[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.
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(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.