(a) No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Director. No new permit will be issued when it has been determined by the Superintendent and/or the City Engineer that there does not exist sufficient capacity in the wastewater treatment system, including collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of wastes as may be discharged by the applicant of such new permit.
(b) There shall be two classes of building sewer permits:
(1) For residential and commercial service; and
(2) For service to establishments producing industrial wastes.
In either case, the owner or his or her agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the City. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Director. A permit and inspection fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for a residential or commercial building sewer permit and two hundred dollars ($200.00) for an industrial building sewer permit 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) All costs and expense incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the City from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
(d) A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building, except that 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 will be considered as one building sewer.
(e) Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found on examination and testing by the Director to meet all requirements of this chapter.
(f) The size, slope, alignment and 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 provisions of the Building 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 ASTM and W.P.C.F. Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply.
(g) A building sewer shall be cast-iron soil pipe, ASTM specification A74-66 or equal; vitrified clay sewer pipe, ASTM specification C13-64T or equal; or other suitable material approved by the Public Service Director. Joints shall be tight and waterproof. No part of any building sewer shall be located within four feet of a water service line, and any part of a building sewer that is located within six feet of a water service line shall be constructed of cast-iron soil pipe with leaded joints or vitrified sewer pipe with approved rubber joints. Cast-iron pipe with leaded joints may be required by the Public Service Director where the building sewer is exposed to damage by tree roots. If installed in filled or unstable ground, a building sewer shall be of cast-iron soil pipe, except that nonmetallic material may be accepted if it is laid on a suitable concrete bed or cradle as approved by the Public Service Director.
(h) The size and slope of a building sewer shall be subject to the approval of the Public Service Director, but in no event shall the diameter be less than six inches, except that if connected to a five-inch Y-branch already installed on February 4, 1957, such building sewer may be not less than five inches. The slope of such six-inch pipe shall be not less than three- eighths of an inch per two feet.
Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. No building sewer shall be laid parallel to or within three feet of any bearing wall, which might thereby be weakened. The depth shall be sufficient to afford protection from frost. The building sewer shall be laid at uniform grade and in straight alignment insofar as possible. Changes in direction shall be made only with properly curved pipe and fittings. In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by the drain shall be lifted by approved artificial means and discharged to the building sewer.
All excavations required for the installation of a building sewer shall be open trench work unless otherwise approved by the Public Service Director. Pipe laying and backfill shall be performed in accordance with ASTM specification S12-19, except that no backfill shall be placed until the work has been inspected. The ends of all pipes not to be immediately connected with house drainage systems shall be securely closed and made watertight with a stopper appropriate to the type of pipe used, as specified by the Public Service Director.
Cellar drains for taking care of the ordinary sewage water of cellars may be connected to the main connection, but only at a point beyond the end of the cast-iron house drainage pipe outside of the cellar walls by means of a suitable Y branch. The cellar connection shall be protected by an efficient and approved handhole trap and by an approved automatic back pressure valve between the trap and the connection to the Y branch, and such separate cellar connections shall have proper vent to the main air shaft. All such cellar connections shall be made under the direction of and to the entire satisfaction of the Public Service Director. Storm water and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as storm sewers, or to a natural outlet approved by the Public Service Director. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged, upon approval of the Public Service Director, to a storm sewer or natural outlet.
(i) No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains or other sources of cooling water, unpolluted industrial process waters, surface runoff or ground water to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
(j) The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing provisions of the Building Code or other applicable rules and regulations of the City or the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM and the W.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 Director before installation.
(k) The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Director when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the Director or his or her representative.
(l) All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the City. (Ord. 2014-164. Passed 10-6-14.)
(m) For the purpose of equalizing, as nearly as is reasonably practicable, the cost to all sanitary sewerage system users where there has been no property assessment or equivalent owner contribution for the public sewer to which connection is sought, there is hereby levied as a tap-in fee upon each lot, parcel of land, building or premises for which a connection to the City sanitary system is sought, the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000) for a single-family dwelling, effective June 7, 2018. The following schedule shall be applied for all multifamily, commercial and industrial units. (Ord. 2018-049. Passed 5-7-18.) )
EQUIVALENT BUILDING USAGE
BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE
OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
BUILDING USAGE | NOTE | UNITS* | PER |
Apartments | |||
One-bedroom | 0.6250 | Apartment | |
Two-bedroom | 0.7500 | Apartment | |
Three-bedroom | 0.8750 | Apartment | |
Four-bedroom | 1.0000 | Apartment | |
Assembly halls | 0.0050 | Seat | |
Barber shop-beauty parlor | 1.0000 | Barber chair | |
Bowling alleys (no food service) | 0.1875 | Bowling lane | |
Churches (small) | 0.0075 | Sanctuary seat | |
(large, with kitchen) | A | 0.0175 | Sanctuary seat |
Condominiums | 1.0000 | Each | |
Country clubs | 0.1250 | Member | |
Dance halls | 0.0050 | Person | |
Drive-in theaters | 0.01250 | Car space | |
Factories | |||
No showers | 0.0625 | Employee | |
With showers | 0.0875 | Employee | |
Food service operations | |||
Ordinary restaurant (not 24 hrs) | B | 0.1750 | Seat |
24-hour restaurant | B | 0.2500 | Seat |
Banquet rooms | B | 0.1250 | Seat |
Restaurant-along freeway | B | 0.5000 | Seat |
Tavern-very little food service | B | 0.1750 | Seat |
Curb service-(drive-in) | B | 0.2500 | Car space |
Vending machine restaurant | C | 0.2500 | Seat |
Hospitals-no resident personnel | A | 0.7500 | Bed |
Institutions-resident | A | 0.2500 | Person |
Laundries-coin-operated | 1.0000 | Standard size machine | |
Laundry wastes require special consideration - consult District Sanitary Engineer | |||
Motels | 0.2500 | Room | |
Nursing and rest homes | A&C | 0.3750 | Patient |
0.2500 | Resident employee | ||
0.1250 | Nonresident employee | ||
Office building | 0.0500 | Employee | |
Schools | |||
Elementary | A | 0.0375 | Pupil |
Junior and senior high | A | 0.0500 | Pupil |
Service stations | D | ||
1 bay-grease interceptor required | 2.5000 | Service station | |
2 bay-grease interceptor required | 3.7500 | Service station | |
Domestic waste only | 2.0000 | Service station | |
Shopping center (no food service or laundries) | 0.0005 | Square foot or floor space | |
Swimming pools | |||
Average | 0.0125 | Swimmer (design load) | |
With hot water shower | 0.0175 | Swimmer (design load) | |
Trailer parks | |||
Single-wide trailers | 0.5000 | Single-wide trailer | |
Double-wide trailers | 1.0000 | Double-wide trailer | |
Travel trailer dump station (Holding tank to be pumped out and hauled away) ) | |||
Travel trailer parks and camps | 0.3125 | Trailer or tent space | |
Vacation cottages | 0.1250 | Person | |
Youth and recreation camps | 0.1250 | Person | |
NOTES:
A. Food Service waste included, but without garbage grinders.
B. Aeration tanks for these required 48-hour detention period.
C. If garbage grinder is used, capacity of plant shall be doubled. This applies only to that portion of plant capacity which is designed for food service operation.
D. Truck stop parking areas will require consideration for treatment of runoff.
* One unit equals the capacity requirements of a single family residence.
(n) Ownership and all maintenance of the "building sewer" (also referred to as "sewer lateral") are the responsibility of the property owner from the building to the Public Sanitary Sewer including the connection. (Ord. 2014-164. Passed 10-6-14.)