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BUILDING SEWERS AND CONNECTIONS
§ 51.15 PERMITS.
   (A)   No 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 city. Permits and applications therefor shall be available in the offices of the City Administrator.
   (B)   Applications for permits shall be made by the owner or authorized agent and the party employed to do the work, and shall state the location, the name of the owner, the street number of the building to be connected, and how the building is to be occupied. No person shall extend any private building drain beyond the limits of the building or property for which the service connection permit has been given.
   (C)   There shall be two classes of building sewer permits: for residential and commercial service; and for service to establishments producing industrial wastes. In either case, the application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or any other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the city. The industry, as a condition of permit authorization, must provide information describing its wastewater constituents, characteristics, and type of activity.
   (D)   Any new connection to the sanitary sewer system shall be prohibited unless sufficient capacity is available in all downstream facilities including, but not limited to, capacity or flow, BOD5, and suspended solids, as determined by the City Council.
   (E)   Any person desiring to make a service connection with public sewers shall apply in writing to the City Council with satisfactory evidence that the applicant is trained or skilled in the business and qualified to make the connection. All applications shall be referred to the City Administrator for recommendation to the City Council. If approved by the Council, such permission for connection to the public sewer shall be issued by the City Administrator upon receipt of the financial security herein provided.
   (F)   Any person who desires to receive permission from the city to connect to the city sewer shall file, annually, with the City Administrator, a certification in the form to be provided by the City Administrator, which certification shall include a representation that the party seeking permission to connect to the city sewer is qualified to do so, and shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the city from all suits, accidents, and damage that may arise by reason of any opening in any street, alley, or public ground made by the person or by those in the person’s employment or under the person’s control for any purpose whatsoever; and certifying that the person will replace and restore the street and alley over such opening to the condition existing prior to the installation, adequately guard the opening with barricades and lights, and keep and maintain the same to the satisfaction of the City Engineer and Wastewater System Operator, and shall conform in all respects to the rules and regulations of the Council relative thereto, and pay all fines that may be imposed on the person by law.
   (G)   The fee for making service connections shall be as set by City Council resolution from time to time. All permits for connection to the public sewer shall expire 60 days after the date of the permit unless suspended or revoked prior thereto by the Council for cause.
   (H)   The Council may suspend or revoke any permit issued for connection to the public sewer under this subchapter for any of the following causes:
      (1)   Giving false information in connection with the application for a permit;
      (2)   Incompetence of the person applying for the permit;
      (3)   Willful violation of any provisions of this subchapter or any rule or regulation pertaining to the making of service connections;
      (4)   Failure to adequately protect, defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the city and the user.
(Ord. 89, passed 11-22-94) Penalty, see § 51.99
§ 51.16 RESPONSIBILITY OF SERVICE LINE.
   The sanitary sewer line between the building and the sewer main service stub, or if no stub is present the sewer main, is owned and maintained by the owner of the property serviced by such service line. The property owner must bear the cost of installing the sanitary sewer service line to the sanitary sewer service stub, if no stub is present, the property owner is responsible for connecting to the main in a location determined by the city. The property owner is also responsible for all maintenance and repairs to the sanitary sewer service line between the main and the building being served. The owner shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the city from any loss or damage that may be directly or indirectly occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
(Ord. 89, passed 11-22-94; Am. Ord. 1603, passed 3-8-16)
§ 51.17 BUILDING SEWERS.
   (A)   A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building, except where one 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, court, driveway, or yard. The building sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered one building sewer. The city does not and will not assume any obligation or responsibility for damage caused by or resulting from any such 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 Wastewater System Operator, to meet all requirements of this chapter.
   (C)   The size, slopes, alignment, and materials of construction of a building sewer, and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing, and backfilling of the trench shall all conform to the requirements of the state building and plumbing codes or other applicable rules and regulations of the city. In the absence of code provisions, or in the amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM and WPCF Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply.
   (D)   Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such building drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.
(Ord. 89, passed 11-22-94) Penalty, see § 51.99
§ 51.18 CONNECTIONS.
   (A)   No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, foundation drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surface runoff of ground water to a building sewer or indirectly to the wastewater treatment facilities.
   (B)   The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the state building and plumbing codes or other applicable rules and regulations of the city or the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM and the WPCS Manual of Practice No. 9. All such connections shall be made gastight and watertight to prevent the inclusion of infiltration/ inflow. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the city prior to installation.
   (C)   The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the city when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection and inspection shall be made under the supervision of the Wastewater System Operator.
(Ord. 89, passed 11-22-94) Penalty, see § 51.99
§ 51.19 EXCAVATIONS.
   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.
(Ord. 89, passed 11-22-94) Penalty, see § 51.99
§ 51.20 GARAGE DRAINS.
   Floor drains in private garages classified as Group U, Division 1 occupancies serving one and two family dwellings may discharge to daylight if approved by the Building Official. For the purporse of this chapter, the term "Private Garages Classified as Group U, Division 1" shall be defined by the Minnesota State Building Code as adopted in § 151.01.
(Ord.0408, passed 12-14-04) Penalty, see § 51.99
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