector. Work for which a permit has been obtained must be commenced within six months or the permit shall become null and void. A cessation of more than one month in work which has been started shall also void the permit. Provided however a new permit will not be issued when it has been determined by the Mayor and/or the Director of Water/Sewer Operations that there does not exist sufficient capacity in the Sewage Disposal System including collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of wastes as may be discharged by the applicant of such new permit.

(Ord. 90-5835. Passed 8-14-90.)

925.12 PERMIT APPLICATION; DEPOSIT FOR PAVEMENT DISTURBANCE.

   (a)   Applications for permits shall be filed in writing with the Chief Building Inspector on a form furnished for that purpose and shall be signed by the applicant. The application shall give the correct site of the work and describe in detail the work to be performed, with other information required by the Inspector. The Inspector may require that applications be accompanied by drawings and specifications which shall be in detail sufficient to enable the Department to determine that the proposed work will be in conformity with the provisions of this chapter. Drawings and specifications shall become part of the application.

   (b)   If the work will require opening through, undermining or removal of any pavement or surface in any public street or other public ground, no permit shall be issued unless there is on deposit an appropriate sum to guarantee the cost of repairing and relaying the pavement or surface, as may be provided for by ordinance. No portion of this deposit shall be refunded until the Inspector has issued a certificate of approval.

(Ord. 90-5835. Passed 8-14-90.)

925.13 ISSUANCE OF PERMIT.

   The Inspector, upon determining that the proposed work complies with this chapter, and upon receipt of the appropriate fee, shall issue the permit.

(Ord. 90-5835. Passed 8-14-90.)

925.14 PERMIT FEES.

   The fee for a sewer tapping permit to tap into the sanitary sewer system shall be two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for each proposed connection serving a user within the corporate limits and five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each proposed connection serving a user outside the corporate limits of the City. The fee for sewer tapping permits to tap into the storm sewer system shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each proposed connection. In addition to these fees there is also a twenty-five dollar ($25.00) inspection fee.

(Ord.95-6118. Passed 1-24-95.)

925.15 WORK NOTIFICATION REQUIRED OF PERMITTEE.

   The holder of a sewer tapping permit shall notify the Director of Water/Sewer at least two days prior to starting work on a building sewer or building sanitary sewer, weekends and holidays excluded. The permit holder shall notify the Director of Water/Sewer at least two days prior to making the actual connection to the City's sanitary or storm sewer system and the connection shall be made during the regular working hours of personnel of the Water/Sewer Department.

(Ord. 90-5835. Passed 8-14-90.)

925. 16 REQUIREMENTS OF WORK.

   All sewer tapping work shall meet the following requirements:

   (a)   All work shall be done in accordance with generally accepted procedure;

   (b)   All materials and workmanship shall be such as to ensure that building sewers and building storm sewers will drain properly and will not settle unduly and will support required loads without danger of crushing, and to ensure that excessive exfiltration and infiltration will be avoided;

   (c)   No building sewer shall be connected to a City storm sewer and no building storm sewer shall be connected to a City sanitary sewer;

   (d)   Extreme care shall be exercised to avoid damaging the sanitary or storm sewer, both during excavation and as the tap is being made. If the sewer is broken or damaged, it shall be repaired or replaced at the expense of the person holding the sewer tapping permit, to the satisfaction of the Director of Water/Sewer Operations;

   (e)   Care shall be exercised to avoid the entrance of sewer wall fragments, dirt, rock, mud or any other Foreign substances into the sanitary or storm sewer during sewer tapping work. Any such substances which enters the sewer shall be completely removed by the permit holder.

      (Ord. 90-5835. Passed 8-14-90.)

925.17 COMPLIANCE WITH PERMITS.

   All work performed under a permit issued by the Chief Building Inspector shall conform with the approved application and plans, and approved amendments thereto.

(Ord. 90-5835. Passed 8-14-90.)