(A) No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or openings into, alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit therefor from the local agency. No building sewer shall be covered until after it has been inspected and approved by the authorized official. The cost of the application and permit shall be $10.
(B) All costs and expense incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer to the public sewer connection shall be borne by the owner.
(C) A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building.
(D) Old building sewers may be used in connection with the new buildings only when they are found on examination and test to meet all requirements of this chapter.
(E) A newly constructed building sewer shall be schedule 40 PVC, cast iron, vitrified clay sewer pipe, or asbestos cement pipe. Joints shall be tight and waterproof. Materials and joints shall be as approved by the local agency. Any part of the building sewer that is located within ten feet of a water service pipe shall be constructed of cast iron. If installed in filled or unstable ground, the building sewer shall be of cast iron soil pipe, except that non-metallic material may be accepted if laid on a suitable concrete bed or cradle. Transitions or connections will be constructed only with fabricated connection fittings approved by the local agency.
(F) The size and slope of the building sewer shall be subject to the approval of the local agency, but in no event shall the diameter be less than six inches. The slope of such six-inch pipe shall not be less than one-eighth inch per foot, unless otherwise permitted.
(G) Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. No building sewer shall be laid parallel to or within three feet of any bearing wall, which might thereby be weakened. The depth shall be sufficient to afford protection from frost. The building sewer shall be laid at uniform grade and in a straight line.
(H) In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such drain shall be lifted by a pumping system approved by the local agency and discharged to the building sewer.
(I) No sewer connection will be permitted unless there is capacity available in all downstream sewers, lift stations, force mains, and the sewage treatment plant, including capacity for treatment of BOD and suspended solids.
(Ord. passed 4-11-2019) Penalty, see § 50.99