A. General Regulations:
1. No unauthorized person(s) shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the city.
2. There shall be two (2) classes of sewer service permits: a) for residential and commercial service; and b) for service to establishments producing industrial wastes. In either case, the owner(s) or his 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 considered pertinent in the judgment of the superintendent. A permit and inspection fee as provided by title 9, chapter 3 of this code shall be paid to the city at the time the application is filed.
3. All costs and expenses incidental to the installation and connection of the sewer service shall be borne by the owner(s). The owner(s) shall indemnify the city from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the sewer service.
4. A separate and independent sewer service shall be provided for every building; except where one building stands at the rear of another on an interior lot and no public sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley, court, yard or driveway, the sewer service from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one sewer service, but the city does not and will not assume any obligation or responsibility for damage caused by or resulting from any such single connection aforementioned.
5. Old sewer services may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the city, to meet all requirements of this chapter.
6. The size, alignment, materials or construction of all sanitary excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing and backfilling the trench, shall all conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing code and other applicable specifications or requirements of the city.
7. Whenever possible, the sewer service shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such building drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the public sewer at the owner(s) expense.
8. No person(s) shall make connection of roof downspouts, foundation groundwater to a sewer service or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to the public sanitary sewer unless such connection is approved by the superintendent for purposes of disposal of polluted drainage.
9. The connection of the sewer service into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing code and other applicable specifications and requirements of the city. All such connections shall be made gastight and watertight and verified by proper testing. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the city before installation.
10. No sewer service shall be filled or sewer pipe covered until the sewer service has been first inspected by the city, and all persons making sewer service connections shall give at least four (4) hours' notice to the city of the time when such service will be ready for inspection, and it shall be the duty of the superintendent, within a reasonable time after such notice, to inspect such sewer service, and if, in his judgment, such sewer service is properly connected and laid with a proper grade, he shall give permission for the filling of the trench, and if he finds such sewer service defectively or improperly laid and connected, he shall order the same taken out and laid in accordance with his directions.
11. All excavations for sewer service installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the city.
B. Plumbing Code Applicable: All provisions of the South Dakota state plumbing code, insofar as said code relates to sewers, shall govern and take precedence over this chapter, and in the event that any provision of this chapter conflicts with said South Dakota state plumbing code, the provisions of said code shall govern.
C. Installer's License:
1. License Required: It shall be unlawful for any person except a licensed sewer installer who has been licensed as provided in this chapter to make connections with any public sewer.
2. Application And Bond: The applicants shall be required to file their applications for license under this section, in writing, with the city, accompanied by a bond for the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) to be approved by the city, conditioned that the city will be indemnified and saved harmless of and from accident and damages caused by any negligence in protecting the work, or inadequate work done by virtue of such license.
3. Application Fee: A license may be granted to competent and practical sewer installers by complying with the requirements of this chapter and the payment of sums established from time to time by resolution of the city council to the city as a license fee for the license year ending December 31 following the granting of such license.
D. Connections:
1. Assessment Prior To Connection: Property not assessed for or not having paid its just proportion of the cost of construction of a public sewer to be connected with, shall pay to the city such sum as such property would be justly assessed on account of the construction of such sewer, as determined by the city.
2. Permits: No person shall connect his property with any opening or tap into the public sewer without first having obtained a permit to do so from the city upon the payment of a fee as established from time to time by resolution of the city council for designating the opening for the connecting tap. No permit shall be granted to connect any property with the public sewer until the applicant for the same shall have complied with such terms and conditions as the superintendent may direct, and subject to the rules and regulations of the state department of public health in relation to the connection of property into such sewers and the openings into the same. (Ord. 1759, 12-5-1994)
E. Location Of Connection: It shall be a misdemeanor for any licensed sewer installer to make connection to the public sewer at any other place than a designated "Y" connection, and such misdemeanor shall be punishable by a fine as provided in the general penalty in section 1-4-1 of this code and his license may be revoked by the city. In the event of a "Y" connection not being found at the place designated by the city, it shall be the duty of the sewer installer to immediately communicate that fact to the superintendent. (Ord. 1759, 12-5-1994; amd. 2005 Code)