(A) Any new connection(s) to the sanitary sewer system shall be prohibited unless sufficient capacity is available in all downstream facilities including, but not limited to capacity for flow, BOD5 and suspended solids, as determined by the Director of Engineering.
(B) No unauthorized person(s) 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 city.
(C) Applications for permits shall be made by the owner or authorized agent and the party employed to do the work, and shall state the location, name of owner, street number of the building to be connected and how occupied. No person shall extend any private building drain beyond the limits of the building or property for which the service connection permit has been given.
(D) (1) There shall be two classes of building sewer permits:
(a) For residential and commercial service; and
(b) For service to establishments producing industrial wastes.
(2) In either case, the application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or any other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the city. The industry, as a condition of permit authorization, must provide information describing its wastewater constituents, characteristics and type of activity.
(E) All costs and expenses incidental to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner(s). The owner(s) shall indemnify the city from any loss or damage that may be directly or indirectly occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
(F) (1) 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 construed 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 one building sewer.
(2) The city does not and will not assume any obligation or responsibility for damage caused by or resulting from any connection aforementioned.
(G) Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the Superintendent or his or her representative, to meet all requirements of this subchapter.
(H) (1) The size, slopes, alignment, materials of construction of a building sewer and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing and backfilling of the trench, shall all conform to the requirements of the Minnesota Building and Plumbing Code or other applicable rules and reputations of the city.
(2) In the absence of code provisions or in the amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM and WPCF Manual of Practice No. 9, shall apply.
(I) Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by the building drain shall be lifted by any approved means and discharged to the building sewer.
(J) (1) Prohibited discharges, storm water drainage. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any “storm water drainage” defined as any storm water, ground water or flow from roof runoff, surface runoff, subsurface drainage, down spouts, yard drains, sump pumps, yard fountains, drains, swimming pools, ponds, cistern overflows or lawn sprays into any sanitary sewers.
(2) Unlawful acts. It is unlawful for any person to make or maintain a connection between eaves troughs, rainspouts, footing drains or any other conductor used to carry natural precipitation or ground water and the sanitary sewer system or any part thereof.
(a) Any property owner in violation of this section and upon receiving notice of the violation, shall disconnect the conductor from the sanitary sewer system within the designated time specified within the notice or one year whichever is shorter. Any property owner in violation of this division (J) shall be assessed a monthly surcharge of an amount as set by the City Council and as amended from time to time for each month that the conductor is not permanently disconnected. Failure to permanently disconnect the conductor, or reconnection of the disconnected conductor, may result in the suspension of water and sanitary sewer service.
(b) The property owner shall allow a city inspector on the premises to conduct inspection of the sanitary sewer service and any connections. Failure to allow the inspector on the premises shall warrant the surcharge and potential suspension of service as an illegal connection above.
(c) Prior to change of ownership of any building within the city, the seller shall provide a copy of a certificate of compliance to the buyer and the city.
(K) (1) The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the Minnesota Building and Plumbing Code or other applicable rules and regulations of the city.
(2) All connections shall be made gas tight and water tight, and verified by proper testing to prevent the inclusion of infiltration/inflow.
(3) Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the city prior to installation.
(L) The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the city when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection and inspection shall be made under the supervision of the Superintendent or authorized representative thereof.
(M) All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public property distributed in the course of the work, shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the city.
(N) No person shall make a service connection with any public sewer unless the work is under the supervision of a state licensed master plumber or included under city contract, and no permit shall be granted to any person except a licensed master plumber.
(`86 Code, § 3.43) (Am. Ord. 769, passed 3-19-02)