(A) (1) No person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter or disturb the POTW other than as described in this division (A).
(2) It shall be unlawful to commence work on any building or premises on which plumbing is required or is to be installed; perform any work covered by the FBC, including but not limited to the excavation or obstruction of any public or private street, alley or other thoroughfare for the purpose of installing plumbing, sewer work or connection to the POTW or appurtenance thereof, commence the construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair and/or remodeling of any plumbing, sewer or liquid waste treatment system, without first having obtained a permit from the BCDNRP, the building official as required by Section 27 BCDNRP Code of Regulations, the FBC, and this chapter. No sewage collection system intended to convey flow to the POTW shall be permitted without prior approval of the Utilities Director.
(3) Plans and specifications for building sewers and connections shall be submitted to the building official for approval prior to the issuance of a city permit.
(4) Accompanying the permit, the applicant shall receive from the Engineering Department the distance and dimension locating the service connection in the sewer nearest to the desired point of connection.
(5) House sewers from buildings shall be connected to the public sewers only at such service connection as may be designated in the permit. No person other than designated city employees shall tap, cut into, or break open any public sewer mains or lines other than the branch or service connection provided thereof.
(6) Should an additional service connection be required and should such requirement necessitate a tap, cut-in or insertion into the main sewer or force main, such tap, cut-in or insertion shall be made only by such city employees designated for such work.
(7) The work of connecting existing sewers to city sewers in conformance with plans filed in accordance with the terms of this chapter must be performed by a duly licensed master plumber.
(8) All costs and expenses incidental to the installation of connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the city from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer and connection.
(9) Existing building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings sewers only when they are found on examination and test by the building official, to conform in all respects to the requirements governing new building sewers as outlined in Chapter 29 of the FBC in effect in Broward County, Florida, as revised from time to time.
(10) No person shall connect roof downspouts, foundation drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to the POTW.
(11) The applicant for a building sewer permit shall notify the Department of Planning and Development Services when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection and testing shall be made under the inspection of the building official or his representative, for connection to a lateral at the property lines or the Utility Department for connection within a public right-of-way or easement.
(12) All excavations for building sewer installations shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights in compliance with all OSHA requirements so as to protect the workers and 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.
(13) The connection to the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the FBC or other applicable rules and regulations of the Utilities Department. All such connections shall be made gas-tight and water-tight and verified by the proper testing.
(14) If sewers are not available for connection because of insufficient capacity, the city, at the customer request or by own choice, may upgrade the system when and if such upgrade is not detrimental to the system. The customer shall reimburse the city for all costs actually incurred by the city for work done to make sewers available to him.
(16) On completion of any construction for building sewers and connections licensed under this chapter, as-built drawings signed by a professional engineer or land surveyor registered in the state shall be submitted to the BCDNRP and to the city. Certificates of occupancy for any structure built under the provisions of this chapter or for structures connecting to a sewer collection/transmission system built under the provisions of this chapter shall not be issued by the city until notified by the BCDNRP that said structure and/or sewer as-built drawings have been reviewed and the project approved by the BCDNRP.
('72 Code, § 25-5)
(B) (1) It is the property owner's responsibility to maintain the sanitary sewer service upon and from his property to the city sewer main in the adjacent public right-of-way. However, the city shall be responsible for repairing or replacing defective materials or portions of the line from the property line to the sewer main damaged by vehicular traffic driving over the above said line.
(2) If a sewer connection permits entrance of infiltration or inflow, the city or Utilities Department shall require the customer to repair the sewer at the customer's expense within 15 days.
('72 Code, § 25-6)
(Ord. O-88-27, passed 5-18-88; Am. Ord. O-93-42, passed 10-6-93; Am. Ord. O-2005-02, passed 3-2-05; Am. Ord. O-2011-15, passed 5-4-11) Penalty, see § 52.99