(a) No person shall make, construct, alter or repair any house connection sewer, special house connection sewer, industrial waste sewer connection, industrial waste storm drain connection, storm drain connection, or special drainage connection, or any portion of any such sewer or storm drain connections, including sampling manholes, or connect any house sewer, soil pipe, or plumbing to any sewer or storm drain connection or to a sewer or storm drain under the jurisdiction of the City without obtaining a written permit from the City.
(b) Persons desiring to obtain a permit for any of the purposes enumerated in this Section shall file with the Director of Public Safety-Service a written application on printed forms furnished for that purpose signed by the applicant. The applications shall contain such information as the City Engineer may require. If it appears from the application that the work to be performed thereunder is to be done according to the regulations contained or referred to in this Chapter governing the execution of such work, a permit shall be issued upon payment of the applicable permit charges required.
(c) The Director of Public Safety-Service before granting any permit, in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter, which will necessitate any excavation in, upon, or under any State highway in the City, or the making of a connection to a sewer or house connection sewer for which a permit is also required from a County sanitation district or a political subdivision other than the City, shall require such permit to be presented for inspection.
(d) Nothing in this Section shall be deemed or construed to require the application for or the issuance of a permit for the purpose of removing stoppages in any house connection sewer, except when it is necessary to replace any part or all of the sewer connection or to excavate in any street or sidewalk or sewer easement in connection therewith.
(e) A permit under which an excavation, tunnel, or the laying of sewer or storm drain pipe in any public street is contemplated will be issued only to other departments of the City, other governmental agencies, or qualified contractors.
(f) A permit for making sewer connections at the property line may be issued to any responsible person when, in the opinion of the Director of Public Safety-Service, the granting of the permit will not endanger public property or jeopardize the public's interest.
(g) The provisions of (a) through (f) above shall not be construed to apply to contractors constructing house connection sewers under contracts entered into under proceedings had or taken pursuant to any of the procedure ordinances of the City, the County, or the State statutes, or other contracts authorized by the City Council, providing for the construction of house connection sewers.
(h) Before granting any permit pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter, except applications filed by a department of the City, the City shall require the payment by the applicant therefore of a fee for each permit issued. Fees shall be as delineated in Chapter 1321 of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Rocky River, Ohio.
(i) (1) No person having obtained a permit from the City shall construct, alter or repair any house connection sewer or any portion of any house connection sewer, or make a connection to any public sewer or house connection, pursuant to any permit, at any place other than that designated thereon. Neither shall the person fail, refuse, or neglect to comply with any requirement contained or referred to in this Section.
(2) At all times, while the work under any such permit is in progress, the original of the permit must be kept at the place of the work and must, on demand, be exhibited to the City or to any of its inspectors, agents, or representatives, or to any police officer.
(j) The construction of all sewers, and all repairs to sewers, shall be in accordance with the Uniform Standard for Sewerage Improvements of the combined agencies of the City of Cleveland, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District, Cuyahoga County Sanitary Engineering Division, the Municipal Engineers Association of Northeast Ohio and Ohio EPA Northeast District Office.
(k) The provisions of this Chapter are supplementary to the provisions of the City Building Code.
(Ord. 73-12. Passed 12-10-12.)
(Ord. 73-12. Passed 12-10-12.)