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The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the State Building and Plumbing Code or other applicable rules and regulations of the city, or the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM and WPCF Manual of Practice No. 9. All connections shall be made gastight and watertight, and verified by proper testing to prevent the inclusion of infiltration/inflow. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the city prior to installation.
(Ord. 408, passed 12-26-1989)
The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the city when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection and inspection shall be made under the supervision of the Superintendent or authorized representative thereof.
(Ord. 408, passed 12-26-1989)
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.
(Ord. 408, passed 12-26-1989)
No person shall make a service connection with any public sewer unless regularly licensed as a master plumber as per the State Building and Plumbing Code as amended, and no permit shall be granted to any person except the regularly licensed person.
(Ord. 408, passed 12-26-1989) Penalty, see § 53.999
Any person desiring a permit to make a service connection with public sewers shall apply using the Sewer Connection Permit form. All applications shall be referred to the City Administrator or designee for review. If approved by the City Administrator or designee, the permit shall be issued by the City Clerk upon the filing of a bond as hereinafter provided.
(Ord. 408, passed 12-26-1989; Ord. 560, passed 11-28-2016)
A permit to make a service connection with public sewers shall not be issued to any person until a $2,000 bond or a $500 cash bond payable to the city is filed with City Clerk conditioned that the permittee will indemnify and save harmless the city from all suits, accidents and damage that may arise by reason of any opening in any street, alley or public ground, made by the permittee or by those in the permittee's employment for any purpose whatever, and that the permittee will replace and restore the street and alley over the opening to the condition existing prior to installation, adequately guard with barricades and lights and will keep and maintain the same to the satisfaction of the City Administrator or designee, and shall conform in all respects to the rules and regulations of the Council relative thereto, and pay all fines that may be imposed on the permittee by law.
(Ord. 408, passed 12-26-1989; Ord. 560, passed 11-28-2016)
The Council may suspend or revoke any permit issued under this subchapter for any of the following causes:
(A) Giving false information in connection with the application for a permit;
(B) Incompetence of the permittee; and/or
(C) Willful violation of any provisions of this subchapter or any rule or regulation pertaining to the making of service connections.
(Ord. 408, passed 12-26-1989)
USE OF PUBLIC SEWERS; DISCHARGES
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