Any person, corporation, utility or other legal entity who may desire to construct a sanitary sewer, sewage pumping station, sewage force main or other sewage improvement that will now or in the foreseeable future connect to the city sewer system or any other system that transports sewage to the system or to the wastewater treatment facility shall comply with the following instructions:
(A) The developer shall submit 3 copies of blueprints, plans, and specifications and 2 copies of a proposed contract to the Mayor's office 30 days prior to any regularly scheduled Council meeting for action to be considered at the meeting.
(B) The sewer contract shall contain as an exhibit, an 18½ by 14-inch map showing the area to be served along with streets and general location of the sewers.
(C) The sewer contract shall include a legal description of the area to be served and the total number of residential connections or equivalent commercial connections.
(D) The sewer contract shall contain terms of ownership, maintenance, and/or acceptance of proposed sewer extension.
(E) The sewer contract shall set out a time interval for commencing construction and for completing the construction of the improvements with a stipulation that the Council has the right to invalidate the contract if the petitioner does not make reasonable effort to comply with the proposed time frame.
(F) The Mayor or designated representative of the City Wastewater Department will, after consultation with a professional engineer, make a recommendation to the City Council for action. If the plans are approved, the contract must be signed by all parties before further action may be taken.
(G) If the contract is approved and signed by all parties, the developer must then complete a state construction permit application and sanitary sewer design summary, to be submitted to the Mayor's office, along with a check made in the amount of $50 payable to the Indiana State Board of Health.
(H) The city will submit necessary documents to the State Board of Health by certified mail.
(I) The Mayor's office will have the contract recorded in the County Recorder's office.
(J) Upon receipt of an SPC-15 construction permit from the State Board of Health, the developer will be notified by the Mayor's office and the city will then issue a permit to proceed with construction, but only after receiving the SPC-15 construction permit from the state.
(K) The Wastewater Superintendent must be notified at the start of construction of trunk lines so inspection may be made.
(L) All infiltration/exfiltration test results (by approved methods only) must be sent to the Mayor’s office as construction progresses and testing is completed. All test results must be submitted for approval within 60 days of the completion of construction.
(M) Vertical deflection tests of flexible conduits shall be conducted after backfill has been in place at least 30 days, and the results of testing shall be submitted to the city for approval within 60 days of the completion of construction.
(N) A complete set of plans duly certified by a registered professional engineer shall be submitted to the city as required by the State Board of Health.
(O) Upon receipt and approval of the items specified in divisions (L), (M) and (N) by the city, the same shall be submitted to the state for final approval (state approval process will require 30 days).
(P) There shall be no beneficial occupancy (use) of any sewer extension project or any tapping on to any city trunk line by any sewer extension project until and unless final written approval by both city and state have been issued in accordance herein, and all provisions of I.C. 13 must have been complied with by each and every applicant as provided therein as set forth in the statutes of the state in the title.
(Q) Fees for mailing, recording and other incidentals will be paid at this time by the developer.
(Prior Code, § 52.009) (Ord. 17-84, passed 7-23-1984; Am. Ord. 23-2005, passed 1-9-2006) Penalty, see § 52.999