(A) Permit required to connect. No person shall connect with the sewer or water system of the city until he shall have made application for and received permission to connect as provided in the § 53.17.
('70 Code, § 25-32)
(B) Contents of permit application for sewer connection; ownership of service lines.
(1) Requests for sanitary sewer service shall be made to the engineering division. Information required from each applicant shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(a) Name of applicant;
(b) Address of proposed service connection; and
(c) Nature of the sewage that will be discharged into the city's sanitary sewer system.
The applicant shall comply with all regulations and ordinance that pertain to the city's sanitary sewer system.
(2) The city retains ownership of the sewer service line. Sewer service lines shall be kept in repair by the city and at the expense of the city. Necessary renewals of sewer service lines, due to age, disrepair or general maintenance purposes, shall be made by the city and at the expense of the city. Renewals of sewer service lines, due to upgrade, change in location of desired service or other consumer requests not due to ordinary or expected maintenance, shall be at the expense of the consumer. The work of furnishing and installing the service line from the main sanitary sewer line to the right-of-way line shall be performed by the City Maintenance Division.
(3) The property owner shall pay in advance for new service lines which are deemed the same.
('70 Code, § 25-33)
(C) Contents of permit application for water connection. All applications for a permit to make connections with the water system shall be made at the Office of the City Engineer. Such application shall fully describe the locality where such connection is desired and shall fully contain a correct statement of the various uses to which the water is to be applied. At the time the application is made, tap fees shall be paid.
('70 Code, § 25-34)
(D) Permit revocation. All permits to connect with the city water and sewer systems shall be given upon the condition that the City Engineer may at any time, before the completion of the connection, revoke and annul the permit when the work is not being properly executed. No party interested shall have a claim for damage in consequence of such permit being revoked or annulled.
('70 Code, § 25-35)
(Ord. 1982-47, passed 10-4-82; Am. Ord. 2010-22, passed 4-5-10)