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(A) All costs and expense incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner except as specified in § 52.057(B). The normal maintenance of the building sewer from its connection to the city’s sanitary sewer to its connection with the building served shall be the responsibility of 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.
(B) The city will maintain the structural integrity of the tap within 1 foot inside the property boundary.
(1969 Code, § 27-50) (Ord. 1989-7, passed 3-13-1989; Am. Ord. 2000-16, passed 4-24-2000; Am. Ord. 2004-58, passed 10-25-2004) Penalty, see § 52.999
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building, except that where 1 building stands at the rear of another on an interior lot and no private sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley, court, yard, or driveway, the building sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as 1 building sewer.
(1969 Code, § 27-51) (Ord. 1989-7, passed 3-13-1989) Penalty, see § 52.999
The size, slope, alignment, and materials for construction of a building sewer, and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing, and backfilling the trench, shall all conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing code or other applicable rules and regulations of the city. In the absence of code provisions or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the American Society of Testing Materials, Water Pollution Control Federation Manual of Practice No. 9, and Standard Specifications for Water and Sewer Main Construction in this state shall apply.
(1969 Code, § 27-53) (Ord. 1989-7, passed 3-13-1989) Penalty, see § 52.999
Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by the building drain shall be lifted by means which are approved in accordance with § 52.055, and discharged to the building sewer.
(1969 Code, § 27-54) (Ord. 1989-7, passed 3-13-1989) Penalty, see § 52.999
No person(s) shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surface runoff or ground water to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
(1969 Code, § 27-55) (Ord. 1989-7, passed 3-13-1989) Penalty, see § 52.999
(A) The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing code or other applicable rules and regulations of the city, or the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the American Manual of Practice No. 9, the Standard Specifications for Water and Sewer Main Construction in this state. All connections of this type shall be made gastight and watertight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the City Administrator before installation.
(B) Whenever possible, if new construction results in a building sewer being hooked into a public combined sewer, the new construction shall minimize any and all inflow contributions to the combined sewer system, and these connections shall discharge only interior household plumbing waste.
(C) All new construction of buildings which results in a building sewer being connected to the public combined sewer shall have separate piping for all sanitary and storm discharges, and they shall not leave the premises in a combined status.
(1969 Code, § 27-56) (Ord. 1989-7, passed 3-13-1989; Am. Ord. 1997-31, passed 9-8-1997) Penalty, see § 52.999
The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the City Administrator when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the City Administrator or his or her representative.
(1969 Code, § 27-57) (Ord. 1989-7, passed 3-13-1989) Penalty, see § 52.999
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