(a) Where a public sanitary sewer is not available under the provisions of Section 1044.02(d), the building sewer shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system complying with the provisions of this section.
(b) Before commencement of construction of a private sewage disposal system, the owner shall first obtain a written permit therefor signed by the Director. The application for such permit shall be made on a form furnished by the City, which the applicant shall supplement by any plans, specifications and other information as are deemed necessary by the Director. A permit and inspection fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) shall be paid to the City at the time the application is filed. If, during the progress of the work, it appears that the cost of such inspection will exceed the amount previously deposited, the Director shall notify the owner of this fact and shall do no further work in connection with such inspection until the owner has deposited such additional sum of money determined necessary by the Director to cover the cost of the work.
(c) A permit for a private sewage disposal system shall not become effective until the installation is completed to the satisfaction of the Director. He or she shall be allowed to inspect the work at any stage of construction and, in any event, the applicant for the permit shall notify the Director when the work is ready for final inspection and before any underground ground portions are covered. The inspection shall be made within seventy-two hours of the receipt of notice by the Director.
(d) The type, capacities, location and layout of a private sewage disposal system shall comply with all recommendations of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. No permit shall be issued for any private sewage disposal system employing subsurface soil absorption facilities where the area of the lot is less than two acres. No septic tank or cesspool shall be permitted to discharge to any natural outlet.
(e) At such time as a public sewer becomes available to a property served by a private sewage disposal system, as provided in Section 1044.02(d), a direct connection shall be made to the public sewer in compliance with this chapter, and any septic tanks, cesspools and similar private sewage disposal facilities shall be abandoned and filled with suitable material.
(f) The owner shall operate and maintain the private sewage disposal facilities in a sanitary manner at all times, at no expense to the City.
(g) No statement contained in this section shall be construed to interfere with any additional requirements that may be imposed by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.
(h) When a public sewer becomes available, the building sewer shall be connected to the sewer within sixty days and the private sewage disposal system shall be cleaned of sludge and filled with clean bank-run gravel or dirt.
(i) The original plans, together with complete, detailed notes and records, to be prepared by the sewer engineers, of the whole sanitary sewer system as constructed or as it may hereafter be extended, shall be kept on file in the office of the Director of Public Service. In addition, the Director shall keep a complete record in detail, in the proper books and blanks required and procured for this purpose, of all extensions made to the system, together with the date, location, purpose and all details of each house connection, together with a complete record of all applications made, permits issued, licenses granted and bonds filed.
(j) No person, other than a licensed water, sewer and storm drain contractor or installer, shall perform any construction or maintenance work of any kind on any portion of the City's water or sanitary sewer mains, valves, hydrants, corporation cocks, curb stops, service lines or any other appurtenance of the City's water, storm or sanitary sewer system or those portions of private extensions to the City's water system which are not inside a building.
No person shall be given a license to do any of the work until he or she has filed a bond with the City Engineer in the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), to be approved by the Mayor and the Finance Director, conditioned that he or she will indemnify and save the City harmless from all loss and damage that may be caused by accident or by want of care, skill or attention on his or her part, or on the part of any person in his or her employ, in the prosecution, protection or completion of any such work, or that may be occasioned by reason of any opening made by him or her or them, or caused to be made in any street or other public place, or by any material placed or caused to be placed therein, and also conditioned that he or she will at all times conform to and comply with the ordinances which may be in force in the City in relation to openings and excavations in streets and public places and in relation to water mains and sanitary sewers and to the rules and regulations of the Director of Public Service regarding the same.
Upon the failure, at any time, of any person so licensed to comply in each and every particular with the provisions of this chapter or ordinances which may hereafter be placed in force in the City, the license may be suspended by the Director of Public Service, subject to final revocation by Council. All applications for licenses shall be made on blank forms furnished by the City, and all licensees shall be required to renew their licenses on an annual basis and to pay an annual fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) per year, or fifty dollars ($50.00) if renewed prior to January 1. All money received from this source shall be placed in the hands of the Finance Director and credited one-third to the Sewer Revenue Fund; one-third to the Water Revenue Fund; and one-third to the Storm Water Revenue Fund for the maintenance of sanitary sewers, storm water and water systems.
(Ord. 2014-164. Passed 10-6-14.)