(A) The Superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the city bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing pertinent to discharge to the community system in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(B) (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 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, but the city does not and will not assume any obligation or responsibility for damage caused by or resulting from any such single connection before mentioned.
(2) The main sewer drain of every house or building shall be separately and independently connected to the sewer where the sewer is in front or along the side or rear of said building, and where it is necessary to construct a private sewer to connect with the sewer in an adjacent street, such sewer plans may be used as shall be approved by the City Engineer or the City Superintendent. When it is desired to connect two or more buildings with one branch or lateral sewer, the person desiring to do so shall first file a plan of such sewer with the Finance Officer and the City Superintendent shall inspect the same and make his or her recommendations thereon and submit the same to the Council for approval or rejection. Also an easement shall be taken out and filed by the applicant with the City Finance Officer and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds of the county, when crossing private property.
(C) All costs and expense 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 directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
(D) A back water check valve of four inches or larger shall be installed in all new sewer lines constructed or replaced sewer lines in all residential and commercial construction.
(E) Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the Superintendent, to meet all requirements of this chapter.
(F) 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.
(G) No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, 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 unless such connection is approved by the Superintendent for purpose of disposal of polluted surface drainage.
(H) The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the State Plumbing Code or other applicable rules and regulations of the city or the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the A.S.T.M. and the W.P.C.F. Manual of Practice No. 9. All such connections shall be made gas-tight and water-tight and verified by proper testing. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the Superintendent before installation.
(I) In tapping the main sewer line, all sewer laterals connecting therewith shall be laid at an angle of 45 degrees and in such manner that such sewer pipe can be rodded.
(J) The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Superintendent when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection and testing shall be made under the supervision of the Superintendent or his or her representative.
(K) 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 disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the city.
(Prior Code, § 4.04.05) (Ord. 214, passed - -; Ord. 564, passed - -; Ord. 731, passed - -)