(a) Approval.
(1) All sanitary sewer main installations and extensions proposed for connection to the City's sanitary sewer utility that are to be constructed by a person other than the City, when such installation or extension lies completely within the corporate limits of the City, shall require the written approval of the City Engineer and the City Manager.
(2) All sanitary sewer main installations and extensions proposed for connection to the City's sanitary sewer utility that are to be constructed by a person other than the City, when any part of such installation or extension lies outside of the corporate limits of the City, shall require the approval of City Council, by resolution and, if applicable, the approval of the Greene County Board of Commissioners pursuant to ORC 6117.01.
(3) The City Manager, or the City Council upon the recommendation of the City Manager, may refuse to approve any installation or extension of, or new connection to, the City's sanitary sewer utility when, in the opinion of the City Engineer, there is insufficient available capacity at downstream facilities, including treatment plant capacity. Capacity shall be determined on the basis of design criteria previously approved or established by the Ohio EPA.
(b) Utility Easements. No sanitary sewer main installed or extended shall be connected to the City's sanitary sewer utility nor shall any sanitary sewer service be provided without the person to whom approval for the installation or extension was granted pursuant to division (a) of this section having first obtained and recorded the necessary utility easements for said main installation or extension at the person's own expense. Such utility easements shall be at least fifteen feet (15') in width, unless otherwise approved by the Public Service Director, and the language of such easements shall be approved by the City Law Director before recording.
(c) Size of Mains; Materials. The size of the mains and the materials to be used in all sanitary sewer main construction now or hereafter proposed shall be as set forth in the Sanitary Sewer Utility Rules and Regulations.
(d) Plan Review and Inspection Fee. The party requesting and providing for the sanitary sewer main installation or extension will be subject to the payment of a plan review and inspection fee to cover the City's cost of reviewing the plans of the proposed installation or extension and inspection of the sanitary sewer main installation or extension. The plan review and inspection fee shall be as set forth in the City's Fee Schedule, Appendix A
to the City Government Code.
(e) City to Share in Cost of Certain Mains. Upon determination by the City Engineer as to the sizes of sanitary sewer mains necessary to serve a subdivision or undeveloped area, larger mains may be required by the City Engineer in order to adequately supply a subsequently developed area. In such cases, the City shall pay the difference in cost between the sizes necessary for the subdivision or undeveloped area and the City-required larger mains. Where it is necessary to extend a main through an undeveloped area, or an area already served, in order to reach and serve a new subdivision or area to be developed, the City may pay the cost or such portion of the cost of such sanitary sewer main as the City Engineer may determine from the future customer potential thereof; however, in no case above-mentioned shall the City participate in the cost of sewer mains eight inches (8") in diameter or less, or in the cost of sanitary sewer mains connected to a sanitary sewer system other than that of the City.
(Ord. 79-33. Adopted 06/14/79; Ord. 2023-38. Adopted 12/28/23; Em. Ord. 2024-01. Adopted 02/08/24; Ord. 2024-02. Adopted 02/22/24)