(a) No person shall uncover, make any connection with or opening into, use, alter or disturb, any public sewer or the appurtenances thereto without first obtaining a written permit therefor from the City. Before a permit may be issued for sanitary sewer connections, repairs or excavating for plumbing in any public street, way or alley, the person applying for the permit shall have executed unto the City and deposited with the City a corporate surety (plumber’s bond) in the sum specified in Section 1048.04, conditioned upon such person’s faithfully performing all work with due care and skill and in accordance with the laws, rules and regulations established under the authority or any regulation of the City pertaining to plumbing. This bond shall state that the person will indemnify and save harmless the City and the owner of the premises against all damages, costs, expenses, outlays and claims of every nature and kind arising out of unskillfulness or negligence on his or her part in connection with plumbing or excavating for plumbing as prescribed in this chapter. Such bond shall remain in force and must be executed for a period of one year, except that on expiration, it shall remain in force as to all penalties, claims and demands that may have accrued thereunder prior to such expiration.
(b) It shall be the duty of the City, upon application for a permit and upon notification of the time and place that the connection is to be made, to superintend and oversee the making of such connection and to have the excavation filled in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 1010.
(c) The owner or his or her agent shall make application for a permit on a special form furnished by the City. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the City. A permit and inspection fee shall be paid to the City at the time the application is filed.
(d) All costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner or the person installing the building sewer for the owner shall indemnify the City from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by said installation operations.
(e) A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building, except where otherwise permitted by the City.
(Ord. 97-011. Passed 6-23-97.)