The following policy is hereby adopted for use by the city and the board in the acceptance for ownership, operation, and maintenance, of any sanitary sewer line or facilities constructed by a third party, as follows:
(A) The person or entity desiring to construct such sanitary sewer lines or facilities shall, prior to the commencement of any construction activities, contact the Superintendent and shall provide the Superintendent with such information, including plats and drawings, as the Superintendent determines, in his or her sole discretion, is reasonably necessary or convenient to make a determination as to the circumstances under which such proposed sewer lines or facilities may or may not be accepted by the city for its ownership, operation and maintenance.
(B) The Superintendent may, in his or her sole discretion, determine to seek the advice and input of such engineers and other professionals, on behalf of the city, as the Superintendent determines is necessary in order to make determinations pursuant to this section. If the Superintendent decides to seek the advice or input of such professionals, he or she shall obtain a cost estimate therefor, and forward the cost estimate to the person or entity desiring to construct such sanitary sewer lines or facilities, and such persons shall thereupon be responsible for the reimbursement to the city of all of its costs in obtaining the advice or input of such professionals.
(C) Upon review, by the Superintendent and such outside professionals as the Superintendent determines to use pursuant to division (B), of the materials submitted by the person desiring to make the construction of such sewer lines or facilities, and upon such further review and investigation as may be made by the Superintendent or the professionals hired by him or her, a determination shall be made as to whether the proposal by the person desiring to build such sanitary line or facility is suitable, and if not, what changes, alterations, or additions need to be made to the same. Upon the person desiring to construct such line or facilities making the changes, alterations or additions proposed by the Superintendent, the Superintendent shall then make a recommendation to the board and the city as to whether such sewer line or facility should be accepted by the city, following its construction, for ownership, operation and maintenance by the city.
(D) Upon the Board making a preliminary determination of the acceptance of such sewer line, construction of the same may commence.
(E) All construction work shall be inspected by the Superintendent or his or her designee and therefore, all installations must remain exposed until inspected and approved by the Superintendent or his or her designee. If any installation does not remain exposed until such inspection, the Superintendent may require the installation to be uncovered and exposed for inspection.
(F) The city and the Board reserve the right to oversee installation and approval of all materials used in the sewer line construction and reserves the right to change procedures and material type at any time during the period of construction, if in the sole opinion of the Superintendent, conditions warrant the change.
(G) Upon completion of the construction in such manner as approved by the Superintendent, the person or entity constructing the line shall post with the city a bond, with sureties thereon approved by the city, in an amount deemed necessary or reasonable by the city to cover all repair and replacement expenditures on such sewer line for a period of one year. Upon such bond being posted, the city will then make a determination as to the rates and charges to be made to the users of such sewer line, and upon such determination being made and agreed to by the person or entity installing the line, and the posting of the aforesaid bond, the city may thereupon accept the ownership, operation and maintenance of such sewer line or facility.
(Ord. 939, passed 8-15-2005; Am. Ord. 1130, passed 11-30-2017)