(A) No person, firm or corporation shall open or tap any sanitary sewer or construct any drain or sewer in any street, alley or public place in the Village or open or dig in any sanitary sewer main line, sanitary sewer service lateral, street, alley or public place in the Village for the purpose above mentioned or for the repair of any sewer or sewer connection without first obtaining from the Village Engineer or designee a sewer tap construction permit to do such work. The Council of the Village of Marble Cliff shall establish a sewer tap construction permit fee.
(B) Before a permit shall be issued the person applying therefore must furnish to the Village Engineer or designee the name of the owner of the property, number of the lot for the benefit of which any tap is to be made or which such drain, sewer or sanitary sewer connection serves, the street on which same is located, between what streets and the subdivision in which the lot is located, also the name of the owner of the benefitted property or lot.
(C) No person shall do any of the work herein mentioned except in strict accordance with the provisions of this chapter and construction standards established by the Village Engineer.
(D) No permit shall be issued except to a duly licensed sewer tapper and until such sewer tapper has filed with the Village Engineer or designee a bond in such sum as may be determined by the Village Engineer or designee and to the satisfaction of the Village Engineer or designee such bond shall be conditioned on the execution of all work in conformity with all ordinances and laws. The signers of such bond shall be made specifically liable to the Village for all expense of repairs, removal of surplus material, cleaning up and damage incurred by the Village by reason of any work done by the licensee.
(E) Each building used as a place of residence hereafter connected with the sanitary sewer system of the Village shall be connected with the system by a house sewer separately and independently from all other buildings similarly used.
(F) Any person obtaining a permit as provided in division (A) hereof shall retain the number thereof and must notify the Village Engineer or designee at least one day before making any tap or laying any pipe. In so reporting the number of the permit must be given. No tap or connection shall be made except in the presence of the Village Engineer or designee or an authorized Village inspector.
(G) No private sanitary sewer shall be constructed in public highways or property except upon plans approved by the Village Engineer or designee. Such sewers must be built upon line and grade furnished by the Engineer employed by the Village and under his supervision or that of the Village Engineer or designee. The expense of such lines and grades and inspection shall be paid by the owner or owners of such private sewer.
(H) In making connection to sanitary sewers the proper branch as determined by the Village Engineer shall be carefully located and connection made therewith by means of straight lines or easy curves. If no branch of the sewer is accessible or if a branch is not found where indicated by the plans of the sewer, a pipe must be removed from the sewer and a wye branch inserted. Breaking or cutting of the sewer and the insertion of connecting pipe shall not be permitted. The removal of pipe and insertion of branch must be done with extreme care and any adjacent pipe broken must be removed and replaced. The same rule shall apply to the removal of the plug from existing branches.
(I) All sanitary sewer connections must be a minimum of six inches in diameter and of a sewer pipe approved by the Village Engineer with joints well and carefully made. Pipe shall not be laid in water. If necessary, a bag of sand or other proper follower of the full inside diameter of the pipe shall be kept in the pipe and pulled through as pipe laying progresses to insure the removal of all debris from the interior of the pipe.
(J) No connection shall have a grade of less than one-fourth inch per foot if the same can possibly be secured and in no case shall such connection be laid to a grade of less than one-eighth inch per foot. All pipe must be well supported particularly at the point of connection with the sewer, and shall be laid as nearly straight as possible. All changes of direction shall be made with proper curves and cleanouts if so directed by the Village Engineer.
(K) In all operations of the nature described in this chapter care shall be taken not to damage any existing structures of any nature and if unavoidably damaged such structures shall be replaced by the person to whom the permit for such work was issued.
(L) The trench must be back filled in accordance with construction standards established by the Village Engineer.
(M) No permit shall be issued to connect with any sanitary sewer unless the owner of the property to be connected shall have paid all taxes, assessments or other public charges due and payable on such property. No permit shall be issued to connect with any sanitary sewer that has been constructed under private ownership until the owner of the sanitary sewer shall notify the Village in writing of their consent to such connection and a permanent easement and maintenance agreement has been duly recorded for the properties.
(N) No connection shall be made with any sewer from any vault, cesspool, roof or surface drain. No connection shall be made from any cellar drain, meaning thereby pipe or tile laid for the purpose of intercepting sub-soil water about the foundations. No connections shall be made from any other sub-surface drainage system designed to receive and remove sub-soil waters.
(O) All openings and obstructions in any street, sidewalk, or other dangerous place shall be carefully guarded and protected. Excavations shall not be left open longer than absolutely necessary and all other precautions shall be taken to guard against accident and to inconvenience property owners and the public to the least possible extent.
(P) No traps shall be placed under any highway or other public property.
(Q) The installation and maintenance of the sanitary sewer system lateral serving a property or structure is the responsibility of the property owner. The sanitary sewer service lateral is defined as the piping, fittings, and other appurtenance from the building or structure to and including the wye connection at the Village main line sanitary sewer.
(Ord. O-2388-13, passed 10-21-13) Penalty, see § 51.99