(A) It is unlawful for any person to engage in the work or business of installing private sewer service lines and appurtenances for others without a license therefor from the State of Minnesota.
(B) All costs and expense incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify and hold the city harmless from any loss or damage to the public sewer that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
(C) A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building; except where 2 or more buildings are situated on 1 parcel such that the parcel may not be subdivided; such a joint use private sewer may be extended to the rear building or buildings and the whole considered as 1 joint use private sewer. Special variances will be considered by the Council.
(D) Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only if, after examination and test by the city, they meet all requirements of this section.
(E) Unused septic tanks, cesspools, leaching pits and similar devices and structures shall be backfilled or made safe and unusable in a manner acceptable to the city.
(F) The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building sewer, and the method to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing, and backfilling the trench, shall all conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing code or other applicable rules and regulations. In the absence of code provisions or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of Water Pollution Control (WPCF) Manual of Practice No. 9, and applicable American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM) Standards shall apply.
(G) 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, the building drain shall be provided with a lifting device by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.
(H) It is unlawful for any person to make connections of roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains or other source of surface runoff or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
(I) The construction of the building sewer and its connection into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing code, the sewer specifications included herein or other applicable rules and regulations and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the Water Pollution Control Federation (WPCF) Manual Practice No. 9, and the American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM). All such construction shall be made gastight and watertight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the city before installation.
(J) The Public Works Director or the designee of the city shall be allowed to inspect the work at any stage of construction and, in any event, the applicant for the permit shall notify the city when the work is ready for final inspection and no underground portions shall be covered before the final inspection is completed. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the city or its representative.
(K) All excavations for building sewer installations shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazards. Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the city.
(Prior Code, § 3.30) Penalty, see § 50.99