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For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BUILDING OR HOUSE DRAIN. The part of the lowest horizontal piping of a house or building drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste, or other drainage pipes inside the walls of any building or house and conveys it to the building sewer beginning five feet outside the inner face of the building wall.
BUILDING OR HOUSE SEWER. The part of a house or building drainage system extending from the house or building drain to its connection with the main sewer.
GARBAGE. Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage, and sale of produce.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES. Wastes from industrial processes as distinct from sanitary sewage.
NATURAL OUTLET. Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other body of surface or groundwater.
pH. The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE. Waste from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers with no particle larger than one-half inch in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER. A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights and is controlled by public authority.
SANITARY SEWER. A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface, and groundwater are not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGE. A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments, together with such ground, surface, and stormwaters as may be present.
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT. Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage.
SEWAGE WORKS. All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating, and disposing of sewage.
SEWER. A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
STORM SEWER. A sewer which carries storm and surface drainage but excludes sewage and polluted industrial waste.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS. Solids that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension in water, sewage, or other liquids and are removable by laboratory filtering.
WATERCOURSE. A channel in which a flow of water occurs either continuously or intermittently.
(Prior Code, § 3-202)
(A) Any person wishing to connect with the sewer system shall make an application in writing therefor to the City Clerk. There shall be two classes of building sewer permits for:
(1) Residential; and
(2) Commercial service.
(B) In either case, the owner or his or her agent shall accompany his or her application with plans and specifications or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the City Clerk. Sewer service may not be supplied to any house or building except upon the written order of the Sewer Commissioner. The Sewer Department shall not supply sewer service to any person outside the corporate limits without special permission from the governing body; provided, that the entire cost of pipe and other installation charges shall be paid by such consumers. Nothing herein shall be construed to obligate the city to provide sewer service to non-residents.
(Neb. RS 17-574, 19-2701) (Prior Code, § 3-203)
The city, through the Sewer Department, shall furnish sewer services to persons within its corporate limits whose premises abut a street or alley in which a commercial main is now or may hereafter be laid. The city may also furnish sewer service to persons whose premises are situated outside the corporate limits of the city as and when according to law the governing body may see fit to do so. The rules, regulations, and sewer rental rates hereinafter named in this chapter shall be considered a part of every application hereafter made for sewer service and shall be considered a part of the contract between every customer now or hereafter served. Without further formality, the making of the application on the part of any applicant or the use of sewer service by present customers thereof shall constitute a contract between the customer and the city to which said contract both parties are bound. If the customer shall violate any of the provisions of said contract or any reasonable rules and regulations that the governing body may hereafter adopt, the Sewer Commissioner or his or her agent may cut off or disconnect the sewer service from the building or premises of such violation. No further connection for sewer service to said building or premises shall again be made save or except by order of the Sewer Commissioner or his or her agent.
(Prior Code, § 3-204)
(A) Upon written notice by the Sewer Commissioner, the property owner, occupant, or lessee of any premises within 300 feet of any sewer main shall, without delay, cause the said building to be connected with the sewer system and equipped with inside sewerage facilities. Every building hereafter erected shall be connected with the sewer system at the time of its construction. In the event that any property owner, occupant, or lessee shall neglect, fail, or refuse within a period of ten days after notice has been given to him or her to do so by registered mail or by publication in a newspaper in or of general circulation in the city to make such connection, the governing body shall have the power to cause the same to be done, to assess the cost thereof against the property, and to collect the assessment thus made in the manner provided for collection of other special taxes and assessments.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit, or permit to be deposited in an unsanitary manner upon public or private property within the city or in any area under the jurisdiction of the city any human or animal excrement, garbage, or other objectionable waste.
(C) It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the city or in any area under the jurisdiction of said city any sanitary sewage, industrial waste, or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this chapter.
(Neb. RS 17-574, 17-575) (Prior Code, § 3-205) Penalty, see § 10.99
Each and every building must make a direct connection with the main sewer line; provided, where one 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 one building sewer.
(Prior Code, § 3-206)
Contracts for sewer service are not transferable. Any person wishing to change from one location to another shall make a new application and sign a new contract. If any customer shall move from the premises where service is furnished or if the said premises is destroyed by fire or other casualty, he or she shall at once inform the Sewer Commissioner who shall cause the sewer service to be shut off from the said premises. If the customer should fail to give notice, he or she shall be charged for that period of time until the Sewer Commissioner is otherwise advised of such circumstances.
(Prior Code, § 3-207)
(A) Upon approval of the customer’s application, the customer shall be responsible for actual installation from the city main to the premises to be served.
(B) The building sewer shall be cast iron soil pipe, vitrified clay sewer pipe, or other suitable material approved by the Sewer Commissioner. Joints shall be tight and waterproof. Any part of the building sewer that is located within ten feet of a water service pipe shall be constructed of cast iron soil pipe with leaded joints. Cast iron pipe with leaded joints may be required by the Sewer Commissioner where the building sewer is exposed to damage by tree roots. If installed in filled or unstable ground, the building sewer shall be of cast iron soil pipe, except that non-metallic material may be accepted if laid on a suitable concrete bed or cradle as approved by the Sewer Commissioner.
(C) The size, slope, alignment, materials of 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 A.S.T.M. and W.P.C.F. Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply.
(D) 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 such building drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.
(E) All excavations required for the installation of a building sewer shall be open trench work, unless otherwise approved by the Sewer Commissioner.
(F) All joints and connections shall be made gastight and watertight.
(G) No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, interior and exterior foundation drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain, which in turn, is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
(H) 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 A.S.T.M. and the S.P.C.F. Manual of Practice No. 9. All such connections shall be made gastight and watertight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the Sewer Commissioner before installation.
(I) In making excavations in streets, alleys, or sidewalks for the purpose of installing pipe or making repairs, the paving, stones, and earth must be removed and deposited in a manner that will occasion the least inconvenience to the public and provide for adequate drainage. No person shall have an excavation made in the street, alley, or sidewalk open at any time without a barricade and, during the night, warning lights. After the house sewer is laid, the public ways and property shall be restored to good condition. If the excavation in the public ways and property is left open or unfinished for a period of 24 hours or more, the Sewer Commissioner shall have the duty to finish or correct the work and all expense so incurred shall be charged to the owner, occupant, or lessee of the property. All installations or repairs of pipes require two inspections by the Sewer Commissioner. The first inspection shall be made when connections or repairs are complete and before the pipes are covered. The second inspection shall be made after the dirt work is completed and the service restored. It is the customer’s responsibility to notify the Sewer Commissioner at the time the work is ready for each inspection. All installation shall be done under the supervision and strictly in accordance with the rules, regulations, and specifications for such installation prescribed by the Sewer Commissioner; provided, that the said rules, regulations, and specifications have been reviewed and approved by the governing body.
(Prior Code, § 3-208) Penalty, see § 10.99
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