(a) It shall be unlawful for any Person or property Owner to connect with a sanitary sewer of the City, either directly or indirectly, without having first obtained from the City an appropriate permit to make a connection, which permit shall be obtained through the procedure set forth herein.
(b) The permit issued by the Department of Public Works shall be a "Customer Service Pipe Connection Permit".
(c) The procedure for obtaining a "Customer Service Pipe Connection Permit" shall be that the property Owner or his Agent, or a duly Authorized Representative shall apply to the City for said permit on the form(s) provided by the City. The application shall be supplemented by any such plans, specifications, or other required information or documentation considered as pertinent, in the judgment of the City, to determine the volume, character and nature of the discharge proposed by the applicant to be permitted to enter into the City's collection system. Following the receipt of an "Application for Customer Service Pipe Connection" by the Director of Public Works, the application will be reviewed and a determination shall be made as to whether or not any additional information or documentation shall be required from the applicant.
(1) If sewer service is available for a building site for which a connection is being requested, then a "Customer Service Pipe Connection Permit" shall be issued as follows:
A. When the applicant has complied with the requirements of this article, has been evaluated and found not to be a Significant Industrial User (SIU) according to 40 CFR 403.8(f)(6),and has satisfied all application and/or Fee requirements imposed by the City.
B. If the discharge proposed by an applicant will be non-domestic in character or nature and the applicant is evaluated and found to be a SIU according to 40 CFR 403.8(f)(6), a "Customer Service Pipe Connection Permit" shall not be issued until the applicant has:
1. Applied for an Industrial Discharge Permit and has submitted any required information and documentation according to the procedures set forth in Section 925.12;
2. Complied with the requirements of Section 925.12.;
3. Satisfied all application and/or Fee requirements imposed by the City.
A "Customer Service Pipe Connection Permit" and an "Industrial Discharge Permit" shall be issued concurrently upon satisfaction of these conditions.
(2) If sewer service is not available at a building site for which a connection is being requested; the applicant will be so advised. If the applicant upon such advisement has interest in the extension of sewer services to the site, the applicant will be informed of the options available for the extension of sewer services.
(d) In those instances where the City will transport and treat wastes of users residing outside of the City's political jurisdiction, a written agreement between the City and the political entity having jurisdiction wherein such users are located, if such political entity exists, shall be required as a prerequisite for transporting waste. Such an agreement shall provide that the political entity having jurisdiction over said users will institute a system of appropriate user charges and sewer use requirements acceptable to the U.S. EPA, the West Virginia DEP, the West Virginia Department of Environmental Health Services, and the Public Service Commission of West Virginia.
(e) The provision of sewer services to users residing outside of the City's political jurisdiction where no political entity having similar jurisdiction exists shall require that the user by agreement, contract, or permit, acknowledge the City's jurisdiction over sewer use, consent to the City's jurisdiction over said user when providing sewer service(s), and said user shall agree to comply with the conditions, terms and requirements of this article.
(Ord. O-3-08. Passed 7-24-08.)