[R.O. 2008 §710.250; Code 1968 §28-17; CC 1988
§29-101; Ord. No. 6384 §1, 8-9-1988]
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 City Administrator.
Before a permit may be issued for excavating for plumbing in the paved
portion of any public street or alley, the person applying for such
a permit shall have executed unto the City and deposited with the
City Clerk a corporate surety or some type of bond satisfactory to
the City, stipulating that he/she will perform faithfully all work
with due care and skill and in accordance with the laws, rules and
regulations established under the authority of any ordinances of the
City pertaining to plumbing and/or street repair. This bond will state
that the person will indemnify and save harmless the City and the
owner of the premises against all damages, costs, expenses, outlays
and claims of every nature and kind arising out of unskillfulness
or negligence on his/her part in connection with plumbing or excavating
for plumbing as prescribed in this Title. Such bond shall remain in
force and must be executed for a period of one and one-half (1½)
years except that on such expiration it shall remain in force as to
all penalties, claims and demands that may have accrued thereunder
prior to such expiration.
[R.O. 2008 §710.260; Code 1968 §28-18; CC 1988
§29-102; Ord. No. 6518 §1, 2-10-1997]
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 information considered pertinent,
in the judgment of the City Administrator. A permit and inspection
fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for a residential, multi-family
one hundred dollars ($100.00) per unit, two hundred dollars ($200.00)
for commercial and three hundred dollars ($300.00) for industrial
building sewer permit shall be paid to the City at the time the application
is filed.
[R.O. 2008 §710.270; Code 1968 §28-19; CC 1988
§29-103]
All costs and expense incident to the installation and connection
of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner or the
person installing the building sewer shall indemnify the City from
any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by
the installation of the building sewer.
[R.O. 2008 §710.280; Code 1968 §28-20; CC 1988
§29-104]
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.
[R.O. 2008 §710.290; Code 1968 §28-21; CC 1988
§29-105]
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings
only when they are found, on examination and test by the City Administrator,
to meet all requirements of this Title.
[R.O. 2008 §710.300; Code 1968 §28-22; CC 1988
§29-106]
The building sewer shall be constructed PVC (Polyvinyl Chloride)
sewer pipe and fittings conforming to A.S.T.M. D-3033 and D-3034 specifications.
[R.O. 2008 §710.310; Code 1968 §28-24; CC 1988
§29-108]
The size and slope of the building sewer shall be subject to
the approval of the City Administrator; but in no event shall the
diameter of the pipe be less than four (4) inches nor the slope less
than one-eighth (1/8) inch per foot. A slope of one-fourth (¼)
inch per foot shall be used whenever practical.
[R.O. 2008 §710.320; Code 1968 §28-25; CC 1988
§29-109]
Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the
building at an elevation below the basement floor. The depth shall
be sufficient to afford protection from frost. All excavations shall
be by open-trench methods unless otherwise authorized by the City
Administrator. Rough machine excavation for the pipe trench shall
not be carried lower than three (3) inches above the grade of the
invert of the pipe and the remainder of the excavation accomplished
by hand to shape the bottom of the trench to give full support to
the lower third (3rd) of each pipe. Bell holes shall be dug to provide
ample space for making the joint and to relieve the bell of any stresses.
All pipe shall be laid true to line and grade with bell ends upstream
and with all joints fully completed. No backfill shall be placed over
the completed house service line until it has been approved by the
City Administrator. Backfill shall be carefully deposited completely
under the pipe haunches and around and over the pipe in layers not
to exceed six (6) inches in loose depth and carefully tamped until
enough fill has been placed to provide a cover of not less than one
(1) foot over the top of the pipe. Care shall be taken in this placement
and compaction to cause no vertical or lateral displacement of the
pipe. The remainder of the depth of the trench may be backfilled as
approved by the City Administrator.
[R.O. 2008 §710.330; Code 1968 §28-26; CC 1988
§29-110]
The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall
be made at the wye branch designated for that property, if such branch
is available at a suitable location. Any connection not made at the
designated wye branch in the public sewer shall be made only as directed
by the City Administrator.
[R.O. 2008 §710.340; Code 1968 §28-27; CC 1988
§29-111]
The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the
City Administrator when the building sewer is ready for inspection
and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made only
under the direction of the City Administrator.
[R.O. 2008 §710.350; Code 1968 §28-28; CC 1988
§29-112]
All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately
guarded with barricades, lights, etc., so as to protect the public
from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public properties
disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner
satisfactory to the City Administrator.
[R.O. 2008 §710.360; Code 1968 §28-32; CC 1988
§29-113]
All sewer services and private sewer lines connecting property
with the public sewers maintained by the City shall be maintained
and repaired by the person owning the property served thereby in accordance
with such reasonable standards, rules, and regulations as may be promulgated
by the City, based on sound engineering principles of sanitation,
for the protection of the health and welfare of the inhabitants of
the City and for the efficient operation of the public sewers therein.
When it shall come to the attention of the City that any such private
sewer or service is not being maintained in accordance with the standards
promulgated by the Board as aforesaid, the Board shall immediately
order the person responsible therefor to repair or alter the same
to conform to such regulations. Such repairs or alterations, when
ordered, shall be made within reasonable time from the receipt of
such order, and in no event shall it be delayed for a longer period
than fifteen (15) days from the date of the receipt of such order.
