§ 53.06  BUILDING SEWERS AND CONNECTIONS.
   (A)   No unauthorized person shall uncover or make any connections with or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenances thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the city.
   (B)   The tap application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the city. A tap and inspection fee as established by resolution of the city shall be paid to the city at the time the application is filed.
   (C)   All costs and expenses 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.
   (E)   Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination, to meet all the requirements of this chapter.
   (F)   The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building sewer, and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, joining, testing, and backfilling the trench shall all conform to the requirements of the Building and Plumbing Codes or other applicable rules and regulations of the state.
   (G)   Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the buildings 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 from such building drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.
   (H)   No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains, or other sources of 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. No person shall pump from a drain to the storm sewer system.
   (I)   The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the Building and Plumbing Codes or other applicable rules and regulations of the city, state, or federal government. All such connections shall be made gas-tight and water-tight.
   (J)   Any deviation from the procedures and materials set forth in divisions (A) through (I) of this section must be approved by the city before installation.
   (K)   The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the city when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer.
   (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, parkway, and other public parkway disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored at the owner’s expense in a manner satisfactory to the city.
(Ord. 93, passed - -)  Penalty, see § 53.99