(A) Except as provided herein, a separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building.
(B) Two or more buildings on the same property may be connected at a manhole on a building sewer provided that:
(1) The buildings are grouped together for a common land use and are utilized or occupied in the same manner; and
(2) The manhole is located on the property and at a location that will not be subject to inundation of surface water. The manhole is constructed as a precast concrete structure with integral base in accordance with the latest edition of the Standard Utilities Specifications for Sanitary Sewer and Storm Sewer Installation published by the City Engineers Association of Minnesota. Manhole castings are as specified by the Administrator and include a self-sealing lid.
(C) A single residential accessory building may be connected to the principal residential structure building sewer provided such building is used only by persons residing on the premises for purposes consistent with a Group U Occupancy, as defined by the current version of the International Building Code.
(D) Nothing herein shall be construed to allow townhouses or any other buildings on unique properties having or intended to have separate ownership to be connected to a single building sewer. A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided to each building having a common building sewer pursuant to this section at the time any such buildings are no longer commonly owned or used for a common purpose.
(Ord. 744, passed 11-27-89; Am. Ord. 825, passed 7-22-96; Am. Ord. 963, passed 5-10-04; Am. Ord. 1115, passed 6-25-18) Penalty, see § 10.99