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Before any permit is issued, the person who makes the application shall pay to the Clerk the permit fee for each unit to be connected to a sewer service line. The City Council shall set the permit fee by resolution, part of which shall be used to maintain the City's sewer distribution and part of which shall cover the cost of issuing the permit and supervising, regulating, and inspecting the building sewer work.
(Ord. 2016-17 - May 17 Supp.)
Connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall be made at the “Y” branch, if such branch is available at a suitable location. If no properly located “Y” branch is available, a saddle “Y” shall be installed at the location specified by the Superintendent. The public sewer shall be tapped with a tapping machine and a saddle appropriate to the type of public sewer shall be glued or attached with a gasket and stainless steel clamps to the sewer. At no time shall a building sewer be constructed so as to enter a manhole unless special written permission is received from the Superintendent and in accordance with the Superintendent’s direction if such connection is approved.
All trench work, excavation, and backfilling required in making a connection shall be performed in accordance with the provisions of the City’s Plumbing Code and the provisions of Chapter 135 of this Code of Ordinances.
All costs and expenses incident to the installation, connection and maintenance of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the City from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
Building sewers, whether located upon the private property of any owner or in the public right-of-way, which are constructed or maintained in violation of any of the requirements of this chapter shall be deemed a nuisance and the same shall be abated by the City in the manner provided for the abatement of nuisances.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 364.12[3])