(a) No person, other than an authorized employee of the City, shall make any opening in or connection with a public storm sewer, sanitary sewer or other public drain or drainage facility, unless a permit therefor has been obtained prior to the commencement of the work, as provided in this chapter.
(b) Application for a sewer tapping permit shall be made on a form prescribed by and procurable from the Building Commissioner as provided in Chapter 1444.
(c) All costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer (lateral), including those building sewers requiring septic tanks, shall be borne by the owner.
(d) The Superintendent shall have no authority to authorize or permit a connection or tap of the type or character referred to in this section without the express approval of Council if the connection or tap is located outside of the City limits.
(e) Not more than one residence or building, unless otherwise approved by the Superintendent, may be connected to each building sewer lateral. All costs and expenses incidental to the installation, connection and maintenance of a building sewer without a septic tank shall be borne by the owner.
(f) The Building Commissioner must be notified twenty-four hours before a connection is to be made, to insure proper inspection on the following work day. All notification of this kind shall include the permit number and the location of the connection.
(g) The Superintendent shall inspect and approve any construction, sewer opening, tap or connection referred to in this chapter before backfilling begins. If the construction is backfilled or otherwise covered before such inspection, the Superintendent may require the fill or cover to be removed at the expense of the permittee or person making such tap. Such expense, if not otherwise paid, shall be an obligation under the bond provided for in Chapter 1444.
(h) Each person who makes openings or taps into, or who makes connections with or constructs sewers, or who installs septic tanks or property, shall keep in repair and good order the whole of the work executed by him or her, until the same is accepted by the Superintendent or his or her authorized representative, which acceptance shall be given in writing, and, if deemed necessary by the Superintendent, may be deferred until the expiration of one year after the completion of the work.
(i) In case it is necessary to connect a drain or sewer pipe with a public sewer or drainage facility when no junction is left in the same, the new connection with the public sewer or drainage facility shall be made only when a representative of the City, designated by the Superintendent, is present to see the whole of the work performed.
(j) In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer (main), as determined by the City Engineer, wastewater carried by such a drain shall be lifted by approved artificial means and discharged to the building sewer (lateral). Such artificial means shall be submitted on appropriate plans with all necessary calculations and shall be reviewed by the City Engineer.
(k) The owner is responsible for maintenance of the building sewer (lateral) on his or her or its property whether or not if same is located in an easement up to but not including the connection of the lateral at the main except where the lateral goes under a public street the City assumes responsibility for the lateral at the edge of the street.
(l) Upon receiving notice from a sanitary sewer customer concerning a blockage, the Wastewater Department will, at the earliest possible date, check the main line sewer that the sanitary service discharges into for blockage. If the main line sewer is not blocked, the Department will then further examine the sanitary service by receiving written permission from the property owner to enter his or her property, locate the sanitary sewer service tee, if able to be located using reasonable probing methods, and further investigate for blockages in the sanitary service between the tee and the main line sewer. Should no blockage be found in the sanitary sewer service in the area, the property owner will then be informed that the blockage is in the sanitary service located on private property and that it is the responsibility of the property owner to further pursue the necessary corrective action.
(m) For grease, oil, petroleum products, inorganic material and other materials as listed in the Ohio Basic Building Code, such as sand, grit, etc., interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion of the Superintendent, they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing floatable grease in excessive amounts, as specified in Section 1043.10, or any flammable wastes, sand or other harmful ingredients, except that such interceptors shall not be required for private living quarters of dwelling units. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Superintendent and shall be located so as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection. In the maintenance of these interceptors, the owner shall be responsible for the proper removal and disposal, by appropriate means, of the captured material, and shall maintain records of the dates and means of disposal which are subject to review by the Superintendent. Any removal and hauling of the collected materials not performed by the owner's personnel must be performed by currently licensed waste disposal firms.
(n) In those cases where the City constructs and installs a sanitary sewer at its cost, where the sewer has been demanded and required by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency or Board of Health regulation, the sanitary sewer connection permit fee for each abutting property owner shall be equal to the prorata cost of installation of the sewer.
(Ord. 09-119. Passed 11-17-09.)