A. Permit Required: No unauthorized person shall make any connection with any public sewer, nor make any excavation in any street or alley for the purpose of making any connection with a public sewer, or for the purpose of laying any sewer pipe or altering or repairing the same, without first obtaining a written permit from the City.
B. Permit Classifications; Fees:
1. There shall be two (2) classes of building sewer permits:
a. For residential and commercial services; and
b. For service to establishments producing industrial wastes.
In either case, the owner or his agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the City. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the City. An inspection fee of twenty five dollars ($25.00) for all nonindustrial users and one hundred dollars ($100.00) for all industrial users shall be paid to the City at the time the application is filed. This inspection fee is in addition to the hookup and user charge fees the provisions of which are detailed in subsequent sections of this Chapter. (Ord. 18-79, 1-2-1980)
2. An additional fee of twenty five dollars ($25.00) will be charged for all inspections required other than during the regular forty (40) hour work week. (Ord. 18-79, 1-2-1980; amd. 1998 Code)
3. Each excavation for any of the above purposes shall require a separate permit.
4. Any person who makes an excavation, or does any other work without first securing the permit required by this Chapter shall, in addition to any other penalty imposed by this Chapter, pay to the Treasurer within twenty four (24) hours of receipt of demand therefor, the sum of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) for the purpose of paying the fees of the Building Inspector. Such Inspector shall thereupon make an inspection as in other cases. Failure to pay the said sum on demand as provided shall constitute a separate violation.
C. Cost Borne By Owner: All costs and expenses incidental to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the City for any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
D. Prohibited Connections: Every house, store, or other building connected with the public sewer must have a direct connection therewith. In no case shall two (2) or more buildings be allowed to make such connections through one pipe. In no case shall a building be connected to the public sewer through a pipe laid beneath or through property owned by another person. In no case shall any person be permitted to maintain, without the consent of the approving authority, any sewer connection connecting a building owned by him to the public sewer across or under the property of another.
E. Building Sewer Materials; Construction; Fees: The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building sewer, and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing and backfilling the trench, shall all conform to the requirements of the Building and Plumbing Codes or other applicable rules and regulations of the City. In the absence of Code provisions or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM and WPCF Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply.
1. Existing wyes shall be used to connect building sewers to public sanitary or combined sewers. Except for lined concrete sanitary sewers, the Building Inspector may approve a sewer tap at a location where no wye was originally installed. The person making the connection shall make an opening in the main sewer similar to the interior diameter of the Y branch and then properly cement and attach a saddle in place. The saddle shall have a suitable curvature to conform to the outside diameter of the public sewer.
2. 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 constructed 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 as one building sewer.
3. Every person using the public sewers of the City shall provide such fixtures as will allow a sufficient quantity of water to flow into the lateral drain or private sewer and shall keep such private sewer at all times unobstructed.
4. All connections with sewers or drains used for the purpose of carrying off refuse from water closets, or slops from kitchens, shall be provided with fixtures allowing for sufficient water flow to properly carry off such matter.
5. Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the City, to meet all requirements of this Chapter.
6. 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 such building drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.
7. No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, interior or exterior foundation drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surface runoff or ground water to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
8. The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the Building and Plumbing Codes or other applicable rules and regulations of the City. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the Building Inspector before installation.
9. The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Building Inspector when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the Building Inspector or his representative.
10. Any person filling in an excavation without having first received approval of the Building Inspector as provided in this Chapter shall, in addition to suffering the fine herein imposed, expose the sewer for inspection by the Building Inspector at no cost to the City. In any case where the Inspector finds the work on any sewer not done in a satisfactory manner as herein provided, he shall serve notice on the person to whom the permit is issued, stating wherein such work is deficient, and ordering said person to remedy such defect within seventy two (72) hours. In the event such person fails to comply therewith, the Inspector shall cause such defect to be corrected at the expense of the person to whom the permit was issued.
The sum of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) as herein provided shall be paid to the City as a fee for the performance of the Inspector, and it shall be the duty of the Inspector to inspect any sewer connection or sewer pipe within the City. It shall also be the duty of said Inspector to inform the approving authority of any violation of this Chapter, and to assist in the prosecution of offenders.
11. All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately protected with barricades and lights according to City and State regulations. Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored to its original condition. (Ord. 18-79, 1-2-1980)