A. Required; Abandonment Of Private System:
1. The owners of all houses, buildings or property used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes, situated within the city and abutting on any street, alley or right of way in which there is now located or may in the future be located a sanitary sewer line of the city, are hereby required to install suitable toilet and sewage disposal facilities directly with the public sanitary sewer system in accordance with the provisions of this chapter within thirty (30) days after official notice to do so.
2. At such time as a public sanitary sewer line becomes available to a property served by a private sewage disposal system, a direct connection shall be made to the public sanitary sewer system in compliance with this section, and any septic tank, cesspool and any similar private sewage disposal facility shall be abandoned and filled with suitable materials. No septic tank or cesspool shall be permitted to discharge into the public sanitary sewer system.
B. Permit Requirements:
1. Permit Required: No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any public sanitary sewer line or appurtenance thereof and, before commencement of the construction of any dwelling, public building, commercial or industrial building, shall obtain a written permit signed by the city clerk.
2. Application For Permit; Inspection Of Connection: The application for such permit shall be made on a form furnished by the city, and the connection shall be inspected by a person designated by the city council.
3. Permit Fee: A charge prescribed by section 9-2-5 of this chapter for each connection made to the city sanitary sewer system, regardless of whether the connection is made to what has heretofore been designated as a public sewer or a private sewer, is hereby imposed for the right of the person, firm or corporation to make the connection to the city sanitary sewer system. It is hereby declared to be the duty of the city clerk to make this collection for issuing a permit to the applicant.
C. Indemnification For Damages: The owner of any such building shall indemnify the city for any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation or connection of such building with the public sanitary sewer system.
D. Liability For Costs And Expenses: All costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection of any building with the public sanitary sewer system shall be borne by the owner. (2016 Code)