(a) The City Engineer is hereby directed, prior to final approval of any newlyinstalled sewer system or reconstructed sewer, to require that any and all contractors or developers provide photographs of the entire sewer system installed, excluding lateral connections, showing thereby that the sewer system has been constructed upon a sound engineering basis, is free of any and all accumulations of foreign substances, is of sound workmanship, and that the passage and flow of sanitary sewage is free and clear. If, in the discretion of the City Engineer, the sewers are large enough for a visual inspection to be made, in lieu of photographs, such a visual inspection shall be made and a report of such inspection submitted to the Director as a permanent record.
(b) The City Engineer, upon inspection of such photographs or visual inspection reports, if satisfied that such sewer is free and clear of all foreign substances, is of sound workmanship, and that there is nothing present to prevent free flow of sewage, is hereby authorized to approve the same as a final inspection, placing in safekeeping all photographs or inspection reports for future reference by the City.
(c) The cost of such photographing, photographs or inspection reports shall be paid for entirely by the contractor or developer of such land or sewer system, and such photographs or inspection reports shall remain the property of the City.
(d) The Mayor and/or the Director are hereby authorized to engage the services of any person specializing in the televising or photographic inspection of underground sewers whenever, during or immediately after emergencies or storm flooding situations, it is, in their opinion, necessary to have any critical areas of the sanitary and/or storm sewer systems of the City inspected.
(Ord. 91-65. Passed 1-21-91; Ord. 2010-46. Passed 11-16-10.)