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No person shall uncover, make any connection with or opening into, use, alter or disturb, any public sewer or appurtenance thereto without first obtaining a written permit therefor from the City Manager. The owner of a premises to which the City sewerage system is available must employ a licensed plumber or drain layer to make the necessary connection to the premises.
(Ord. 1039. Passed 5-8-84.)
There shall be three classes of sanitary sewer tap fees: a residential service and a commercial service and a service for those establishments producing industrial waste. The owner or his or her agent shall make application on a form furnished by the City prior to the commencement of any work. The permit shall be supplemented by drawings, specifications or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the City Manager. The sanitary sewer tap fees shall be as set out in the Master Fee Schedule of the City of Sidney and shall be paid in full at the time of application.
(Ord. 1039. Passed 5-8-84; Ord. 1747. Passed 9-9-14; Ord. 1800. Passed 9-25-18.)
All costs and expenses incidental to the installation, connection and maintenance of a building sewer shall be borne by the lot owner. The lot owner shall take all risk of damage that may result from water settling back on his or her premises from the main sewer. Drainage piping serving fixtures which have flood level rims located below the elevation of the next upstream manhole cover of the public sewer serving such drainage piping shall be protected from backflow of sewage by installing an approved-type backwater valve. Fixtures above such elevation shall not discharge through the backwater valve. The owner is required, at his or her expense, to install the backwater valve and to keep the same in repair. 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.
(Ord. 1220. Passed 6-9-92.)
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