[Code 1975, § 19-3(2)]
No person shall install, renew or repair any new, old or existing
subsurface wastewater disposal system, including septic tanks, if
a connection to the City's facilities is or can be installed within
a reasonable distance, as determined by the Director.
[Code 1975, § 19-3(3)]
No person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening
into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or drain, or appurtenance
thereof, or to any private sewer, or connect them, without first obtaining
a written permit from the Director.
[Code 1975, § 19-3(1)]
No building permit shall be issued by the City for new building
construction within the City unless a written permit has been obtained
for a sewer connection from the proposed building to the City facilities,
provided the proposed building is located within a reasonable distance
from such facility, or reasonable extension thereof, as determined
by the Director.
[Code 1975, § 19-3(4)]
There shall be two classes of building sewer and/or private
sewer permits:
(1)
For residential and commercial service; and
(2)
For service to establishments producing industrial wastes.
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In either case, the owner or his 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 Director. A permit, inspection, and inflow/infiltration fee for a residential or commercial building sewer and/or private sewer permit, and for an industrial building sewer and/or private sewer permit, shall be paid to the City at the time the application is filed. See also Ord. No. 2009.46, Chapter 71, as may be amended.
[Amended 10-5-2010 by Ord. No. 2010.100] |
[Code 1975, § 19-3(5)]
All costs and expense incidental to the installation and connection
of the building sewer and/or private 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 or repair
of the building sewer and/or private sewer.
[Code 1975, § 19-3(6), (7)]
(a)
Issuance; records. The Director may grant permits to licensed utility
contractors to connect building sewers or drains into the public sewers
or drains, or into private sewers or drains entering such public sewers
or drains, in accordance with the terms of this article and the rules
and regulations made therefor by the City Council. The Director shall
cause to be kept a complete record of all such permits granted, giving
the name of the street and the number of the estate, if any, the name
of the owner or owners, and of the applicant for such permit, the
size and kind of drain or sewer entered, the name of the contractor
making the entrance, and such other facts in connection therewith
as may be of importance as matters of record.
(b)
Application; excavation permit; notice of change in volume of industrial discharge. Applications for permits to connect any private drain with a public drain, or with a private drain entering such public sewer or drain, must be made in writing to the Director by a licensed utility contractor at least 45 days prior to the proposed connection. Such applications must be accompanied by a clear description of the premises to be drained and of the drains required. All such applications must include an agreement on the part of the contractor to abide by all the provisions of this article and applicable provisions of Section 62-161 et seq., and to waive claim for damage in case of revocation as provided in this division. Issuance of such permit shall not relieve the licensed utility contractor of the need to obtain an excavation permit under Section 62-161 et seq. A written statement from the property owner authorizing the contractor to install a building sewer to serve his specified property must be presented with the application. Once connected into the system, any industrial user that proposes a substantial change in the volume or nature of the pollutants being discharged must notify the Director at least 45 days prior to the proposed change for his approval or as otherwise required in Ord. No. 2009.46, Chapter 71, as applicable.
[Amended 10-5-2010 by Ord. No. 2010.100]
[Code 1975, § 19-3(9)]
(a)
Connections between the building plumbing and the building sewer
shall be made at a point outside of the building foundation at a distance
of at least five feet (1.5 m) from the building.
(b)
The building sewer shall be connected to the public sewer only in
the manner specified in the permit issued for such connection. In
the absence of a wye or tee fitting laid with the sewer main, the
connection to the sewer shall be made by means of a proper saddle
fitting securely fastened and bonded to the main sewer. Any other
type of connection must be specifically approved by the Director.
(c)
All changes in direction of the building sewer shall require a cleanout
connection to the surface; a change in direction of 90° (1.59
radians) or more shall be made at a proper manhole.
(d)
In cases where buildings are abandoned, demolished or destroyed by
flooding, hurricane or other similar event, it shall be the duty of
the owner to inform the Building Inspector, Plumbing Inspector, Director
of Public Works and pretreatment manager of plans to cap and cease
use of the sewer prior to demolition or abandonment. Such notice shall
be given not more than 30 days after the event or occurrence. The
owner shall give the Director and the pretreatment manager seven days'
advance notice before commencing any capping procedure.
[Code 1975, § 19-3(13)]
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 or under other unique conditions as determined in
the discretion of the Director. Under these circumstances, and upon
approval of the Director and Plumbing Inspector, the building sewer
from the front building may be extended to the rear building, and
the whole considered as one building sewer.
[Code 1975, § 19-3(10)]
In opening any public street or way, all pavement shall be removed
with the least possible injury or loss of the remaining pavement and,
together with the material excavated from the trench, shall be placed
where it will cause the least practical inconvenience to the public,
or as may be specified by the Director.
[Code 1975, § 19-3(11)]
No portion of the building sewer shall be covered until inspected.
Backfilling shall be conducted in accordance with accepted good practice,
and in the presence of the inspector. Materials used for the backfill
shall be approved by the inspector and shall be placed by hand and
properly tamped in layers not exceeding four inches (10 cm) in depth,
to a point 12 inches (30 cm) over the top of the pipe. Machine backfilling
may be used for the remaining depth. Special care shall be taken in
backfilling areas which are within the traveled way to assure minimum
of settlement. Where required by the Director, an eight-inch (20 cm)
concrete slab shall be installed under the final pavement to avoid
the expense and difficulty of repeated reworking of a settling trench.
Such slab shall extend over undisturbed earth on both sides of the
trench for a minimum of eight inches (20 cm).
[Code 1975, § 19-3(12)]
(a)
Inspection of the completed work shall be done by the Director or
his designee. Requests for inspection made up to 10:00 a.m. shall
be honored on the same day. Requests made after 10:00 a.m. may be
deferred until the following day, depending upon the schedule of the
inspector. Any inspections after 3:00 p.m. or on Saturday or Sunday
shall be made at the rate of $20 per hour or portion thereof, with
a minimum of two hours allowed for each inspection. Any inspection
made during the week shall be made at a flat rate of $30 for each
inspection.
(b)
Upon final inspection and approval, the inspector shall sign the
contractor's copy of the permit.
[Code 1975, § 19-3(16)]
The size, slope, alignment and materials of construction of
a building sewer and/or private 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
Council. 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. Such rules
and regulations will be printed in a booklet which may be obtainable
if requested from the environmental specialist.
[Code 1975, § 19-3(17)]
Wherever possible, the building sewer shall enter the building
at a point below the basement floor. If this requirement makes it
impossible to achieve the minimum recommended pitch of the building
sewer (WFPC Manual No. 9, Chapter 7-6), the Director may allow entrance
through the basement wall, provided special precautions are taken
to assure sufficient protection from damage and from freezing. For
a building in which any plumbing connections are too low to permit
gravity flow to any sewer, public or private, the wastewater from
such a connection shall be pumped or lifted by an approved device
and discharged to an adequate sewer.
[Code 1975, § 19-3(18)]
The connection of the building sewer or private 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 ASTM
or the WPFC 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.
[Code 1975, § 19-3(19)]
All excavations for building sewer and/or private sewer installation
shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect
the public from hazard. Streets, esplanades, sidewalks, parkways and
other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be
restored in a manner satisfactory to the Director.
[Code 1975, § 19-3(14)]
A private sewer for the collection of two or more building sewers
shall be constructed only upon receipt of written approval by the
Director.
[Code 1975, § 19-3(15)]
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings
only when they are found upon examination and test by the Director
to meet all requirements of this article.
[Code 1975, § 19-3(21)]
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater,
surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, uncontaminated
cooling water, or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary
sewer, building sewer and/or private sewer, or to interior piping
which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary
sewer. Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged
to such sewers as are specifically designated as storm drains, or
to a natural outlet approved by the Director. Industrial cooling water
or unpolluted process waters may be discharged, on approval of the
state Department of environmental protection, the Director, and the
pretreatment manager, to a storm drain, combined sewer, or natural
outlet. All new or altered connections to the sanitary sewer system
shall conform with this section.
[Code 1975, § 19-3(8)]
Permits to connect with a public sewer or drain or with a private
conduit connecting a public sewer or drain may at any time be revoked
and annulled by the City Council for such cause as it may deem sufficient,
and all parties in interest shall be held to have waived the right
to claim damages on account of such revocation or annulment.
[Code 1975, § 19-3(20)]
At such time that the City's treatment facilities reach 80%
of the treatment capacity, new permits to connect to the City's facilities
shall be closely reviewed and justified incrementally. No new permits
shall be issued after such time unless they are justified or previously
issued permits are abandoned, or revoked, or additional capacity is
added to the facilities.
