[R.O. 1993 § 705.210]
All private sewers or drains which connect with or discharge
into any public sewer shall be made and constructed in accordance
with the provisions of this Chapter and in conformity with the plans,
specifications, rules and regulations of the City, which shall have
general supervision of all such work.
[R.O. 1993 § 705.220]
Private sewers shall be constructed at the expense of the owners
of the property for which the sewer is required, and the property
owner shall be liable for the cost of repairing or cleaning the same.
[R.O. 1993 § 705.230]
All licenses or permits for sewer connections granted under
this Article shall be subject to the condition that the property owner
take all risk or damage that may result from water settling back into
their premises from the public or district sewers; and to prevent
such settling back the owner shall be required at his/her own cost,
to put in a self-acting valve in all cases where a backflow may be
apprehended, and it shall be the duty of the owner to keep the valve
in condition for services at all times. The Public Works Director
shall furnish all information in the possession of his/her department
as to the position, depth and grade of sewers and the position of
"Y" branches.
[R.O. 1993 § 705.240]
No person shall injure, break or remove any portion of any manhole,
flush tank or any part of the public district or private sewers, and
when any person shall desire to lay or drive any pipe in any of the
streets or alleys upon which sewers are laid, they shall give at least
twenty-four (24) hours' notice to the Public Works Director.
