CHAPTER 51: WATERWORKS AND SEWERAGE SYSTEM
Section
General Provisions
   51.01   Definitions
   51.02   New connection water and sewer permits
   51.03   New connection storm sewer permit
   51.04   Turning on existing service
   51.05   Cross connections
   51.06   Connection of sanitary or waste sewers to storm water drainage systems and prohibition of storm water to sanitary sewer
   51.07   Establishment of a combined waterworks and sewerage system
Connection Fees
   51.20   Residential user water connection fee
   51.21   Governmental user water connection fee
   51.22   Commercial, industrial and institutional user water connection fee
   51.23   Residential user sanitary sewer connection fee
   51.24   Governmental user sanitary sewer connection fee
   51.25   Commercial user, industrial user and institutional user sanitary sewer connection fee
   51.26   Special sanitary sewer connection fee
   51.27   Kurtz Addition sanitary sewer connection fee
   51.28   Storm sewer connection fee
   51.29   Schuldt Second Subdivision and Third Subdivision sanitary sewer connection fee
Service; Regulations
   51.40   Extension of sanitary sewer mains, storm sewers and water mains
   51.41   Installation
   51.42   Main and pipes plans approved
   51.43   Repairs
   51.44   Place of installation
   51.45   Tunneling
   51.46   Abandoned connection
   51.47   Title
   51.48   Injury or damage
   51.49   Unlawful connection
   51.50   Shut-off boxes
   51.51   Water meters
   51.52   Water resale
   51.53   Larceny
   51.54   Access to premises
Waterworks and Sewerage System Rates
   51.65   Definitions
   51.66   Rates for service
   51.67   Billing of charges
   51.68   Special charges
   51.69   Billing procedure
   51.70   Effective date
   51.71   Accounts
   51.72   Annual rate increase
 
   51.99   Penalty
GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 51.01 DEFINITIONS.
   For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
   COMMERCIAL USER. Any user of the waterworks and sewage facilities for such purpose or use as involves the provision of services or sale of goods in finished form.
   GOVERNMENTAL USER. Any user of the waterworks and sewage facilities for such purpose as involves the provision of services and supported principally by taxes.
   INDUSTRIAL USER. Any user of the waterworks and sewage facilities for such purpose as involving the making, manufacture, fabrication or assembly of goods.
   INSTITUTIONAL USER. Any user of the waterworks and sewage facilities for such purpose:
      (1)   As involves industrial users that do not discharge process waste; or
      (2)   User classified in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1972, Office of Management and Budget, as amended and supplemented, under Division I - Services, Major Group 80.
   RESIDENTIAL USER. Any user of the waterworks and sewage facilities for such purpose or use as involves habitation and living therein of individual persons.
   SANITARY SEWER MAINS. Those mains of the city used for the collection, transmission and disposal of sanitary sewerage which are a part of the combined waterworks and sewerage system of the city.
   SERVICE PIPES. Those pipes which transport sewage, storm water or potable water of a single building into the common sanitary sewer main or storm sewer or water main.
   SEWAGE SLUDGE. The solid, semi-solid, or liquid residue generated during the treatment of domestic sewage in a treatment works. SEWAGE SLUDGE includes, but is not limited to, domestic septage, scum, and solids removed during primary, secondary, or advanced wastewater treatment processes. The definition of SEWAGE SLUDGE also includes a material derived from sewage sludge (i.e., sewage sludge whose quality is changed either through further treatment or through mixing with other materials).
   STORM SEWERS. Sewer mains, pipes or outlets of the city used for the discharge of storm water, surface water, ground water, roof run-off, subsurface drainage or other matter not commonly discharged into sewers used for sanitary purposes, as established by Ordinance 63-7, passed and adopted on March 25, 1963.
   WATER MAINS. Those mains of the city used for the collection, transmission, distribution and sale of potable water for all purposes for which water may be used and are a part of the combined waterworks and sewerage system of the city as established by Ordinance 63-7, passed and adopted on March 25, 1963.
(Ord. 94-39, passed 11-14-94; Am. Ord. 08-39, passed 11-10-08)
§ 51.02 NEW CONNECTION WATER AND SEWER PERMITS.
   No new connection with a water main of the city and no new connection with a sanitary sewer main of the city shall be made without a permit being issued and 24 hours' notice having been given to the Superintendent of Waterworks. All such connections shall be made under the supervision of the Superintendent of Waterworks, and no connection shall be covered until the work has been inspected by the Superintendent of Waterworks. Application for permits to make such connections must be made in writing to the City Clerk and the appropriate fee paid for the connection.
(Ord. 94-39, passed 11-14-94; Am. Ord. 03-02, passed 1-13-03)
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