(A) No owner or occupant of any real property shall tap or drain either directly or indirectly into any public sewer until a sewer tap permit has been obtained and until the person has satisfied his or her obligation to pay all assessments, reimbursements, or pro rata shares of sewer extension costs laid against that property for public sewers required to serve it. A tap permit given in error or sewerage services billed to a property in error shall not operate to nullify any such obligation that has been duly recorded.
(B) No owner or occupant of any real property shall attempt to repair, through professional or personal effort, any public sewer or sewer connection unless plans for the repair are approved by the City Engineer, Director of Public Works, or the management of the municipal sewage utility.
(C) An owner or occupant of any real property who either taps or drains either directly or indirectly into any public sewer, or attempts to repair any public sewer or sewer connection, without obtaining the necessary approvals, permits, and supervision required under this chapter, or of management of the municipal sewage utility, shall be fined. That owner or occupant shall also be required to reimburse the city and the municipal sewage utility for any costs incurred for the inspection, and correction or repair of the unauthorized sewer tap-in or repair, including repair of any streets and rights-of-way involved. The penalty shall be determined by the Board of Public Works and Safety, upon service of notice of the violation to the owner or occupant, presentation of the violation to the Board at a regularly scheduled meeting of same by the Building Commissioner, City Engineer, Director of Public Works, or facilities manager of the municipal sewage utility, and a proper finding of fault by the Board.
(D) The Board of Public Works and Safety shall have the authority to require an owner of real property to disconnect from a building any sewer which drains into a sanitary sewer any downspouts, yard drains, or other drains which carry the runoff of natural precipitation. Property owners shall have 30 days after notice to comply with these requirements. The Board of Public Works and Safety shall not authorize any tap permit which will cause excess flow, BOD, or suspended solid loading of the wastewater treatment plant, force mains, lift stations, or sewers.
(1987 Code, § 9-103)
(E) 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 Clerk-Treasurer.
(1987 Code, § 9-129)
(Ord. passed 6-26-2000) Penalty, see § 10.99