(a) Before any building sewer for the discharge of sewage or industrial waste is constructed, repaired, or altered, a permit application and fee must be submitted to the Director and a permit must be obtained from the Authority.
(1) All permits issued hereunder shall expire ninety days from the date of issuance.
(2) A connection charge must also be submitted with the permit application for any building sewer to be constructed, repaired, or altered.
(b) The applicant for a permit must furnish the following information:
(1) The name of the owner;
(2) The owner's mailing address;
(3) The name of the subdivision and the lot number or a legal description of an unparcelled lane;
(4) The mailing address of the property;
(5) The name and address of the construction contractor, if any;
(6) The type and quantity of wastewater to be conveyed from the property to the public sewer;
(7) The permit fee; and
(8) The connection charge.
(9) The transfer fee of five dollars ($5.00) will be charged for a transfer of ownership when the customer has water and sewer. The transfer fee will be ten dollars ($10.00) for transfer of ownership when a customer has sewer only.
(c) Such permit will be issued only to a person who can satisfy the Authority that he or she is competent to do such work.
(1) The permit and connection charges, as set forth in Appendix A, shall be paid to the Authority at the time of the application for the permit.
(2) The permit and the connection charges are required for processing of the permit application, administration of the account and inspection of the sewer installation.
(3) No refund of the permit and the connection charges shall be made unless a request is made and the permit returned within ninety days of the permit issuance.
(d) The connection charge includes the cost of an inspection of up to five hours by the Authority.
(1) Should more than five hours of inspection be required because of failure of the owner, his or her contractor or authorized representative to install, repair, alter or perform other work necessary to install the connection and service line in accordance with this chapter, an additional fee as established by the Authority shall be charged for the time required to comply with this chapter.
(2) Such additional fees shall be paid prior to the final approval of the service line for which the permit was issued.
(e) Any individual or group seeking to connect to the City's new interceptor, designated the Sanitary Sewer Line Extension North, must receive prior approval from the City. Such approval will be predicated upon a favorable review, by the City and the Ohio EPA, of the proposed project to be served by the sewer connection. Important elements in this review process will include the following:
(1) Submittal of all appropriate plans and specifications, including a detailed location map, present and future flow estimates, and all proposed tributary sewer alignments. If a permit-to-install (PTI) is required, all applicable materials and fees shall be provided to the Ohio EPA's Southwest District Office.
(2) Submittal of a Notice of Intent to the Ohio EPA, and the preparation of a detailed Stormwater Management Plan, for any proposed development that will, initially or ultimately, exceed five acres of disturbed area, as required by the Ohio EPA's General Stormwater Permit for Construction Activity under the NPDES permit system. The Stormwater Management Plan shall include best management practices for controlling erosion and general measures for protecting surface waters.
(3) Submittal of a riparian area and/or wellfield protection plan. Riparian vegetation (the trees, shrubs and other plants along a stream) plays a critical role in establishing and protecting the water quality and biological integrity of a stream.
A. Since loss of such vegetation can lead to stream degradation and violation of State water quality standards, the applicant must demonstrate how existing riparian vegetation will be protected/preserved to the greatest extent possible and how streams will be kept free of sediment runoff from construction activity before any development plans or connections to the interceptor sewers can be approved.
B. In addition, any development that could adversely affect area ground water supplies should be coordinated with the local inter-jurisdictional Ground Water Advisory Committee for wellfield protection. Any guidance or restrictions provided by the Committee shall be incorporated into the proposal submitted to the City for review and approval.
(Ord. 95-16. Passed 9-18-95; Ord. 13-07. Passed 2-19-13; Ord. 2022-18. Passed 5-16-22.)