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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
(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
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)
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
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
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
(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
The size and slope of the building sewers shall be subject to the approval of the Inspector, but in no event shall the diameter be less than six inches. The slope of the six-inch pipe shall not be less than one-eighth inch per foot.
(Ord. G-58-34, passed 6-18-1958) Penalty, see § 51.999
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 a uniform grade and in straight alignment insofar as possible. Changes in direction shall be made only with properly curved pipes and fittings.
(Ord. G-58-34, passed 6-18-1958) Penalty, see § 51.999
In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by the drains shall be lifted by approved artificial means and discharged to the building sewer. No water-operated sewage ejector shall be used.
(Ord. G-58-34, passed 6-18-1958) Penalty, see § 51.999
(A) All excavations required for the installation of a building sewer shall be open trench work, unless otherwise approved by the Inspector. Pipe laying and backfill shall be performed in accordance with ASTM specifications, except that no backfill shall be placed until the work has been inspected by the Inspector or his or her representative.
(B) All excavations for building sewer 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.
(Ord. G-58-34, passed 6-18-1958) Penalty, see § 51.999
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