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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
Upon arrival of the application, the customer shall pay a tap fee for a new service in the amount of the assessment against said property as recorded by the City Clerk and shall be responsible for all costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer. The customer shall indemnify the city from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
(Prior Code, § 3-209)
The city shall repair or replace, as the case may be, all pipe constituting major sewer mains. It shall be the responsibility of the customer to repair or replace all other sewer pipe and appurtenances from the main to and including the customer’s property. All replacements and repairs made by the customer shall be done in the manner and with the materials approved by the Sewer Commissioner; provided, that the same have been previously approved by the governing body.
(Prior Code, § 3-210)
Old house sewers and drains may be used in connection with new buildings or new plumbing only when they are found on examination by the Sewer Commissioner to conform in all respects to the requirements governing new sewers and drains. If the old work is found defective or otherwise unsatisfactory, he or she shall notify the owner to make the necessary changes to conform with the provisions of this code.
(Prior Code, § 3-214)
(A) (1) It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, including interior and exterior foundation drains on all new construction, uncontaminated cooling water, or unpolluted industrial process waters into the sanitary sewer.
(2) Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as combined sewers or storm sewers or to a natural outlet approved by the Sewer Commissioner. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged upon approval of the Sewer Commissioner to a storm sewer, combined sewer, or natural outlet.
(Prior Code, § 3-215)
(B) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described water or wastes into the sewer system:
(1) Liquids or vapors having a temperature higher than 150ºF;
(2) Water or waste which may contain more than 100 parts per million by weight of fat, oil, or grease;
(3) Gasoline, benzene, naptha, cleaning solvent, fuel oil, other flammable or explosive liquid, solid, or gas;
(4) Garbage that has not been properly shredded;
(5) Ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, paunch manure, or any other solid or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interference with the proper operation of the sewage works;
(6) Toxic or poisonous substances in sufficient quantity to interfere with or injure the sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans, animals, or fish, or create any hazard in the receiving area of the sewage treatment plant;
(7) Suspended solids of such character and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required to handle such materials at the sewage treatment plant;
(8) Waters or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5 or higher than 9.0 or having other corrosive properties capable of causing damage to the structures, equipment, and personnel of the Sewer Department;
(9) Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable of creating a public nuisance;
(10) Any concentrated or high strength industrial wastes, such as whole blood, whole milk, whey, eggs, or any milk processing waste and other wastes which contain large amounts of organic materials; or
(11) The admission into the public sewers of any waters or wastes having a five-day biochemical oxygen demand greater than 300 parts per million by weight; containing more than 350 parts per million by weight of suspended solids; containing any quantity of substances having the characteristics described in division (A) above; or having an average daily flow greater than 2% of the average sewage flow of the city shall be subject to the review of the Sewer Commissioner. Where necessary in the opinion of the Sewer Commissioner, the owner shall provide, at his or her expense, such preliminary treatment as may be necessary to reduce the biochemical oxygen demand to 300 parts per million and the suspended solids to 350 parts per million by weight; reduce objectionable characteristics or constituents to within the maximum limits provided for in division (A) above; or control the quantities and rates of discharge of such water or wastes. Plans, specifications, and any other pertinent information relating to proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted for the approval of the Sewer Commissioner and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced until said approval is obtained in writing.
(Neb. RS 17-145) (Prior Code, § 3-216) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) Grease and oil interceptors shall be constructed of impervious materials capable of withstanding abrupt and extreme changes in temperature. They shall be of substantial construction, watertight, and equipped with easily removable covers which, when bolted in place, shall be gastight and watertight.
(B) Where installed, all grease, oil, and sand interceptors shall be maintained by the owner, at his or her expense, in continuously efficient operation at all times.
(C) Where preliminary treatment facilities are provided for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner at his or her expense.
(D) When required by the Sewer Commissioner, the owner of any property served by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable control manhole in the building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling, and measurement of the wastes. Such manhole, when required, shall be accessibly and safely located and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the Sewer Commissioner. The manhole shall be installed by the owner at his or her expense and shall be maintained by him or her so as to be safe and accessible at all times.
(Prior Code, § 3-217)
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