Skip to code content (skip section selection)
Compare to:
Strongsville Overview
Codified Ordinances of Strongsville, OH
Codified Ordinances of Strongsville, Ohio
CERTIFICATION
DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS
ADOPTING ORDINANCE NO. 1987-195
EDITOR'S NOTE
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
CHARTER
PART TWO - ADMINISTRATION CODE
PART FOUR - TRAFFIC CODE
PART SIX - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART EIGHT - BUSINESS REGULATION AND TAXATION CODE
PART TEN - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
TITLE TWO - Street and Sidewalk Areas
TITLE FOUR - Utilities
CHAPTER 1040 Utilities Generally
CHAPTER 1042 Water
CHAPTER 1046 Sewers Generally
1046.01 INTERPRETATION; CONFLICT OF LAWS.
1046.02 CONNECTION; PERMIT REQUIRED; CAPITAL FACILITIES UTILIZATION CHARGE.
1046.03 APPLICATION.
1046.04 DEPOSIT REQUIRED.
1046.05 DISPOSITION OF DEPOSIT.
1046.06 FILLING, PAVEMENT AND CURBING SPECIFICATIONS.
1046.07 TEMPORARY ROADWAYS; BARRICADES AND WARNING LIGHTS.
1046.08 EFFECTIVE PERIOD OF PERMITS; MAXIMUM PERIOD FOR EXCAVATING.
1046.09 RESPONSIBILITY OF PERMITTEE; INSURANCE.
1046.10 SEWER BUILDERS; REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
1046.11 USE OF SEWERS; RESTRICTIONS.
1046.12 CONNECTIONS TO NEW CONSTRUCTION.
1046.13 ABANDONMENT OF INDIVIDUAL FACILITIES.
1046.14 CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICATIONS; MATERIALS; DESIGN.
1046.15 GRADIENT.
1046.16 INSTALLATION SPECIFICATIONS.
1046.17 UNCOVERING SEWER AND CONNECTIONS.
1046.18 WYE BRANCHES AND RISERS.
1046.19 CONNECTIONS UNDER ROADWAYS.
1046.20 TEST TEE AND RISER.
1046.21 TESTING.
1046.22 REGULATIONS.
1046.23 PHOTOGRAPHIC AND VISUAL INSPECTION.
1046.24 CAPITAL FACILITIES UTILIZATION CHARGE; ESTABLISHMENT OF SEWERAGE SYSTEM CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND.
1046.241 CONNECTION CHARGES FOR ROYALTON ROAD SANITARY SEWER PROJECT IN ADDITION TO THOSE SET FORTH IN SECTION 1046.24.
1046.242 CONNECTION CHARGES FOR LUNN ROAD SANITARY SEWER AND PUMP STATION PROJECT IN ADDITION TO THOSE SET FORTH IN SECTION 1046.24.
1046.243 CONNECTION CHARGES FOR WEBSTER ROAD SANITARY SEWER PROJECT IN ADDITION TO THOSE SET FORTH IN SECTION 1046.24.
1046.244 CONNECTION CHARGES FOR WEBSTER ROAD SANITARY SEWER PROJECT 1N ADDITION TO THOSE SET FORTH IN SECTION 1046.24.
1046.245 CONNECTION CHARGES FOR WEBSTER ROAD/WEST 130th STREET SANITARY SEWER PROJECT IN ADDITION TO THOSE SET FORTH IN SECTION 1046.24.
1046.246 CONNECTION CHARGES FOR PRIEM ROAD SOUTH SANITARY SEWER PROJECT IN ADDITION TO THOSE SET FORTH IN SECTION 1046.24.
1046.247 CONNECTION CHARGES FOR BOWMAN/FETZER/DRAKE SANITARY SEWER PROJECT IN ADDITION TO THOSE SET FORTH IN SECTION 1046.24.
1046.248 CONNECTION CHARGES FOR HOWE ROAD SOUTH SANITARY SEWER PROJECT IN ADDITION TO THOSE SET FORTH IN SECTION 1046.24.
1046.249 CONNECTION CHARGES FOR ALBION AND WEBSTER ROADS SANITARY SEWER PROJECT IN ADDITION TO THOSE SET FORTH IN SECTION 1046.24.
1046.25 ADOPTION OF SPECIFICATIONS.
1046.26 CONNECTIONS TO LINES ON W. 130th STREET NORTH OF DRAKE ROAD.
1046.27 CONNECTIONS TO LINES IN DRAKE ROAD, HOWE ROAD AND MISTY LAKE DRIVE.
1046.28 CONNECTION TO LINES IN PEARL ROAD.
1046.99 PENALTY; EQUITABLE REMEDIES.
EXHIBIT A Suggested Sewage Flow Guide
CHAPTER 1048 Sewer Rates
CHAPTER 1050 Pretreatment Requirements
CHAPTER 1052 Street Lighting Advisory Board
CHAPTER 1054 Gas
TITLE FIVE - Storm Water Management
TITLE SIX - Other Public Services
PART TWELVE - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART FOURTEEN - BUILDING AND HOUSING CODE
PART SIXTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
Loading...
1046.19 CONNECTIONS UNDER ROADWAYS.
   Sanitary sewer service connections may be constructed under paved portions of a public roadway by one of the following methods, other than open trenching:
   (a)    By short tunnel construction of sufficient size, height and width to permit the installation of the connection pipe, to permit proper bracing of the tunnel and to permit ample room for prosecution of the work and safety of the workmen.
   (b)    By jacking of continuous large diameter steel casing (thirty-six inch minimum diameter) and hand excavation and mucking.
   (c)    By auger boring and continuous jacking of small diameter steel casing (twelve-inch minimum diameter).
   (d)    By auger boring without casing (twelve inch minimum diameter) and subsequent service connection insertion by use of wooden skid plates.
   Regardless of which method is employed, other than open cut, backfill shall be accomplished by the flushing with water of fine sand into the void around the service connection pipe, between the connection pipe outer wall and the tunnel, casing or boring hole wall. The work of jointing and inserting the service connection pipe and the flushed sand backfill operation shall be done only in the presence of the Commissioner of Buildings or his duly appointed deputy.
(Ord. 1966-135. Passed 9-12-66.)
1046.20 TEST TEE AND RISER.
   A five-inch clay test tee or a four-inch ABS test tee and riser shall be installed in the sanitary sewer service connection at a point just outside the easement or roadway right-of-way line and the tee component of such riser assembly shall be encased in concrete to prevent crushing thereof. All components of the test tee riser assembly shall meet the same material specifications set forth under Section 1046.14, including jointing and pipe material. The vitrified, vinyl or ABS stopper used to seal the top of the test riser shall be compatible with the specified joint selected for use and shall effectively seal the test riser against infiltration of surface water.
(Ord. 1975-58. Passed 3-17-75.)
1046.21 TESTING.
   The permittee shall test the completed and backfilled sanitary sewer service connection between the plumbing stack in the serviced building, and the downstream end of the test tee by plugging the tee with an appropriate plumbers test plug and filling the connection with clean water to a point at least three feet six inches above the invert of the test tee. The test shall be conducted in the presence of the Commissioner of Buildings or his duly appointed deputy. The test shall be of thirty-minute duration. The test shall be observed by the Commissioner of Buildings or his deputy. A sounding of the water surface in the test riser shall be made after the first fifteen minutes of the test period has elapsed. A second sounding shall be taken at the end of the thirty-minute test period. The installation shall be considered satisfactory with respect to watertightness, if no perceptible difference in the water surface level is observed. The installation shall be considered unsatisfactory if a perceptible change in water surface level is observed. All soundings shall be taken by the Commissioner of Buildings or his deputy and recorded. If the test indicates leakage, such leakage shall be eliminated by the permittee and the test again conducted as described above.
(Ord. 1966-135. Passed 9-12-66.)
1046.22 REGULATIONS.
   The Commissioner of Buildings is hereby authorized to adopt and enforce departmental regulations in accordance with the provisions of this chapter for the purpose of providing control of the installation of sanitary sewer service connections and the inspection and testing thereof.
(Ord. 1971-99. Passed 6-7-71; Ord. 1984-21. Passed 9-3-85.)
1046.23 PHOTOGRAPHIC AND VISUAL INSPECTION.
   (a)    The City Engineer is hereby directed, prior to the final approval of any newly installed sewer system and/or reconstructed sewer, to require that any and all contractors cause to be made color photographs of the entire sewer system installed, showing thereby that the sewer system is free of any and all foreign substance and nature, that the passage and flow of sewage and storm water is free and clear, that the sewer system has been constructed on a sound engineering basis and that no physical and/or structural deficiencies exist. It shall be mandatory that sewers of a size of eight inches to twenty-seven inches in diameter be color photographed by the owner. Photographing sewers of a size of thirty inches to forty-two inches in diameter shall be at the option of the City Engineer with the provision that should the City Engineer not require photography, then the owner, at his expense, shall provide the necessary method, tools and equipment, subject to the Engineer's approval, to pull a qualified sewer inspector through the sewer main that is to be visually inspected. It shall not be required of the owner that sewers forty-eight inches in diameter and larger be inspected by photography. A report shall be submitted to the City of any visual inspections permitted by the Engineer.
   (b)    Upon the submission of the photographs and/or visual inspection reports, and if satisfied that such sewer is free and clear of all foreign substance and that the physical and/or structural deficiencies noted, in the opinion of the City Engineer have been corrected and there is nothing present to prevent the free flow of sewage and storm waters, the City Engineer is hereby authorized to approve the same as final inspection, placing in safekeeping all photographs and/or inspection reports for future reference by the City.
   (c)   The City Engineer may, at his discretion, under exceptional conditions, require that all or part of a particular installation be inspected by television rather than by color photography. Upon inspection of a submitted report, and, if satisfied that such sewer is free and clear of all foreign substance and there is nothing present to prevent the free flow of sewage and storm waters, the City Engineer is hereby authorized to approve the same as final inspection, placing in safekeeping all inspection reports for future reference by the City.
   (d)   The cost of such photography and/or inspection reports, including the cost of review by the City Engineer, shall be paid for by the contractor or the developer of such land and photographs and/or inspection reports shall remain the property of the City.
   (e)   Where television inspection has been substituted for color photography the cost of such television and/or inspection reports and the per diem rate of a qualified inspector, provided by the Engineer to act as an observer during the time that such television inspection is being conducted, and the final report review submitted, shall be entirely paid for by the contractor or the developer of such land and/or sewer system and the inspection reports shall remain the property of the City.
(Ord. 1968-113. Passed 1-6-69.)
1046.24 CAPITAL FACILITIES UTILIZATION CHARGE; ESTABLISHMENT OF SEWERAGE SYSTEM CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND.
   (a)   The Commissioner of Buildings, or his duly authorized assistant, shall not issue a permit for the purposes described in Section 1046.02 until the applicant for such permit has deposited in cash, or by certified check payable to the City, a capital facilities utilization charge to be calculated on the basis of the size of the water meter which would serve the premises for which the application is made, as follows:


Water Meter Size
Fee for applications received through December 31, 1996
Fee for applications received after January 1, 1997
1 inch or less
$ 1,917
$ 2,013
1-1/2 inches
9,587
10,066
2 inches
15,339
16,106
3 inches
30,678
32,212
4 inches
47,934
50,330
6 inches
95,868
100,661
8 inches
153,388
161,058
10 inches
220,496
231,520
   If the size of the water meter is not included in the above listing, then the capital facilities utilization charge shall be determined by the Commissioner of Buildings, or his duly authorized assistant, based on the advice of the City Engineer, or a consulting engineer retained by the City for such purpose, utilizing the flow of such water meter relative to the water meter sizes and fees established above.
   (b)   In the case of an existing one-family dwelling which does not have available local sewer service on February 12, 1981, the effective date of Ordinance No. 1981-12 of the City, the capital facilities utilization charge shall be one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00).
   (c)   The charges herein made shall be in addition to any other charge payable on account of utilization of any sewer collection and treatment facilities.
   (d)   All of the revenues hereby generated shall be deposited into the Sewage System Capital Improvement Fund and shall be expended solely for the purpose of paying capital improvements, enlargements or replacements of the City’s sanitary sewage collection and treatment facilities including debt service and other requirements of debt issued by the City for such purposes.
(Ord. 1995-247. Passed 2-26-96.)
1046.241 CONNECTION CHARGES FOR ROYALTON ROAD SANITARY SEWER PROJECT IN ADDITION TO THOSE SET FORTH IN SECTION 1046.24.
   (a)    No person, corporation, public agency, partnership or association whatsoever shall connect, or cause to be connected, any building or other structure either directly or indirectly to those sanitary sewer improvements identified in Section 1 of Resolution No. 1994-62 adopted by Council and commonly known as the Royalton Road Sanitary Sewer Project (the "Project") without first paying the charges established in Section 1046.24 and any applicable additional charges determined in accordance with the provisions of this section.
   
   (b)    Where a connection is to be made to the Project, either directly or indirectly, and the lots or lands to be served directly or indirectly by the Project, have not been specially assessed for costs of that Project, the potential user thereof shall pay, prior to making such connection, in addition to the charges established in Section 1046.24 and any other applicable section, a one-time, up-front connection charge equal to five hundred seventy-nine dollars ($579.00) per Benefit Unit. For purposes hereof a single Benefit Unit shall be equal to an estimated sewage flow of 400 gallons per day and the number of Benefit Units to be used in calculating the additional connection charge hereunder shall be determined by the City Engineer based on the Suggested Sewage Flow Guide attached as Exhibit A to this chapter passed by Council or, if such Suggested Sewage Flow Guide in the sole judgment of the City Engineer does not cover the particular situation, then the City Engineer shall calculate the number of Benefit Units based on customary engineering principles and practices with respect to estimated sewage flows from particular uses.
   
   (c)    The charge per Benefit Unit set forth in this section shall be adjusted upwards or downwards in the same proportion as the actual cost of the Project bears to the estimated cost of the Project. Any such adjustment shall be made by the City Engineer at the time that he certifies the construction of the Project is completed so that such charges are based on the actual costs thereof. The charge per Benefit Unit set forth in this section shall be increased by an amount equal to seven percent (7%) thereof on January 1, 1997, and on the first day of January each year thereafter, in order to offset interest charges on debt incurred to pay, and interest earnings foregone on a portion of those funds utilized or to be utilized by the City, in paying the cost of the Project.
   
   (d)   All moneys collected by the City as charges pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as charges due under Section 1046.24 and shall be deposited into the Sewage System Capital Improvement Fund of the City.
   
   (e)    The imposition of charges provided for in this section shall not preclude the subsequent levy of special assessments against benefitted properties to provide funds for the construction, replacement, rehabilitation or other improvement of sanitary sewers required to provide sanitary sewer service to such properties, and the charges provided for in this section are in addition to any other permits and charges required by law.
   (f)   In the event that any lot or land or building or other structure thereon is connected directly or indirectly to the Project in violation of any of the provisions of this section, and the owner, agent, lessee, tenant or occupant of such lot or land fails or refuses to disconnect the same upon being directed to do so by the City Engineer, the City Engineer is hereby authorized to cause such lot or land to be disconnected from the Project and the violator shall be liable to the City for the cost of making such disconnection.
(Ord. 1994-64. Passed 5-2-94.)
1046.242 CONNECTION CHARGES FOR LUNN ROAD SANITARY SEWER AND PUMP STATION PROJECT IN ADDITION TO THOSE SET FORTH IN SECTION 1046.24.
   (a)   No person, corporation, public agency, partnership or association whatsoever shall connect, or cause to be connected, any building or other structure to those sanitary sewers or pump station identified in Section 1 of Resolution No. 1995-67 adopted by the Council of the City (the "Project") without first paying the charges established in Section 1046.24 and any applicable additional charges determined in accordance with the provisions of this section.
   (b)   Where a connection is to be made to the Project and the lots or lands to be served by the Project have not been specially assessed for costs of that Project, the potential user thereof shall pay, prior to making such connection, in addition to the charges established in Section 1046.24 and any other applicable section, a one-time, up-front connection charge equal to two thousand five hundred ninety-four dollars and twelve cents ($2,594.12) per acre.
   (c)   The charge set forth in this section shall be adjusted upwards or downwards in the same proportion as the actual cost of the Project bears to the estimated cost of the Project. Any such adjustment shall be made by the City Engineer at the time that he certifies the construction of the Project is completed so that such charges are based on the actual costs thereof.
   (d)   All moneys collected by the City as charges pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as charges due under Section 1046.24 and the moneys collected hereunder shall be deposited into the Special Assessment Bond Retirement Fund of the City.
   (e)   The imposition of charges provided for in this section shall not preclude the subsequent levy of special assessments against benefitted properties to provide funds for the construction, replacement, rehabilitation or other improvement of sanitary sewers required to provide sanitary sewer service to such properties, and the charges provided for in this section are in addition to any other permits and charges required by law.
   (f)   In the event that any lot or land or building or other structure thereon is connected to the Project in violation of any of the provisions of this section, and the owner, agent, lessee, tenant or occupant of such lot or land fails or refuses to disconnect the same upon being directed to do so by the City Engineer, the City Engineer is hereby authorized to cause such lot or land to be disconnected from the Project, and the violator shall be liable to the City for the cost of making such disconnection.
(Ord. 1995-69. Passed 4-17-95.)
1046.243 CONNECTION CHARGES FOR WEBSTER ROAD SANITARY SEWER PROJECT IN ADDITION TO THOSE SET FORTH IN SECTION 1046.24.
   (a)   No person, corporation, public agency, partnership or association whatsoever shall connect, or cause to be connected, any building or other structure either directly or indirectly to those sanitary sewer improvements identified in Section 1 of Resolution No. 2008-200 adopted by the Council of the City and commonly known as the Webster Road/Blazey Trail Sanitary Sewer Improvements (the "Project") without first paying the charges established in Section 1046.24 and any applicable additional charges determined in accordance with the provisions of this section.
   (b)   Where a connection is to be made to the Project, either directly or indirectly, and if the lots or lands to be served directly or indirectly by the Project either (i) because of a split, a subdivision, or construction of additional improvements thereon, an additional connection or connections is required (beyond the single sanitary sewer service connection allowed for each lot specially assessed for costs of the Project), or (ii) have not been specially assessed for costs of the Project, then the potential user thereof shall pay, prior to making such connection, in addition to the charges established in Section 1046.24 and any other applicable section, a one-time, up-front connection charge equal to $4,029.95 per Benefit Unit. For purposes hereof a single Benefit Unit shall be equal to an estimated sewage flow of 400 gallons per day and the number of Benefit Units to be used in calculating the additional connection charge hereunder shall be determined by the City Engineer based on the Suggested Sewage Flow Guide attached as Exhibit A to original Ordinance No. 2010-077 passed by Council, or if such Suggested Sewage Flow Guide in the sole judgment of the City Engineer does not cover the particular situation, then the City Engineer shall calculate the number of Benefit Units based on customary engineering principles and practices with respect to estimated sewage flows from particular uses.
   (c)   The charge per Benefit Unit set forth in this section shall be increased by an amount equal to 3.39% thereof on January 1, 2011 and on the first day of January each year thereafter, in order to offset interest charges on any debt incurred to pay, and interest earnings foregone on any funds utilized by the City to pay a portion of the cost of the Project.
   (d)   All moneys collected by the City as charges pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as charges due under Section 1046.24 of the Codified Ordinances and shall be deposited into the Sanitary Sewer Fund of the City.
   (e)   The imposition of charges provided for in this section shall not preclude the subsequent levy of special assessments against benefitted properties to provide funds for the construction, replacement, rehabilitation or other improvement of sanitary sewers required to provide sanitary sewer service to such properties, and the charges provided for in this section are in addition to any other permits and charges required by law.
   (f)   In the event that any lot or land or building or other structure thereon is connected directly or indirectly to the Project in violation of any of the provisions of this section, and the owner, agent, lessee, tenant or occupant of such lot or land fails or refuses to disconnect the same upon being directed to do so by the City Engineer, the City Engineer is hereby authorized to cause such lot or land to be disconnected from the Project, and the violator shall be liable to the City for the cost of making such disconnection.
(Ord. 2010-077. Passed 6-7-10.)
1046.244 CONNECTION CHARGES FOR WEBSTER ROAD SANITARY SEWER PROJECT 1N ADDITION TO THOSE SET FORTH IN SECTION 1046.24.
   (a)    No person, corporation, public agency, partnership or association whatsoever shall connect, or cause to be connected, any building or other structure either directly or indirectly to those sanitary sewer improvements identified in Section 1 of Resolution No. 2010-092 adopted by the Council of the City and commonly known as the Drake Road East Sanitary Sewer Extension Project (the "Project") without first paying the charges established in Section 1046.24 and any applicable additional charges determined in accordance with the provisions of this Section.
 
   (b)    Where a connection is to be made to the Project, either directly or indirectly, and if the lots or lands to be served directly or indirectly by the Project, either (i) because of a split, a subdivision, or construction of additional improvements thereon, an additional connection or connections is required (beyond the single sanitary sewer service connection allowed for each lot specially assessed for costs of the Project), or (ii) have not been specially assessed for costs of the Project, then the potential user thereof shall pay, prior to making such connection, in addition to the charges established in Section 1046.24 and any other applicable section, a one-time, up-front connection charge equal to $6,735.07 per Benefit Unit. For purposes hereof a single Benefit Unit shall be equal to an estimated sewage flow of 400 gallons per day and the number of Benefit Units to be used in calculating the additional connection charge hereunder shall be determined by the City Engineer based on the Suggested Sewage Flow Guide attached as Exhibit A to original Ordinance 2012-046 passed by Council or, if such Suggested Sewage Flow Guide in the sole judgment of the City Engineer does not cover the particular situation, then the City Engineer shall calculate the number of Benefit Units based on customary engineering principals and practices with respect to estimated sewage flows from particular uses.
 
   (c)    The charge per Benefit Unit set forth in this section shall be increased by an amount equal to 2.87% thereof on January 1, 2013 and on the first day of January each year thereafter, in order to offset interest charges on any debt incurred to pay, and interest earnings foregone on any funds utilized by the City to pay, a portion of the cost of the Project.
 
   (d)    All moneys collected by the City as charges pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as charges due under Section 1046.24 of the Codified Ordinances and shall be deposited into the Sanitary Sewer Fund of the City.
 
   (e)    The imposition of charges provided for in this section shall not preclude the subsequent levy of special assessments against benefitted properties to provide funds for the construction, replacement, rehabilitation or other improvement of sanitary sewers required to provide sanitary sewer service to such properties, and the charges provided for in this section are in addition to any other permits and charges required by law.
 
   (f)    In the event that any lot or land or building or other structure thereon is connected directly or indirectly to the Project in violation of any of the provisions of this section, and the owner, agent, lessee, tenant or occupant of such lot or land fails or refuses to disconnect the same upon being directed to do so by the City Engineer, the City Engineer is hereby authorized to cause such lot or land to be disconnected from the Project, and the violator shall be liable to the City for the cost of making such disconnection.
(Ord. 2012-046. Passed 3-19-12.)
Loading...