A. 
No contractor or person shall be allowed to install or repair a building sewer and/or private sewer or drain unless properly licensed by the Director of Public Works.
B. 
Such licenses shall be valid for one year unless cancelled by the Director for cause after a hearing.
C. 
Fees for such licenses shall be established by the Director and approved by the City Council and the Mayor.
The Commissioner of Public Health shall, from time to time, license some person to remove night soil, the contents of privy vaults and cesspools, and to remove dead animals, subject to the provisions of the City ordinances and all the rules of the Public Health Council relating thereto.
A. 
The City shall be reimbursed by the owner for all costs incurred by the City for installation, maintenance, repair or replacement of building sewers and/or private sewers.
B. 
The owner shall indemnify the City from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by such installation, maintenance, repair or replacement.
C. 
If reimbursement is not made, the costs shall be considered a lien upon the property served by the building sewer and/or private sewer.
A. 
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building, except where one building stands at the rear of another on a single lot and no private sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley, court, yard, or driveway.
B. 
Under these circumstances, and upon approval of the Director, the building sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer.
C. 
Any such approval shall be by written agreement and shall be recorded in the County Registry of Deeds.
A. 
A private sewer for the collection of two or more building sewers shall be constructed only upon receipt of written approval by the Director and shall be recorded in the County Registry of Deeds.
B. 
A copy of such approval and a plan prepared in accordance with all the requirements of this Part 1 shall be kept on file in the office of the Director.
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the Director, to meet all requirements of this Part 1.
A. 
The size, slope, alignment and materials of construction of a sewer, and the methods to be used in excavating, placing the pipe, jointing, testing, and backfilling the trench, shall conform to the applicable rules and regulations of the Director of Public Works. The private sewer or building sewer shall not be connected to the public sewer prior to certification by the Director that the entire sewer has been properly constructed, inspected for conformance, and tested, and is ready for use. In the absence of specific rules and regulations or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the latest edition of the ASTM and WPCF Manual of Practice No. 9, on file with the Director, shall apply.
B. 
All excavations for sewer installation shall be adequately guarded by the licensed contractor 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 Director of Public Works.
C. 
No person or persons shall construct a building sewer or a private sewer without first obtaining the appropriate permit from the Director of Public Works. The Director reserves the right to install any building sewer or private sewer with City forces.
Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings in which any plumbing connection is too low to permit gravity flow to the private sewer or public sewer, domestic wastewater discharged by such connection shall be lifted by a suitable means (which have been approved by the Director of Public Works) and shall be discharged to the building sewer.
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 to interior piping which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public or private sanitary sewer.
A. 
The connection of the building sewer or private sewer into the public sewer shall conform to applicable rules and regulations of the City, or the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the latest edition of the ASTM and the WPCF 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 Director before installation.
B. 
The applicant for the sewer permit shall notify the Director when the sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The private sewer and building sewer shall not be connected to the public sewer prior to certification by the Director that the entire sewer has been properly constructed, inspected for conformance, and tested, and is ready for use. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the Director or his representative. (See also §§ 300-3, 300-9 and 300-11.)
C. 
Any person proposing a new discharge into the system or a change in the volume or characteristic of pollutants that are being discharged into the system shall notify the Director at least 45 days prior to the proposed change of connection.