(a) No person other than an authorized employee of the Village shall make any opening in or connection with a public storm sewer, sanitary sewer, combined sewer or other public drain or drainage facility unless a permit therefor has been obtained prior to commencement of the work as provided in this chapter.
(b) Application for a sewer tapping permit shall be made on a form prescribed by and procurable from the Administrator providing such information concerning the proposed work as is required thereby. The permit shall be issued by the Administrator after the required fee for the tap has been deposited with the Clerk-Treasurer and may be revoked for violation of any provision of this chapter or failure to comply with the reasonable rules, regulations and orders of the Administrator adopted pursuant hereto.
(c) Building sewers which are directly or indirectly connected into the public sewer system shall conform to the Village specifications and standard detail drawings.
(d) All costs and expense incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner.
(e) Not more than one residence or building, unless otherwise approved by the Administrator may be connected to each building sewer lateral. All costs and expenses incidental to the installation, connection and maintenance of a building sewer lateral shall be borne by the owner.
(f) The Administrator must be notified twenty-four hours before a connection is to be made to insure inspection on the following day. All notification of this kind shall include permit number and the location of the connection.
(g) The Administrator or his authorized representative shall inspect and approve any opening, tap or connection referred to in this chapter before backfilling begins. If the construction is backfilled or otherwise covered before such inspection, the Administrator may require the fill or cover to be removed at the expense of the permittee or person making such tap. Such expense if not otherwise paid, shall be an obligation under the bond provided for in Section 925.06.
(h) Each person who makes openings, taps or connections with or constructs sewers or drives upon or over public streets or property, shall keep in repair and good order the whole of the work executed by him, until the same is accepted by the Administrator or his authorized representative, which acceptance shall be given in writing, and if deemed necessary by the Administrator may be deferred until the expiration of one year after the completion of the work.
(i) In case it is necessary to connect a drain or sewer pipe with a public sewer or drainage facility when no junction is left in the same, the new connection with the public sewer or drainage facility shall be made only when a representative of the Village, designated by the Administrator, is present to see the whole of the work performed.
(Ord. 930-3-93. Passed 3-13-93.)
(j) Sewer laterals shall be maintained by, and at the expense of, the owner or owners of the property being served by such laterals from the point of intersection with the main sewer line to the structure being served by such lateral. In the event a property owner shall fail to properly maintain or repair a lateral serving his, her or its property, the Village shall cause notice of the needed maintenance and/or repair to be served upon the owner of the property served by such lateral. The property owner shall have the right to appeal such notice directly to Council by filing a written notice of appeal within thirty days, unless the needed maintenance or repair is designated as emergency in nature. Council shall hear such appeal at its next regularly scheduled meeting or at a special meeting held not less than three days from its receipt of such notice of appeal. The decision of Council shall be final. If the need for the maintenance or repair is upheld by Council, the owner shall undertake the same forthwith. In the event no appeal is filed and the owner shall fail to undertake such maintenance or repair as described in the notice within the thirty days notice period, or if the need is upheld on appeal and the owner shall fail to undertake such maintenance or repair within ten days of the decision of Council upholding the need for such maintenance or repair, the Village may cause such maintenance or repair to be done, and the cost thereof shall be certified to the Erie County Auditor to be added to the tax bill for such property.
(Ord. 960-4-94. Passed 4-26-94.)
(k) Before the Village shall undertake the repairs of any house lateral where past utility line construction, authorized by the Village, may have caused disruption of sanitary sewer service, the property owner shall notify the Village of the stoppage. The property owner must then contract with a licensed sewer cleaning contractor to locate the exact location of the stoppage and determine if the stoppage is at or near the area of the past utility construction. If it is deemed the Village or the contractor is responsible for the damage done to the property owner’s lateral, the Village or the contractor will reimburse the property owner for the sewer contractor’s bill and will repair the damage at no expense to the property owner.
(Ord. 250-04-02. Passed 4-23-02.)
(l) For grease, oil, petroleum products, inorganic material and other materials as listed in the Ohio Building Code such as sand, grit, etc., interceptors shall be provided when in the opinion of the Administrator they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing floatable grease in excessive amounts, as specified in Section 925.08(b) or any flammable wastes, sand, or other harmful ingredients; except that such interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Administrator and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection. In the maintaining of these interceptors the owner(s) shall be responsible for the proper removal and disposal by appropriate means of the captured material and shall maintain records of the dates, and means of disposal which are subject to review by the Administrator. Any removal and hauling of the collected materials not performed by the owner(s)' personnel must be performed by currently licensed waste disposal firms.
(Ord. 930-3-93. Passed 3-13-93.)