(A) It is unlawful for any unauthorized person to uncover, make any connections with, or open into, use, alter, or disturb any public sewer, or appurtenance thereof, without first obtaining a written permit from the city. Building sewer connection permits shall be issued only after approval of an application for permit filed with the City Administrator and accompanied by any plans, specifications, or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Council. Industrial users seeking connection to the sewer system, as a condition of permit issuance, shall provide information describing the characteristics, constituents, and quantity of the discharge. Permits will be issued only if it can be demonstrated that downstream sewage system facilities have sufficient reserve capacity to accept the additional, anticipated flow and load.
(B) All costs and expense incident to the installation and connection of a building sewer shall be borne by the owner, who shall also indemnify the city from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation.
(1) A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for each and every building, except where installation circumstances preclude the implementation of this requirement; in which case the Council may allow an alternate installation. Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are determined, by examination and test by the city, to meet all requirements of this section.
(2) The size, kind, depth, slope, alignment, and methods to be used for building sewer installation, and the connection of the building sewer into the public sewer, shall comply with the requirements of the State Building and Plumbing Codes or other applicable rules and regulations of the city. The minimum size pipe, when placed underground, shall be four inches in diameter and include a four-inch clean out brought to surface at right-of-way. Building sewer connections to public sewer shall be demonstrated by testing to be gas-tight and water-tight. All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, boulevards, and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the city.
(3) Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the lowest floor. In existing buildings, in which the lowest, served floor of the building is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage may be lifted by an approved means for discharge into the building sewer. It is unlawful for any person to make a connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains, or other sources of groundwater or surface runoff to a building sewer, or to any interior plumbing system connected directly or indirectly to the building sewer or the public sewer.
(2006 Code, § 3.30) (Ord. 88, 3rd Series, passed 11-28-1991; Ord. 240, passed 11-15-2022) Penalty, see §
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