§ 53.016 PRIVATE SYSTEMS.

   All property owners with septic systems, holding tanks, mound systems or other on-site systems shall be required to hook up to the sanitary sewer system unless granted a variance by the Council.

(2004 Code, § 53.016) (Ord. 781, passed 7-19-1988) Penalty, see § 10.99

§ 53.017 REMOVAL OF PROHIBITED CONNECTIONS.

   Any person, owner, lessee or occupant, and any plumber or building contractor who has presently made or permitted to be made, or shall make or permit to be made, any connection or installation in violation of this chapter shall immediately remove that connection or correct that installation. If not removed or corrected within 30 calendar days after notice of violation has been delivered personally or by certified mail to that person, owner, lessee or occupant, the city may impose a surcharge of $100 per month on the sewer bill of the property owners who are not in compliance with this chapter. This surcharge may also be imposed upon any property owner, lessee or occupant who, after the 30 calendar day notice, refuses to allow his or her property to be inspected or fails to provide the certificate from an authorized and registered state licensed plumber. All properties found during regular or periodic reinspection programs that violate this chapter will be subject, at the discretion of the city, to the imposition of the monthly fee for all months between the two most recent inspections.

(2004 Code, § 53.017) (Ord. 781, passed 7-19-1988; Ord. 01-291, passed 5-22-2001) Penalty, see § 10.99

§ 53.018 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 Council, to meet all requirements for this chapter.

(2004 Code, § 53.018) (Ord. 781, passed 7-19-1988)

§ 53.019 STANDARDS.

   (A)   Construction materials and methods. The size, slope, alignment and 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 conform to the requirements of the State Building 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 ASTM and WPCF Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply.

   (B)   Building sewer grade. 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 that building drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.

(2004 Code, § 53.019) (Ord. 781, passed 7-19-1988)

§ 53.020 REGULATIONS AND CODES APPLY.

   (A)   The connection of the building sewer into the sanitary sewer shall conform to the requirements of the State Building Code, or other applicable rules and regulations of the city or the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM and WPCF Manual of Practice No. 9.

   (B)   All connections shall be made gas-tight and water-tight.

   (C)   Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the Council before installation.

(2004 Code, § 53.020) (Ord. 781, passed 7-19-1988)

§ 53.021 INSPECTIONS.

   The person making a connection to a public sewer shall notify the Council when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection with the public sewer. The connection shall be inspected and approved by the Council.

(2004 Code, § 53.021) (Ord. 781, passed 7-19-1988)

§ 53.022 EXCAVATIONS; BARRICADES AND LIGHTS; RESTORATION.

   All excavations for the building sewer installation 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 Council.

(2004 Code, § 53.022) (Ord. 781, passed 7-19-1988) Penalty, see § 10.99