(A) (1) (a) There shall be two classes of building sewer permits:
1. For residential and commercial service; and
2. For service to establishments producing industrial wastes.
(b) In either case, the owner or his or her agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the City Council. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the City Council. The industry, as a condition of permit authorization, must provide information describing its wastewater constituents, characteristics and type of activity.
(2) A building sewer permit will only be issued and a sewer connection shall only be allowed if it can be demonstrated that the downstream sewerage facilities, including sewers, pump stations and wastewater treatment facilities, have sufficient reserve capacity to adequately and efficiently handle the additional anticipated waste load.
(Prior Code, § 23-27)
(B) No premises shall be connected with the sanitary sewer system of the city, except upon the payment of a connection charge as determined by resolution of the City Council. The connection charge shall be paid to the City Administrator at the time when application for a permit to connect with the sanitary sewer system is made. The connection charge shall be returned to the applicant should the application be refused.
(Prior Code, § 23-28)
(C) All costs and expenses incident to the installation and 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.
(Prior Code, § 23-29)
(D) A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building.
(Prior Code, § 23-30)
(E) Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the city, to meet all requirements of this subchapter.
(Prior Code, § 23-31)
(F) (1) All sewer construction shall conform to the State Plumbing Code.
(2) 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 the building drain shall be lifted by a means which is approved in accordance with division (F)(1) above and discharged to the building sewer.
(3) No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains or other sources of surface runoff or ground water to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
(4) All excavations for 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 city.
(Prior Code, § 23-32)
(G) All building drains which have backup problems shall have a backwater valve installed at the owner's expense and it shall be the owner's responsibility to see that the backwater valve is kept clean and workable. The city will assume no liability for any damages resulting from backup.
(Prior Code, § 23-33)
(Ord. 554, passed - -; Ord. 759, passed - -) Penalty, see § 53.999