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   943.01 PRIVATE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS.
   No person shall construct or alter an individual sewage treatment or disposal plant or septic tank within the Municipality without first obtaining the written approval of the Cuyahoga County District Board of Health.
   No person shall operate any individual sewage treatment or disposal plant or septic tank within the Municipality in violation of any of the rules or regulations of the Cuyahoga County District Board of Health, as the same now exist or may be amended from time to time.
   Every septic tank shall be cleaned at least once every three years, in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Cuyahoga County District Board of Health, as the same now exist or may be amended from time to time. Any such tank which discharges settleable solids shall be cleaned immediately upon such condition arising. Upon notice in writing from the Cuyahoga County District Board of Health or the Building Commissioner and Service Director of the existence of such condition, the owner or occupant of the premises shall cause the tank to be cleaned within thirty days thereafter. Upon the completion of the cleaning of any tank, the person performing such service shall notify the Building Commissioner and Service Director of the date of the cleaning, the location thereof and the condition of the tank.
(Ord. 70-35. Passed 9-21-70.)
   943.02 PHOTOGRAPHS OF NEW SYSTEM REQUIRED.
   (a)    The Municipal Engineer is hereby directed to require, prior to final approval of any newly installed sewer system and/or reconstructed sewer, that the contractor constructing such sewer or the developer of the subdivision in which such sewer has been installed, cause to be made one set of photographs of the entire sewer system installed, both sanitary and storm, at the completion of all mains, showing thereby that the sewer system has been constructed upon sound engineering standards and that the system is free of any and all accumulations of foreign substance and debris and that the passage and flow of sewage and storm water will be free and clear.
   (b)    Upon inspection of such photographs, and if satisfied that such sewer is free and clear of all foreign substances and debris, and is of sound workmanship and complies with sound engineering standards, the Municipal Engineer is thereupon authorized to approve same as a final inspection, placing in safe keeping all photographs so taken for future reference.
   (c)    The cost of such photographing and photographs and of any inspection report made pursuant thereto shall be entirely paid for by the contractor constructing such sewer system or the developer of the subdivision and the photographs shall remain the property of the Municipality. (Ord. 1029. Passed 9-18-67.)
   943.03 UNIFORM STANDARDS FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF SEWERAGE IMPROVEMENTS.
   The Municipality hereby approves and adopts the Uniform Rules, Regulations and Standards for Design and Construction of Sewerage Improvements as formulated by the Committee on Uniform Standards dated May 11, 1978, which are on file at the Civic Center and available for inspection or copying, the same being incorporated herein as if totally rewritten.
(Res. 79-22. Passed 4-16-79; Ord. 2008-12. Passed 2-18-08.)
   943.04 SEWER TIE-INS; PERMIT REQUIRED.
   No person shall construct, install or alter any storm or sanitary sewer tie-ins from an inspection tee to the wall of a house or other structure within the Municipality unless the same are constructed or altered in accordance with the following requirements and regulations:
   (a)    No construction or alteration shall commence until a permit is first obtained in accordance with Section 1309.05 of the Codified Ordinances.
   (b)    All such storm and sanitary sewer lines shall be bedded and such bedding shall be a minimum of six inches in depth. The bedding aggregate shall be in compliance with the Uniform Standards for Sewerage Improvements.
   (c)    All such storm and sanitary sewer lines shall be inspected by the Building Department before such lines are covered. A failure to obtain the necessary inspection denigrated herein shall require the contractor to expose the entire line of any such installation to provide such inspection.
   (d)    Any such sewer line shall be covered with not less than twelve inches of aggregate in compliance with the Uniform Standards for Sewerage Improvements prior to the use of any excavated materials above such line.
   (e)    Any such sanitary line shall have a 90° Ell placed at the end and turned upward with a clay or plastic stopper placed therein that is clearly visible from the grade and the stopper shall not be removed until the line is to be connected to the plumbing of the house or other structure.
   (f)    During excavation a temporary four-inch line shall be extended from the storm sewer under the footer to serve as a temporary drain.
   (g)    No occupancy permit shall issue until a dye test has been conducted by the Building Department. The use of smoke testing for inspection shall not be performed by the Municipality but shall be arranged for and paid by the person so requesting.
      (Ord. 79-15. Passed 3-19-79.)
   943.05 ADOPTION OF UNIFORM RULES AND STANDARDS.
   The Municipality hereby approves and adopts the Uniform Rules, Regulations, and Standards for Design and Construction of Sewerage Improvements as formulated by the Committee on Uniform Standards dated May 11, 1978, and all amendments thereto, which are on file at the Civic Center and available for inspection or copying, the same being incorporated herein as if totally rewritten.
(Res. 89-17. Passed 4-17-89; Ord. 2008-12. Passed 2-18-08.)
   943.99 PENALTY.
   Whoever violates any provision of this chapter shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars ($200.00) or imprisoned not more than thirty days or both. Each offense and each full day's violation of this chapter shall constitute a separate offense.
(Ord. 70-35. Passed 9-21-70.)