(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to tap or make any connection with the sewerage system of the city, except as provided in this section.
(B) All sewer taps or any connections with the sewerage system of the city shall be done by the city upon issuance of a permit by the City Engineer. A tapping fee established by resolution of the governing body will be collected for each permit to make a tap to an existing sewerage system main.
(C) A pipe laying contractor for the purpose of this section is defined as a person engaged in the business of installing sewer pipes outside of buildings. All pipe laying contractors shall be licensed; the license shall require payment of a fee set by resolution and the license shall be issued for the calendar year. All pipe laying contractors shall furnish a bond in the penal sum of $10,000 in favor of the city, with sureties to be approved by the council. The bond shall be conditioned for the faithful performance of all duties required by this code and to indemnify the city and any person for whom the connection has been done for all damages sustained by reason of neglect or incompetence on the part of the pipe laying contractor in the performance of work, or failure to put streets or public places opened in as good condition as they were before the work was done, or by reason of any cause growing out of negligence or carelessness of the contractor or the issuance of the license. Whenever a house or property service sewer is to be installed and connected with a public sewer, the master plumber, pipe laying contractor or property owner, shall secure from the City Engineer the location of the public sewer “Y” most available to the property involved. In case a “Y” is not provided or is not found within 3 feet in either direction from the point designated by the City Engineer, he or she shall grant permission to connect directly into the public sewer.
(1975 Code, § 25-19) (Ord. 755, passed 2-20-1979; Am. Ord. 934, passed 2-21-1989) Penalty, see § 53.999