(A) The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building sewer, and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing, and backfilling the trench, shall conform to the requirements of the Building and Plumbing Code or other applicable rules and regulations of the city. In the absence of code provisions or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the most current A.S.T.M. and W.P.C.F. Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply.
(B) Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings in which an 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 building sewer.
(C) No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surface runoff or ground water to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
(D) The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the Building and Plumbing Code or other applicable rules and regulations of the city, or the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the most current A.S.T.M. and the W.P.C.F. Manual of Practice No. 9. All such connections shall be made gas- and water-tight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the Superintendent before installation.
(Prior Code, § 50.20) (Ord. 171, passed 1-4-1982) Penalty, see § 50.999