(A) Privies, septic tanks, cesspools, and the like. Except as otherwise provided by the Board, the city, or the state or any of its agencies, a person shall not construct or maintain a privy, septic tank, cesspool, or other facility intended or used for the disposal of wastewater.
(B) Required use of sewers. The owner of all residential, commercial, and industrial or other buildings or property used for human occupancy, employment, or recreation situated within the city is hereby required to install suitable toilet facilities therein and to connect such facilities to a public sewer or a private sewer facility. Such connection shall be made to a public sewer except where there is no public sewer within 175 feet of such owner’s residence or business, as measured from the sewerline and the owner’s residence or business. If a connection is made to a private sewage system as permitted herein and a public sewer later comes within this distance, a connection shall be made to the public sewer and the connection to the private sewage facility shall be abandoned. It shall be a violation of this chapter not to make the connection required herein within 90 days after written notice to do so has been given to the owner by the city. Such notice may be given by delivery or be certified mail to the owner’s last known address.
(C) Construction of building for house lateral sewers. The size, shape, alignment, materials, or construction of a building (or house) lateral sewer and the methods to be used in excavating, placing the pipe, jointing, testing, and backfilling the trench shall conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing codes and other applicable rules and regulations of the city.
(D) Determining major contributors. Each commercial and industrial user shall supply the city with information about expected wastewater constituents and characteristics to be used in determining whether or not the user will be a major contributor.
(E) Separate sewer requirements. A separate and independent building (or house) lateral sewer shall be provided for every building (or house); except where one building (or house) stands at the rear of another on an interior lot and no private sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building (or house) through an adjoining alley, court, yard, or driveway. In such cases, the building (or house) lateral sewer from the front building (or house) may be extended to the rear building (or house) and the whole considered as one building (or house) lateral sewer.
(F) Use of old building (or house) lateral sewer for a new building (or house). Old building (or house) lateral sewers may be used in connection with new buildings (or houses) only when they are determined, upon examination and test by the Inspector, to meet all requirements of this chapter.
(G) Elevation and location of building (or house) lateral sewer. Whenever reasonably possible, the building (or house) lateral sewer shall be brought to the building (or house) at an elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings (or houses) in which any building (or house) drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the appropriate public sewer, wastewater carried by such building (or house) drain shall be lifted by an appropriate means and discharged to the building (or house) lateral sewer.
(H) Connection of downspouts, drains, and the like. No person shall hereafter connect or reconnect roof downspouts, footing drains, areaway drains, driveways, parking lots, or other sources of surface runoff or ground water to a building (or house) lateral sewer or building (or house) drain which is in turn connected directly or indirectly to the sewer system.
(I) Inspection; supervision of connection. The applicant for the building (or house) lateral sewer permit shall notify the Board or its designated representative when a building (or house) lateral sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the sewerage system. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the Inspector or his or her representative using material and techniques conforming to the requirement of the Board.
(J) Extensions outside of the city. A person shall not directly or indirectly make any connections with or openings into the sewerage system for the purpose of serving any areas outside the corporate boundaries of the city without first securing a specific resolution of the Board describing the real estate and property to be served and authorizing such connection.
(K) Prohibition of discharge to natural outlets. It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the city, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said city, any sewage or other polluted waters except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this chapter.
(L) Right to prohibit new connections. The city shall have the right to prohibit new connections when the excess capacity of the sewerage system is deemed insufficient by the Board to accommodate the expected flow, BOD, and/or suspended solids loading from the prospective sewer user.
(2003 Code, § 13.12.130) (Ord. 80-2, passed 1-14-1980) Penalty, see § 52.99