(a) All persons making a connection to the sanitary sewerage collecting system or altering or changing the use of the land served where there is an existing connection as contemplated hereinafter, shall pay to the City, in addition to the inspection fee, the following fees:
(1) For single dwelling units for which a sewer permit is needed, the charge shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
(2) For multiple family dwelling structures for which a sewer permit is needed, the charge shall be fifty dollars ($50.00) for the first unit, and ten dollars ($10.00) for every unit thereafter.
(3) For any structure intended partially or wholly for commercial purposes, for which a sewer permit is needed, the charge shall be fifty dollars ($50.00) for the first commercial unit proposed for the structure plus fifty dollars ($50.00) per unit for each additional unit proposed. Dwelling units in commercial structures (such as apartments over a store) shall be charged as in subsection (a)(2) hereof. Commercial is defined as an establishment whose principal activity is to provide merchandise or services to those who need them. A commercial unit shall consist of a structure or part thereof having 15,000 square feet or less.
(4) For any structure intended partially or wholly for industrial purposes for which a sewer permit is needed, the charge shall be fifty dollars ($50.00) for each industrial unit proposed for the structure. Commercial units in industrial structures will be charged as in subsection (a)(3) hereof. Industry is defined as any activity where materials are received, are altered by one or more internal operations and then dispatched in the altered form. An industrial unit shall consist of a structure or part thereof having 40,000 square feet or less.
(5) All municipal, county, state, and federal activities shall be classed as commercial providing services.
(6) All churches, schools, hospitals, nursing and rest homes and other service organizations, shall be classed as commercial providing services.
(7) Regardless of the fees herein before mentioned, it is provided that a charge of one hundred dollars ($100.00) shall be made for a permit to tap into a trunk or interceptor sewer. All fees herein before mentioned are for main lines.
(b) In all cases, the owner or his agent shall make application on a special permit form furnished by the City. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specification or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the City Engineer. The City Engineer shall administer the collection of this fee, and he is hereby granted authority as may be necessary to collect the same, including the right to withhold issuance of a permit until plans are approved and until such fee is paid.
(c) All tapping and inspection fees shall be credited to a separate fund called "The Sanitary Sewer Improvement and Extension Fund".
(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 such owner shall indemnify the City from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by such installation.
(e) (1) A separate and independent sewer lateral shall be provided for every building, except where one building stands at the rear of another on an interior lot and no private sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley, court, yard or driveway, the sewer lateral from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one sewer lateral. In these cases, the tapping fee appropriate to the building being served shall be paid the same as though the sewer was being connected directly to the main sewer system.
(2) Old sewer laterals may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the City Engineer, to meet all requirements of this chapter, including the payment of an inspection fee. The charge for the examination and test by the City Engineer shall be fifty dollars ($50.00) regardless of the result of the inspection.
(f) The size and slope of the building sewer shall be subject to the approval of the Superintendent, but in no event shall the diameter be less than six inches for all uses. The slope of such pipe shall be not less than one percent (1%) or of sufficient slope to maintain a two feet per second velocity in the sewer.
(g) No building sewer shall be laid parallel to or within three feet of any bearing wall, which might thereby be weakened. The depth shall be sufficient to afford protection from frost. The building sewer shall be laid at a uniform grade and in straight alignment in so far as possible. Changes in direction shall be made only with properly curved pipes and fittings.
(h) Whenever possible, the sewer lateral 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 such building drain shall be lifted by a means approved by the City Engineer and discharged to the sewer lateral. No water operated sewage ejector shall be used.
(i) No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, foundation drains, areaway drains or other sources of surface runoff or ground water to a sewer lateral or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
(j) All connections of sewer laterals to sanitary sewer mains of less than fifteen inches diameter shall be done in the following manner: the complete joint where the connection is to be made shall be removed and replaced with a "Y” for such connections. In pipes fifteen inches and over, an opening may be cut into the pipe and a short hub installed in this opening. This hub shall be protected with either cement mortar or concrete of proper mixture.
(k) The applicant for the lateral sewer permit shall notify the City Engineer when the lateral sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the City Engineer or his representative.
(1) All excavations for lateral sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard. Street, sidewalks, parkways and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner approved by the City Engineer.
(m) The materials for building sewers (laterals) shall be as listed herein. Any reference to any standard shall mean the latest revision of that standard.
(1) Pipe.
A. Vitrified clay pipe, extra strength meeting the standards of ASTM-C700.
B. Type PSM Poly (Vinyl Chloride) PVC sewer pipe meeting the standards of ASTM D3034 SDR 35.
(2) Joints.
A. All joints in vitrified clay pipe shall be made with ASTM C 425 type joints. Joints between clay pipe and pipe of other materials shall be made with approved adapter fittings or prefabricated elastomeric sealing rings or sleeves.
B. All joints in PVC pipe shall be made with either molded rubber, elastomeric gasketed or rubber-ring type meeting standards of ASTM D3034. Solvent cement joints shall not be permitted.
C. Repair joints shall be made using rubber transitional couplings with stainless steel adjustable bands at both ends when installing a "Y" branch fitting or making a repair to all sanitary sewer mains and laterals.
(n) All excavations required for the installation of a building sewer shall be open trench work unless otherwise approved by the City Engineer. Pipe laying and backfill shall be performed in accordance with ASTM specifications except that no backfill shall be placed until the work has been inspected by the City Engineer or his representative.
(o) No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenances thereof or install any building sewer (lateral) without first obtaining a written permit from the City Engineer. Before a permit may be issued for a building sewer in any public street, way or alley, or private property, the person applying for such permit shall have executed unto the City and deposited with the Service Safety Director a corporate surety in the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000) conditioned that he shall perform faithfully 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 shall indemnify and save harmless the City and the owner of the premises against all damages, costs, City expenses, outlays and claims of every nature and kind arising out of unskillfulness or negligence on his part in connection with plumbing or excavating for plumbing as prescribed in this section. Such bond shall remain in force and shall be executed for a period of one year except that on such expiration, it shall remain in force as to all penalties, claims and demand that may have accrued thereunder prior to such expiration.
(Ord. 7-86. Passed 2-10-86.)
(Ord. 7-86. Passed 2-10-86.)