(A) No owner or occupant of any real property shall tap or drain either directly or indirectly into any public sewer until a tap permit has been obtained and until the construction and connections person has satisfied his or her obligation to pay all assessments, reimbursements or pro rata shares of sewer extension costs laid against that property for public sewers required to serve it. A tap permit given in error or sewerage services billed to a property in error shall not operate to nullify any such obligation that has been duly recorded.
(B) No owner or occupant of any real property shall attempt to repair, through professional or personal effort, any public sewer or sewer connection, unless plans for the repair are approved by the City Engineer, Director of Public Works or the management of the municipal sewage utility.
(C) An owner or occupant of any real property who either taps or drains directly or indirectly into any public sewer, or attempts to repair any public sewer or sewer connection, without obtaining the necessary approvals, permits and supervision required under this chapter, or of management of the municipal sewage utility, shall be fined. That owner or occupant shall also be required to reimburse the city and the municipal sewage utility for any costs incurred for the inspection, correction and/or repair of the unauthorized sewer tap-in or repair, including any streets and right-of-way involved. The penalty shall be determined by the Board of Public Works and Safety, after service of notice of the violation upon the owner or occupant, and presentation of information pertaining to the violation to the Board of Public Works and Safety at a regular or special meeting of the same by the Building Code Inspector, City Engineer or Superintendent of the municipal sewage utility, and a proper finding of fault by the Board.
(D) The Board of Public Works and Safety shall have the authority to require an owner of real property to disconnect from a building any sewer which drains into a sanitary sewer any downspouts, yard drains or other drains which carry run-off of natural precipitation. Property owners shall have 30 days after notice to comply with these requirements. The Board of Public Works and Safety shall not authorize any tap permit which will cause excess flow, BOD or suspended solid loading of the wastewater treatment plant, force mains, lift stations or sewers.
(E) No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Clerk-Treasurer or Facility Manager of the POTW.
(Ord. 733, passed 12-10-2007) Penalty, see § 59.999