(A) Only authorized personnel shall make any connection with, uncover, alter, or disturb any water pipe or main, conduit, electric wire or line, sewer, or other utility constructed or maintained by the city, or open any manhole, intercepting chamber, or any appurtenance thereof, without first obtaining a written permit from the city based upon a written application setting forth the location and nature of the work to be done, together with a description thereof or copy of plans or specifications therefor of the contemplated connection or alteration, and depositing with the city a sum of money as the city shall estimate will fully cover all damage of any kind which may be caused by the connection or alteration, or filing an appropriate bond, guaranteeing restoration, in form and amount and with surety as approved by the city, if requested by the city to do so.
(B) After the alteration or connection has been completed, the sewer, water pipe or main, conduit, electric wire or line, manhole, or intercepting chamber shall be immediately restored to as good a state or condition as prior to the doing of the work, to the satisfaction of the city or by the city, as the city may elect. If the completion of the restoration is without expense to the city and to its satisfaction, the sum deposited shall be refunded, but if any of the work is done by it, the city shall certify the actual expense incurred and shall refund to the holder of the permit the difference, if any, between the amount deposited and the amount certified. In the event the amount so certified is in excess of the deposit, the holder of the permit shall immediately pay that excess to the city.
(C) All sewers connected directly or indirectly with any city sewer shall be constructed in a manner and with materials approved by the city and be reasonably free from leakage, and impervious to ground water infiltration, exclude storm and surface water therefrom, and shall be used to carry only domestic sewage and interior basement drainage. No inlet for storm water or land or surface drainage into any sewer shall be made.
(1983 Code, § 16-37) Penalty, see § 96.999
Cross-reference:
Public Works, see Title V