931.04 BUILDING SEWERS AND CONNECTIONS CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR.

    (a)   Permit Required; Specifications; Supervision. No sanitary sewer, storm sewer, combination sewer or any lateral connection to such sewers shall hereafter be constructed, removed or repaired in the City by any person, except with permit secured from the Department of Public Works, and in accordance with the standards and specifications of the City for sewers, as prepared by the Department of Public Works, and under the supervision, inspection and direction of the Public Works Department.

   Provided however, no new permit will be issued when it has been determined by the Engineer that there does not exist sufficient capacity in the Treatment Works, including collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of wastes as may be discharged by the applicant of such new permit.

    (b)   Preparation of Specifications and Standards. The Public Works Department shall prepare specifications and establish standards for the construction, maintenance and repair of sanitary, storm and combination sewers, and may revise and alter the specifications and standards from time to time, or at such times, as in the judgment of the Engineer, the same may appear necessary and proper.

    (c)   Plats or Subdivisions. From and after the passage date of this section as to all construction and repairs of sanitary, storm and combination sewers affected subsequent to the passage of this section, no plat or subdivision of platted land shall be issued a permit for construction of sanitary, storm or combination sewers to be connected with, or having entrance into the sewerage system of the City, unless and until such owner of plat or subdivision has submitted plans, profiles and topographical maps to the Department of Public Works for examination and approval by the Department, and a copy of the plans, profiles and maps placed on file in the Department of Public Works.

    (d)   Work Done Through Private Contract. No sanitary, storm or combination sewers in the City, by any person, shall be constructed or repaired through private contract and having connection with the sewerage system of the City until a permit for the same has been secured from the Department of Public Works, authorizing the work to be done.

   In addition to the permit provided for in subsection (a) hereof, the Department of Public Works shall require the contractor to deposit a bond with the Department in an amount determined by the Engineer, sufficient to guarantee the completion of contract in accordance with the City standards and specification for sewers.

   The Department shall charge the cost of the supervision and inspection of the construction or repairs of any such sanitary, storm or combination sewer, to the owner of abutting property, such charge to be computed on the basis of the current cost of inspection in the Department of Engineering. (Ord. 80-544. Passed 6-25-80.)

    (e)   Permit; Fee Required. No connection with any sanitary sewer or any excavation therefor shall be made without a permit from the Engineer, before beginning work. A charge of six hundred dollars ($600.00) for a single-family dwelling (400 gal./unit at $1.50/gal. unit) shall be made for each sewer permit connection, covering the cost of issuing such permit, inspection during construction and recording permit for future reference.

   All other sewer tap-in fees will be calculated using the single-family dwelling (400 gal./unit at $1.50/gal. unit) price as the common denominator.

(Ord. 84-164. Passed 4-11-84.)

    (f)   To Whom Permit Issued; Attention to Work. No one except a plumber licensed by the City Plumbing Inspection Department or a sewer builder, duly authorized by the Engineer, will be issued a sewer connection permit, allowing applicant to tap or make connections with the sewer system of the City, and the plumber or sewer builder so licensed or authorized, shall give personal attention to any work done under such license and authority.

    (g)   Application for License and Bond for Sewer Builders. Before a license is issued to a sewer builder, the applicant must file an application with the Engineer for a sewer builder's license. On the acceptance of the sewer builder by the Engineer, the applicant shall enter into a bond payable to the City with good and sufficient sureties, in the sum of one thousand dollars ($1000), to be approved by the Engineer.

    (h)   Only Licensed Plumbers and Authorized Sewer Builders to Do Work. No person shall tap or connect any private sewer or pipe with any main sewer or lateral sewer, which is a part of the City sewerage system, except a plumber duly licensed by the City Plumbing Inspection Department, or a sewer builder duly authorized by the Engineer.

    (i)   Work in Accordance with Ordinances and Specifications. Tapping of public sewers and construction of connecting sewers from face of building to the existing public sewer, shall be done in accordance with the City ordinances in reference thereto, and under City standard specifications for sewers.

    (j)   Permit Costs Paid by Plumber or Sewer Builder; Price of City Work. The plumber or sewer builder shall pay the City the cost of each sewer connection permit and the cost and expense for repaving by the City Street Department of any cuts made in pavement for such sewer connections. All work done by City forces will be billed at current prices as established by the Engineer and existing at the time work is done.

    (k)   Special Tapping Charge for Certain Permits. Any building, house, factory, business building, school, church, public or private building, located on any property which was not assessed for a local sewer when constructed by the City, shall pay a special tapping charge for such connection permit.

   Such special tapping charge shall be paid to the Finance Director, and connection permit issued only after the property owner has signed and witnessed a sewer line waiver in the Engineering Division for a temporary connection to the public sewer as existing, and in accordance with the conditions represented in the waiver. The tapping charge shall be no less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or more than the total assessment based on the foot frontage assessment for the sewer to which a tap is made.

    (l)   Certain Territory Outside City Limits. No territory lying outside of, but within the watershed drainage area of the Municipal limits, at the passage time of this section, or as the same may be altered from time to time hereafter, shall be allowed entrance into or connection with the City sewerage system; except through authorized agreement with the City, subsequent to examination and inspection of existing sewers in such territory, along with the examination and inspection of maps, plans and profiles for proposed sewerage connection to the sewer system of the City.

    (m)   Street Opening Permit, When Required. A street excavation permit issued by the Engineer shall be required of all firms, corporations, companies or individuals prior to the making of any excavation in a street, alley, or other public right of way as provided in Chapter 905.

    (n)   Waste Allowed to Drain into System. Sanitary sewers shall be used for drainage of all waterborne waste from water closets, urinals, lavatories, bath tubs, shower baths, laundry tubs, refrigerator drips, drinking fountains, slop sinks, cellar floor drains, soda fountains, cuspidors, garage floor drains, when left free from oil, greases and gasoline, whether from residences, factories, business buildings, schools, churches, public buildings, whenever or however located and for no other purpose. No wastes which are likely to cause damage or stoppage of sanitary sewers or which interfere with purification or sewage treatment shall be permitted to enter the sanitary sewers, and if any such waste is discovered, the sewer connection discharging waste shall be disconnected and the offending waste treated or otherwise disposed of by the owner.

    (o)   Waste Not Allowed to Drain into System. No surface drainage, roof water from any building, house, factory, business building, school, church, public or private building, overflow of cistern, storm water, subsoil drainage, cesspool, septic tank, yard and lot drainage shall be connected to the sanitary sewers.

    (p)   Restriction of Sewer System to Sanitary Purposes; Authority of Engineering Commissioner. When, at the discretion of the Engineer it becomes necessary for the public health, welfare and safety to restrict the use, maintenance and operation of a sewer to sanitary purposes only and for the accommodation and disposal of sewage matter, the Engineer is authorized and directed to do so.

    (q)   Engineer's Report to Council. Whenever the Engineer finds it necessary for the public health, safety and sanitation, to restrict a sewer to sanitary purposes only, he shall report such finding and order to Council, together with his reasons therefor.

    (r)   Affected Person; Right to Appeal. The decision of the Engineer shall be final in such matters, subject only, however, to the right of appeal by any person or district affected by such finding and order to a Board of Appeals as provided in subsection (s) hereof.

   Any owner of land affected by any decision of the Engineer, as such decision is authorized and directed by subsection (p) hereof, may appeal from any such decision, by filing an appeal, in writing, with the Board of Appeal within ten days from the service of notice. The Engineer is authorized to cause notice to be made as directed by the provisions of subsection (w) hereof.

    (s)   Board of Appeals. The Board of Appeals provided for herein shall consist of the Mayor, Health Commissioner and Engineer who shall act as secretary of the Board.

    (t)   Additional Systems Designated. In addition to sewers included in subsection (p) hereof any sewer, the construction or use of which is taken over by the City by virtue of Ohio R.C. 6117.41, when such sewer has been constructed or used, as a sanitary sewer, is hereby designated as a sanitary sewer and its use restricted to those purposes and limitations included in Section 931.05.

   In addition to sewers included in subsection (p) hereof and the first paragraph of this subsection, any sewer, the control or management which is taken over by the City under and by virtue of Ohio R.C. 6117.42, is hereby designated as a sanitary sewer and its use restricted to those purposes and limitations included in Section 931.05.

    (u)   Unlawful Connections. Use of any connection to any sewer herein designated as a sanitary sewer, or which may hereafter be so designated by the Engineer, for any purpose other than those included in subsection (n) hereof is declared to be a public nuisance.

    (v)   Owner's Duty to Disconnect Unlawful Connections after Notice. The owner or agent in charge of any land in the City shall remove any connection used or installed primarily or exclusively, for other than sanitary purposes as provided in subsection (n) hereof, with any sewer herein designated as a sanitary sewer, or which may be hereafter so designated by the Engineer, within fifteen days, Sundays and legal holidays excepted, after notice from the Engineer to do so.

    (w)   Notice to Absentee Owners to Remove Connections. Whenever a connection is maintained contrary to the provisions of the two preceding sections, no person found in the City who either is or claims to be the owner thereof, or represents or claims to represent such owner, as aforesaid, upon whom written notice cannot be served, the Engineer shall give notice by publication once in two newspapers of opposite politics of general circulation in the City, requiring removal of the connection. The notice shall specify the land upon or in connection with which the connection is to be removed and the time allowed for doing the same.

    (x)   Failure to Remove After Notice; Cost. If the connection is not removed within fifteen days as required, Sundays and legal holidays excepted, from the service of the notice or publication date, the Engineer shall cause removal of the connection. The owner of the land shall be held liable to the City for cost incurred by removal of the connection, including the cost of advertising.

    (y)   Rules and Regulations of Engineering Commissioner. The Engineer shall, as he deems necessary for the preservation of the public peace, safety, health and welfare, make rules and regulations for the economical and efficient maintenance and operation of the sewer system. Such rules and regulations shall have the same validity and effect as ordinances when not repugnant thereto or to the constitution of the State. (Ord. 80-544. Passed 6-25-80.)

    (z)   Applicant Must Pay for Installation.  All costs and expenses incidental to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the applicant. The owner shall be responsible for the maintenance and repair of the building sewer running from the building to the sewer main, including any portion of the building sewer which may lie within the public right of way. The applicant shall indemnify the Agency from any loss or damage that may be directly or indirectly occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.

(Ord. 04-293. Passed 11-17-04.)

   (aa)   Limiting Number at Building Per One Connection. 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 front building sewer, but may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer, but the Agency will not assume any obligation or responsibility for damage caused by or resulting from any such single connection aforementioned.

   (bb)   Use of Old and Abandoned Sewer Connections. Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the Engineer or his representative, to meet all requirements of this chapter. The cost and expense of all tests and inspection for this purpose shall be borne by the applicant.

   (cc)   Building Sewer Standards. The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of building sewers and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing and back-filling the trench, shall all conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing code or other applicable rules and regulations of the Agency. 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.

   (dd)   Building Sewage Pump Permitted. Whenever, the 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 pumping or other approved means as specified and approved by the Engineer and discharged to the building sewer. The owners shall bear all costs and expense to install, maintain and repair such facilities up to and including the wye connection into the public sewer.

   (ee)   Sewer Materials. Building sewer materials shall conform to the following Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Guidelines for Sanitary Sewer and Force Main Design and Installation dated September 1973, which are as follows:

SANITARY SEWER MATERIALS

 

RIGID PIPES	MATERIAL SPEC.	CLASSES OF ALLOW. JOINT SPEC.	BEDDING MATERIAL
1. Clay	ASTM C-700	C - 425	1, 2, & 3
2. Reinforced Concrete	ASTM C-76	C - 443	1, 2, & 3
3. Asbestos Cement	ASTM C-428		1. & 2
4. Cast Iron	ANSI A21.11 & AWWA - C111		1, 2, & 3
5. Ductile Iron	ANSI A21.51 & AWWA - 151		1, 2, & 3

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	CLASSES OF ALLOW
FLEXIBLE PIPES	MATERIAL AND JOINT SPEC.	BEDDING MATERIAL
1. Polyvinyl Chloride	ASTM D-3033 (SDR 42) Pipe Stiffness = 28 psi	1
2. Polyvinyl Chloride	ASTM D-3034 (SDR 42) Pipe Stiffness = 26	1
	(See Note A (SDR 35) Pipe Stiffness = 46
3. Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS COMPOSITE)	ASTM 2680 Pipe Stiffness = 200 psi	1, 2, & 3
4. Polyethylene Pipe	**	1 & 2
5. Reinforced Plastic Mortar	**	1
6. Asbestos Bonded Corrugated Metal Pipe	*	1, 2, & 3
7. Acrylonitrile Butadine Styrene Solid Wall (ABS) 4" & 6" only (For Pipe Stiffness greater than 100 psi as per ASTM D-2412)	*	1, 2, & 3
8. Steel	AWWA Standards	1, 2, & 3

   FORCE MAIN MATERIALS

Force mains are divided into two categories, rigid pipes and flexible pipes.

 

	CLASSES OF ALLOW.
FLEXIBLE PIPES	MATERIAL SPEC.	BEDDING MATERIAL
1. Polyethylene	**	1 & 2
2. Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic	**	1
3. Polyvinyl Chloride	ASTM 2441 Bell & Spigot	1, 2, & 3
4. Steel	AWWA Standards	1, 2, & 3

*   No single ASTM specification but these pipes are approved for use.

**   No single ASTM specification and these pipes are considered experimental and all requests for use should be forwarded to the central office of the Ohio EPA. A very limited number of installations will be allowed to go in. A product evaluation will then be made and if acceptable, conditions for its continued use will be outlined.

Note A:   The pipe stiffness is 26 psi for an SDR of 42 (SDR = outside diameter/thickness and the pipe stiffness is 46 psi for an SDR of 35.)

   (ff)   Minimum Size and Slope of Building Sewers. The size and slope of the building sewer shall be subject to the approval of the Engineer, but in no event shall the diameter be less than six inches. The grade of such six inch pipe shall be two percent (2%) or as otherwise approved by the Engineer.

   (gg)   Installation Inspection Required. All excavations required for the installation of a building sewer shall be open trench work unless otherwise approved by the Engineer. Pipe laying and backfill shall be performed in accordance with ASTM Specification (C-12) except that no backfill shall be placed until the work has been inspected.

   (hh)   Joint Infiltration Limits; 200 Gallons Per Inch of Diameter Per Mile Per Day. All sanitary sewer joints and connections shall be made gas-tight and water-tight. All sanitary sewers constructed after the effective date of this chapter shall be tested in the presence of the Engineer or his representative for infiltration. Infiltration shall not exceed 200 gallons per inch of diameter per mile per day. If two consecutive tests indicate infiltration that exceeds this rate, the sanitary sewer shall be uncovered, if covered, repaired and again tested as specified herein.

   Cast iron pipe joints shall be mechanical type using rubber or neoprene gaskets, or push-on type using rubber ring gaskets inserted in the bell end.

   All joints in vitrified clay pipe or between such pipe and metal pipe shall be made with a flexible O-ring gasket conforming to ASTM C-425.

   Other jointing materials equal to the jointing materials specified herein and methods may be used only by approval of the Engineer.

   (ii)   Wye Branch And/Or Wye Saddle Required. The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall be made at the wye branch, if such branch is available at a suitable location. If the public sewer is twelve inches in diameter or less, and no properly located wye branch is available the owner shall at his own expense install a wye branch in the public sewer at a location specified by the Engineer. Where the public sewer is greater than twelve inches in diameter and a properly located wye branch is not available a neat hole may be cut into the public sewer and a wye saddle utilized to receive the building sewer, with entry in the downstream direction in accordance with the standards as set forth by the Engineer. The invert of the building sewer at the point of connection shall be at the same or higher elevation than the invert of the public sewer. All joints shall be made smooth and neat, and the connection made secure and water-tight by encasement in concrete. Approved fittings may be used for the connection only when approved by the Engineer.

   (jj)   Owner Responsible for Notification for Inspection and Testing of Connections. The owner shall notify the Engineer or his representatives when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection and testing shall be performed by the permittee under the supervision of the Engineer or his representative.

   (kk)   Owner Responsible for Safety and Surface Restoration. All excavations for building sewer installations 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 accordance with the standards as set forth by the Engineer.

   (ll)   Owner May Be Required to Install Flow and Load Measuring Devices. The owner shall, where directed by the Engineer, construct and maintain a concrete structure, in the building sewer, suitable for the installation and operation of metering and/or monitoring equipment deemed necessary to measure the rate of flow through the sewer and to determine the physical and bacteriological constituents of the wastewater. Such structure, if required, shall be constructed to the plans and specifications satisfactory to the Engineer. The cost to construct and maintain the structure shall be paid for by the owner. (Ord. 80-554. Passed 6-25-80.)