(A) Required connections.
(1) The owners of all houses, buildings, or properties 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, shall be required, at the owner’s expense, to install suitable toilet facilities therein, and to connect the facilities directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter.
(2) No building sewer shall be connected to the public sewer without a permit issued by the city. All applications for connection permits shall be make to the City Administrator/Clerk-Treasurer and shall be accompanied by plans and drawings showing the proposed work. Before a permit is given, the city may inspect the premises and the proposed installation to verify that the installation is proper and in compliance with local and state laws, ordinances, and regulations. All plumbing installations shall comply with the State Plumbing Code. Issuance of permit shall be contingent on the capacity of downstream facilities to handle the increased flows.
(B) Connection-use charges; expenses. Connections to the public sewer system, connection-use fees therefor, standards for connection to the system, and the payment of expenses for the connection shall be governed by the provisions of §§ 51.25 through 51.29.
(C) Extensions to sanitary sewer system. No extensions or connections to the city sanitary sewer system shall be permitted without compliance with the provision of Preston City Ordinance No. 217, and in no event shall any extension of the system be permitted unless sufficient capacity exists downstream to handle the increased flows from the extension.
(D) Additional authority. The Council may at any time establish specific connection and lateral charges for any main not covered by any other provisions in this subchapter, or when the city has made an extension and the Council has failed to provide lateral or connection charges. It is further provided that the Council may amend or alter any connection or lateral charge after its establishment under the terms of this subchapter or previous ordinance or resolutions.
(Ord. 170, passed 8-10-1981) Penalty, see § 10.99