BUILDING SEWERS AND CONNECTIONS

§ 51.060 PERMITS.

   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 Inspector.

(Ord. 304, passed 4-7-1975) Penalty, see § 51.999

§ 51.061 APPLICATIONS.

   There shall be two classes of building sewer permits:

   (A)   For residential and commercial service; and

   (B)   For service to establishments producing industrial wastes. 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 for a residential or commercial building sewer permit and for an industrial building sewer permit may be charged by the Inspector at the time the application is filed.

(Ord. 304, passed 4-7-1975)

§ 51.062 COSTS.

   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.

(Ord. 304, passed 4-7-1975)

§ 51.063 SEPARATE INSTALLATIONS.

   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.

(Ord. 304, passed 4-7-1975)

§ 51.064 INSPECTION OF OLD BUILDING SEWERS.

   Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and tests by the Inspector, to meet all requirements of this chapter.

(Ord. 304, passed 4-7-1975)

§ 51.065 SPECIFICATIONS FOR BUILDING SEWERS.

   The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building sewer, and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing and back-filling 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 the A.S.T.M. and W.P.C.F. Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply.

(Ord. 304, passed 4-7-1975)