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CITY OF NEW ALBANY, INDIANA CODE OF ORDINANCES
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS
TITLE III: ADMINISTRATION
TITLE V: PUBLIC WORKS
TITLE VII: TRAFFIC CODE
TITLE IX: GENERAL REGULATIONS
TITLE XI: BUSINESS REGULATIONS
TITLE XIII: GENERAL OFFENSES
TITLE XV: LAND USAGE
TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
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§ 51.045 PERMIT REQUIRED.
   No unauthorized person 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 Controller.
(Ord. G-58-34, passed 6-18-1958) Penalty, see § 51.999
§ 51.046 CLASSES OF PERMITS; FEES.
   (A)   There shall be two classes of building sewer permits:
      (1)   For residential and commercial service; and
      (2)   For service to establishments producing industrial waste.
   (B)   In either case, the owner or his or her agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the city. The permit applications shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Inspector. A permit and inspection fee shall be paid to the City Controller at the time the application is filed. For current permit and inspection fees, see § 158.05, Sewer Permits, Fees and Inspections.
(Ord. G-58-34, passed 6-18-1958) Penalty, see § 51.999
§ 51.047 COSTS TO BE BORNE BY OWNER.
   All costs and expense incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner or the person installing the building sewer for the owner shall indemnify the city from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation.
(Ord. G-58-34, passed 6-18-1958)
§ 51.048 SEPARATE BUILDING SEWER REQUIRED FOR EVERY BUILDING; EXCEPTION.
   A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building; except where one building stands at the rear of another on an interior lot, and no private sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley, court, yard or driveway, the building sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer.
(Ord. G-58-34, passed 6-18-1958) Penalty, see § 51.999
§ 51.049 USE OF OLD BUILDING SEWERS WITH NEW BUILDINGS.
   Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found on examination and test by the Inspector to meet all requirements of this chapter.
(Ord. G-58-34, passed 6-18-1958) Penalty, see § 51.999
§ 51.050 CONNECTION OF NEW BUILDINGS OR SUBDIVISION TO PUBLIC COMBINED OR SANITARY SEWER.
   Whenever a new business building or subdivision is developed in an area where a public combined or sanitary sewer is available, a connection shall be made to the sewer.
(Ord. G-67-293, passed 6-5-1967) Penalty, see § 51.999
§ 51.051 PIPE AND JOINT SPECIFICATIONS.
   (A)   The building sewer shall be cast iron soil pipe, ASTM specification or equal; vitrified clay sewer pipe, ASTM specification or equal; or other suitable material approved by the Inspector. Joints shall be tight and waterproof. Any part of the building sewer that is located within ten feet of a water service pipe shall be constructed of cast iron soil pipe with leaded joints. Cast iron pipes with leaded joints may be required by the Inspector where the building sewer is exposed to damage by tree roots. If installed in filled or unstable ground, the building sewer shall be of cast iron soil pipe, except that nonmetallic material may be accepted if laid on a suitable concrete bed or cradle as approved by the Inspector.
   (B)   All joints and connections shall be made gas tight and water tight. Cast iron pipe joints shall be firmly packed with oakum or hemp and filled with molten lead, Federal Specification QQ-L-156, not less than one inch deep. Lead shall be run in one pouring and calked tight. No paint, varnish or other coatings shall be permitted on the jointing material until after the joint has been tested and approved.
      (1)   All joints in vitrified clay pipe or between such pipe and metals shall be made with approved jointing material in accordance with the latest edition of Volume III, Plumbing Rules and Regulations of the Administrative Building Council of the State of Indiana.
      (2)   Other jointing materials and methods may be used only by approval of the Inspector.
(Ord. G-58-34, passed 6-18-1958) Penalty, see § 51.999
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