(A) A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building; except where one (1) 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, courtyard, or driveway, the sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one (1) building sewer. The Water and Sewer Commission does not and will not assume any obligation or responsibility for damage caused by or resulting from any such single connection aforementioned.
(B) Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the Manager, to meet all requirements of this chapter. Permit and inspection fees for new buildings using existing building sewers shall be the same as for new building sewers. If additional sewer consumers are added to the old building sewers, additional sewer tap fees shall be charged accordingly even though no new sewer tap is actually made into the city system.
(C) Extension of customer service lines from any point on the customer's side of the tap for delivery of waste from any location other than that of the customer in whose name the tap is registered shall not be permitted.
(D) The size, slope, alignment, 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 local and state building and plumbing codes and other applicable rules and regulations of the city, and the Commission's "Standard Specifications for Water and Sewer Line Construction." In the absence of local code provisions or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM and WPCF Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply.
(E) All costs and expenses incidental to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the city and the Commission for any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer. Fees for connection shall be as established by the city.
(F) The owner shall ensure that 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.
(G) In all buildings in which any sanitary facility drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer. Drain pipe and sump for collection of such sanitary drainage shall be above the basement floor or in a separately watertight or drained sump or channel.
(H) In cases where it is necessary to connect a building sewer directly to a sewer main the tap shall be made by employees of the Commission and the actual cost thereof shall be paid by the applicant. The applicant is responsible for uncovering the sewer main and for backfilling the trench once the tap is completed. Where it is necessary to cut a street, the applicant shall obtain a permit from the city and shall open and close the trench in conformance with city specifications.
(I) All building sanitary sewer lines will be installed so as to meet or exceed the most current revision of the State Plumbing Code.
(J) All persons working on city sewers with a cleaning rod must use an approved type rod in cleaning sewer connections to city sewers.
(Ord. - -, passed 6-7-84) Penalty, see § 31.999