(a) The practice of connecting downspouts or garage or driveway drains, and specifically sunken driveway drains or other surface drains to the sanitary sewer system is prohibited. Broken or leaking service connections on laterals are likewise prohibited. Where such connections now exist, the practice shall be stopped. The City Engineer is authorized and directed to investigate all conditions where such connections exist or are reported to exist.
Where such connections are found to exist, the City Engineer shall order them removed or eliminated or repaired on or before ninety days after the date of such order. The abandoned section of the connection shall be permanently sealed to the satisfaction of the City Engineer.
(Ord. 9437/84. Passed 3-28-84.)
(Ord. 9437/84. Passed 3-28-84.)
(b) The order shall be made against and served personally or by certified mail upon the owner, operator, manager, lessee, agent or occupant of the building or premises which such connection serves. If no such person can be found upon whom the order can be served, it shall be sufficient notice to post copies of the order at two conspicuous places upon the building or premises.
(c) If such connections are not removed or eliminated within the ninety-day period prescribed in such order, the City Engineer is authorized to charge double the rate shown in Section 925.03
(b) until such connection has been removed or eliminated. If the illegal connection is not removed within ninety days after notification, then the City Engineer is authorized to charge triple the rate shown in Section 925.03
(b). If the illegal connection is still not removed within ninety days after the triple notification, the City Engineer is hereby authorized to disconnect the illegal connection from the City's sanitary sewer system, in accordance with Section 923.12
, or have the same corrected and charged to the Sewerage Mortgage Capital Improvement Fund. The property owner shall then be billed for all assessed costs incurred for the same, with the funds collected being reimbursed to the Sewerage Mortgage Capital Improvement Fund.
Should the City Engineer cause to disconnect the sewer lateral from the City's sanitary sewer system, such disconnection shall be performed within the street right of way or public easement. It shall then be the responsibility of the property owner to reconnect to the City's sanitary sewer system and pay the appropriate fees, in accordance with Section 923.015
upon the correction of the cited violation.
(d) In the event a building is to be demolished or physically removed from its original site, the sanitary sewer building lateral shall be permanently sealed with concrete to the satisfaction and inspection of the City Engineer, prior to demolition or removal. All persons desiring to demolish or remove a building shall first obtain a permit to seal the lateral, as described herein, from the City Engineer. There shall be no charge for the permit, however, there shall be a twenty-five dollar ($25.00) inspection fee and the permit holder shall accompany the City Inspector at the time of inspection.
(e) No person shall discharge into the building sewer the surface water that collects in the basement or foundation excavations. If the building sewer is connected before the plumbing is to be connected, the sewer builder shall provide and seal a plug in the end of the building sewer, or if the sewer has been extended into the basement and decreased in size a plug of proper size shall be sealed in the end until such time as the plumber is ready to connect the plumbing to the building sewer. Any surface water accumulation shall be pumped on the ground outside the building foundation.
(f) From and after the effective date of this section, no person, firm or corporation shall, in constructing a new building or correcting a problem, cause or permit footer drains or foundation drains to be connected directly or indirectly into a sanitary sewer.
(Ord. 9137/81. Passed 11-30-81.)
(g) The practice of repairing existing footer drains without removing their outflow discharge from the sanitary sewer building lateral is prohibited. When such repairs are made, the existing footer connection shall be removed from the lateral and properly discharged to a clean stormwater outlet, that is storm sewer, inlet, catch basin, road ditch or downspout opening at the curb. The practice of connecting sump pumps, or other mechanical means, to the downspout opening at the curb is prohibited. Any such existing connection creating a public nuisance shall be ordered removed and permanently eliminated at no cost to the City. If such outfall cannot be accomplished by gravity flow, then a form of sump pump shall be installed to discharge clean water as stated herein.
All corrective work to the sanitary sewer service lateral as described herein shall include an exterior clean out within five feet of the foundation. The clean out shall be constructed to the satisfaction of the Director of Engineering, Planning and Building or his designated appointee. The clean out shall be constructed of the same materials as the sanitary sewer service lateral and shall have a removable watertight plug to prevent the infiltration of clean water. The clean out shall be of such design to allow sewer cleaning equipment access to the sanitary sewer service lateral, outside of the structure serviced by same.
(Ord. 11614/02. Passed 10-23-02.)
(h) The practice of installing basement waterproofing systems that connect to the existing footer system, that in turn connects to the sanitary sewer building lateral is prohibited. When such systems are installed, they shall discharge to a clean water outlet, as described in subsection (g) hereof.
All corrective work to the sanitary sewer lateral as described herein shall include an exterior clean out within five feet of the foundation. The clean out shall be constructed to the satisfaction of the Director of Engineering, Planning and Building, or his designated appointee. The clean out shall be constructed of the same materials as the sanitary sewer service lateral and shall have a removable watertight plug to prevent the infiltration of clean water. The clean out shall be of such design to allow sewer cleaning equipment access to the sanitary sewer service lateral, outside of the structure serviced by same.
(Ord. 10999/97. Passed 2-12-97.)
(i) No person, in regard to subsections (g) and (h) hereof shall perform any work or connection on a building’s footer drain or sanitary sewer building lateral without first obtaining a permit to do so by the City Engineer. Permits shall be issued only to licensed sewer builders, licensed plumbers or the property owner, if they are to perform the work themselves. There shall be no charge for the permit or inspection thereof.
(j) Whoever violates subsection (g), (h) or (i) hereof shall be subject to the charges as described in subsections (a), (b) and (c) hereof.
(Ord. 9865/87. Passed 12-9-87.)