(A) Permit required. No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereto without first obtaining a written permit from the city and each day’s use of a sewer connection unlawfully made shall constitute a separate offense punishable as prescribed in § 10.99 hereof.
(1979 Code, § 2.61)
(B) Permit fees.
(1) There shall be three classes of building sewer permits:
(a) For residential and commercial service;
(b) For service to establishments producing industrial wastes; and
(c) For service to new school buildings.
(2) In any case, the owner, or his or her agent, shall make application on a special form furnished by the city. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information (e.g., satisfactory evidence indicating compliance with all state laws and regulations) considered pertinent in the judgment of the Engineer. The fees for building sewer permits shall be as follows:
(a) For residential service: $1,000 per dwelling unit;
(b) For mobile home parks: $1,000 per dwelling unit;
(c) For commercial service: $1,000 per store, office or separate commercial unit;
(d) For industrial service: The fee will be computed based on the size of sewer connection required and the quantity and quality of waste to be discharged into the public sewer; and
(e) For new school buildings: $0.10 for residential equivalent unit (R.E.U.) per student based on the maximum rated student capacity for the building.
(3) No sewer permit fee shall be required for any existing building or rebuilding or renovation on a building site where the sewer permit fee has previously been paid and where the existing sewer lines can be utilized.
(4) All fees and charges required by this section may be adjusted by resolution of the City Council.
(5) The City Clerk shall, at any time any of the fees and/or charges required by this section are paid, collect an administration fee that shall be 10% of the fee or charge and shall collect an inspection fee of $35. The latter shall be for one inspection. Any additional inspections shall be paid for at the rate of $35 each.
(1979 Code, § 2.62)
(Ord. 41, passed 7-1-1969; Ord. 136, passed 7-20-1999) Penalty, see § 52.99