A. Any person wishing to connect to the city sanitary sewer system and construct a building sewer from a house, commercial or industrial plant, to a main sewer or existing building sewer within a public right of way or public easement, shall obtain from the building inspection division, a permit to do so and pay connection fees which the city council may establish by ordinance, resolution or minute order. Any person performing said construction or any portion thereof within the public right of way or easement shall, in addition, first obtain from the public works director a permit to do so in accordance with the provisions of title 7, chapter 5 of this code.
B. Upon completion of the work, notice thereof shall be given to the building inspection division and the public works department and the trench shall remain unfilled until inspection shall have been made by the building and/or public works inspector. If connection is to be made to a main sewer, the person constructing the building sewer may make connection with said main sewer, but such connection shall be made in the presence of and under the supervision of the public works director, and the person to whom the permit for connection has been granted, as provided in this section, shall give the public works director at least twenty four (24) hours' notice that said connection is to be made.
C. Fees established in accordance with the provisions of this section shall provide the following:
1. Plant Capacity Buy-In: A fee representing the prorata share for any premises to be served by the city wastewater treatment plant facility of construction cost for said facility and the cost for expansion of said facility to provide for new connections to the system. The time of collection of said fee shall be established by resolution of the city council.
2. Main Sewer Construction: A fee representing the prorata share of cost of construction of a main sewer for any premises proposing to connect to a main sewer which has been installed by the city or a main sewer constructed by a person which is to serve properties in addition to the property of the person constructing said main sewer. Reimbursement of any person for said main sewer construction shall be by agreement with the city council, said reimbursement to be made from fees collected from other premises connecting to said main sewer and providing that such agreement terminate within twenty (20) years of the date thereof. The amount of the reimbursement to any person so constructing main sewer and facilities shall be based on actual cost of construction verified to the satisfaction of the public works director. Main sewer construction fees shall be paid prior to the issuance of any permit for development, redevelopment or construction on the premises. (Ord. 659, 4-6-1982)