(A) General requirements. The applicant shall install sanitary sewer facilities in a manner prescribed by the city construction standards and specifications. All plans shall be designed in accordance with the rules, regulations and standards of the Municipal Utility Commission of the City Health Department and other appropriate agency. Plans shall be approved by the above agencies. Necessary action shall be taken by the applicant to extend or create a sanitary sewer district for the purpose of providing sewerage facilities to the subdivision, where no district exists for the land to be subdivided.
(B) Residential and nonresidential districts. Sanitary sewerage facilities shall connect with public sanitary sewerage systems. Sewers shall be installed to serve each lot and to grades and sizes required by approving officials and agencies. No individual disposal system or treatment plants (private or group disposal systems) shall be permitted. Sanitary sewerage facilities (including the installation of arterials in the right-of-way) shall be subject to the specifications, rules, regulations and guidelines of the Health Officer, City Engineer and appropriate state agency.
(C) Residential districts. Sanitary sewerage systems shall be constructed as follows:
(1) Where a public sanitary sewerage system is reasonably accessible, the applicant shall connect with same and provide sewers accessible to each lot in the subdivision;
(2) Where public sanitary sewerage systems are not reasonably accessible but will become available within a reasonable time (not to exceed 15 years), the applicant may choose the following alternative: central sewerage system, the maintenance cost to be assessed against each property benefitted. Where plans for future public sanitary sewerage systems exist, the applicant shall install the sewer lines, laterals and mains to be in permanent conformance with such plans and ready for connection to such public sewer mains; or
(3) Where sanitary sewer systems are not reasonably accessible and will not become available for a period in excess of 15 years, the applicant may install sewerage systems as follows.
(a) Residential districts. A central sewerage system only. No individual disposal system shall be permitted. Where plans exist for a public sewer system to be built, for a period in excess of 15 years, the applicant shall install all sewer lines, laterals and mains to be in permanent conformance with such plans and ready for connection to such public sewer main.
(b) Residential district. Individual disposal systems or central sewerage systems shall be used.
(D) Dedication to Municipal Utility Commission. In those cases where individual or separate sewerage systems are allowed, the system once approved by the Commission and Municipal Utility Commission of the city shall be dedicated to the Municipal Utility Commission of the city who shall be responsible for its continued maintenance and operation. Such system shall become a part of the sanitary sewerage system of the city.
(E) Mandatory connection to public sewer system. If a public sanitary sewer is accessible and a sanitary sewer is placed in a street or alley abutting upon property, the owner thereof shall be required to connect to such sewer for the purpose of disposing of waste, and no owner or occupant shall maintain upon any such property an individual sewage disposal system.
(F) Design criteria for sanitary sewers.
(1) Deviations. These design criteria are not intended to cover extraordinary situations. Deviations shall be allowed and may be required in those instances where considered justified by the Municipal Utility Commission of the city.
(2) Design factors. Sanitary sewer systems should be designed for the ultimate tributary population. Due consideration should be given to current zoning regulations and approved planning and zoning reports where applicable.
(G) Design standards for sanitary sewers.
(1) Sanitary sewers systems shall be installed according to the rules and regulations of the Municipal Utility Commission of the city as found in the following design manuals:
(a) Permit Procedures and Design Requirements for Small Sewage and Water Systems, West Virginia Department of Health; and
(b) Recommended Standards for Sewage Works (Policies for the Review and Approval of Plans and Specifications for Sewage Collection and Treatment; a Report of the Committee of the Great Lakes Upper Mississippi River Board of State Sanitary Engineers), commonly known as “10 State Standard”.
(2) All construction plans for sanitary sewer installation shall be reviewed and approved by the Municipal Utility Commission of the city.
(Ord. passed 2-2-2010)