(A) No unauthorized 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 Clerk-Treasurer.
(B) There shall be two classes of building sewer permits:
(1) For residential and commercial service;
(2) For service to establishments producing industrial wastes.
(3) In either case, the owner or his or her agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the city. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the inspector. A permit and inspection fee of $10 for a residential or commercial building sewer permit and $15 for an industrial building sewer permit shall be paid to the Clerk-Treasurer at the time the application is filed.
(C) All costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. 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.
(D) 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, yard, or driveway, the building sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer.
(E) Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the inspector, to meet all requirements of this chapter.
(F) The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a public sewer or building sewer, and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing, and backfilling the trench, shall all conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing code or other applicable rules and regulations of the city. In the absence of code provisions or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of ASTM, WPCF Manual of Practice No. 9 (MOP 9), and Recommended Standards for Wastewater Facilities (Ten States Standards), latest edition, shall apply.
(G) 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.
(H) No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater to a public sewer, or to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
(I) The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing code or other applicable rules and regulation of the city, or the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM and the WPCF Manual of Practice No. 9. All such connections shall be made gastight and watertight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the Superintendent before installation.
(J) The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the inspector when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the inspector or his or her representative.
(K) All excavations for a public sewer or a 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.
(L) The inspector shall have the authority to inspect and test the installation and rehabilitation of all public sewers and building sewers. The inspector shall have the legal authority to enter the premises of any public or private property to conduct inspections, testing, recording, reviews, and/or monitoring, as necessary to determine compliance with this section and, if applicable, any applicable permits. The inspector shall be permitted to enter all properties which discharge to the sewage works for purposes of inspections, observation, measurement, sampling, or testing. Entry may be made at any time as deemed necessary by the city.
(Ord. 82-6, passed 4-16-82; Am. Ord. 2005-01, passed 2-28-05) Penalty, see § 51.99