(a) Each application to obtain water service for property along the line of any City water main shall be deemed to include the applicant’s request for the use of any City sanitary or combined sewer currently connected to such property, unless otherwise specifically provided in the application; and the introduction of water into such property by the City shall constitute the City’s approval of the applicant’s request for City sewer service.
(b) Whenever any person owning property along the line of any City sanitary or combined sewer main or a tenant of such property shall desire that the property be connected to the sanitary or combined sewer, he shall make written application therefor to the Superintendent of Sewers on forms prescribed by the City. Such application shall set forth the name of the applicant; the location and description of the property desired to be connected to such sanitary or combined sewer; the size and nature of the building to be served and the character of the wastes to be emptied in the sewer; and the agreement of the applicant to pay promptly, at rates prescribed by Council and approved by the State Public Service Commission, all rates, charges and sewer rents which may accrue on account of sanitary or combined sewer service.
(c) No person shall tap or otherwise cut into or make any connection to any City sanitary or combined sewer without a permit so to do issued by the Superintendent of Sewers, who may require that all work be done by employee of the City or by a licensed plumber under City supervision; and in either case the materials used and the methods employed in making any such connection shall meet all requirements, standards and specifications of the City. The dimensions of pipes and other conduits shall be as specified by the Superintendent.
(d) (1) Council shall establish and maintain on file in the office of the City Clerk, a schedule of fees for tapping City sanitary and combined sewers, which shall be paid by applicants for permits to tap or make connection to City sanitary and combined sewers.
(2) The schedule referred to in subsection (d)(1) hereof shall be based on actual costs to the City for sewerage measuring devices and materials, if any, furnished by the City and for the salaries and wages of such City supervisory personnel and workmen as may be engaged for work done pursuant to such permit, plus a reasonable administrative charge of not less than ten nor more than twenty-five dollars.
(3) Any fee established pursuant to this section which requires approval by the State Public Service Commission shall be submitted by Council to that Commission for its approval and shall not take effect until it is so approved.
(e) Only one house or building shall be served by each sewer connection. Each separate residence or premises shall be served by a separate connection. When, by reason of topography or other unusual circumstances, the City Council authorizes a departure from the forgoing requirements of this section, a written agreement must be entered into absolving the City of all maintenance from buildings to main, whether in the street or not, and agreeing to a separate connection charge for each residence or building hooked on.
(1978 Code Sec. 21-15 to 21-19)