[CC 1983 §26-50; Ord. No. 472 Art. IV §1, 2-25-1974]
No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with
or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance
thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Superintendent.
[CC 1983 §26-51; Ord. No. 472 Art. IV §2, 2-25-1974]
A. There
shall be two (2) classes of building sewer permits:
1. For residential and commercial service, and
2. For service to establishments producing industrial wastes.
B. In
either case, the owner or his/her agent shall make application on
a special form furnished by the City. The permit application shall
be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or other information
considered pertinent in the judgment of the Superintendent.
C. A permit
and inspection fee of five dollars ($5.00) for a residential building
sewer permit, twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for a commercial building
sewer permit and fifty dollars ($50.00) for an industrial or institutional
building sewer permit shall be paid to the City at the time the application
is filed.
[CC 1983 §26-52; Ord. No. 472 Art. IV §3, 2-25-1974]
All costs and expense incident to the installation and connection
of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall
indemnify the City from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly
be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
[CC 1983 §26-53; Ord. No. 472 Art. IV §4, 2-25-1974]
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided
for every building; except where one (1) 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
(1) building sewer.
[CC 1983 §26-54; Ord. No. 472 Art. IV §5, 2-25-1974]
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.
[CC 1983 §26-55; Ord. No. 472 Art. IV §6, 2-25-1974]
The size, slope, alignment, materials or construction of a building
sewer, and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe,
jointing, testing, and backfilling the trench, shall all conform to
the requirements of the Building and Plumbing Code or other applicable
rules and regulations of the City. In the absence of Code provisions
or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth
in appropriate specifications of the A.S.T.M. and W.P.C.F. Manual
of Practice No. 9 shall apply.
[CC 1983 §26-56; Ord. No. 472 Art. IV §7, 2-25-1974]
Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the
building at any 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.
[CC 1983 §26-57; Ord. No. 472 Art. IV §8, 2-25-1974]
No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior
foundation drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surface runoff
or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain which in turn
is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
[CC 1983 §26-58; Ord. No. 472 Art. IV §§9, 10, 2-25-1974]
A. The
connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform
to the requirements of the Building and 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 gastight and
watertight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials
must be approved by the Superintendent before installation.
B. 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 shall be made under the supervision
of the Superintendent or his/her representative.
[CC 1983 §26-59; Ord. No. 472 Art. IV §11, 2-25-1974]
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.