All basements constructed after the date of this section shall comply with the following requirements before the premises are occupied or otherwise used for any purpose.
(A) Before the basement floor is installed, there shall be dug a ditch one foot deep and one foot wide parallel and next to and inside all basement exterior walls.
(B) The aforesaid ditch shall be so constructed to drain into a sump hole.
(C) The sump hole shall be so constructed to receive a sump casing no smaller than 18 inches in diameter and at least two feet deep.
(D) A four-inch perforated pipe or tile shall be laid in the ditch leading to the sump on a three-inch bed of washed rock and then covered with washed rock, to completely fill the ditch.
(E) The sump hole with the liner shall be designed to receive the four-inch pipe from at least two directions.
(F) There shall be installed in said sump hole a sump pump which will pump the water from the sump to the outside of the basement toward the street side of the building.
(G) All work done in compliance with this section shall be inspected by the Building Inspector and it shall be the duty of the owner and contractor to notify the Building Inspector when the same is available for such inspections as may be required to ascertain compliance with this section. All new basements shall be inspected by the Building Inspector before the basement floor is laid and again upon the owner or contractor’s representation that the premises comply with all the requirements of this section. All such inspections shall take place prior to occupancy of the premises as hereinabove provided.
(Ord. 619, passed 6-20-1985) Penalty, see § 151.99