[Amended by Ord. No. 11-06-00C]
A. A sewer service connection charge shall be paid before any sewer
connection is made for new construction, or before any sewer connection
is made to established real property where connection to the City
sewer system did not exist prior. Said sewer charge for all connections
shall be set from time to time by the City Council.
B. Governmental entities (e.g., school districts, county, township,
library district, etc.) shall be limited to a maximum sewer connection
charge as set from time to time by the City Council, per building
construction project.
C. Said connection fee shall be paid prior to any sewer service connection
being permitted by the City. Application for such connections shall
be made to the City Clerk and the permit fee paid at said time. 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 Superintendent. Said fee shall be paid to the City Clerk at
the time the application is filed. It shall be a requirement for obtaining
any building sewer permit that the sewer tap must be performed by
the City of Mendota, or a licensed plumber, and the tap approved by
the City of Mendota. Any work performed by the City will be done on
a time-and-materials basis, and all work performed by plumbers will
be at the expense of the owner of the property. The industry, as a
condition of permit authorization, must provide information describing
its wastewater constituents, characteristics, and type of activity.
D. Each excavation for any of the above purposes shall require a separate
permit.
E. No connection permit will be required for the removal of stoppage
in waste pipes, or for replacing broken or old sewer lines, provided
such sewer lines conform to the regulations contained in this chapter.
F. Any person who makes any excavation or does any other work without
first securing the permit required by this section shall, in addition
to any other penalty imposed by this section, pay to the Clerk, within
24 hours of receipt of demand therefor, a sum as set from time to
time by the City Council for the purpose of paying the fees of the
Superintendent. The Superintendent shall thereupon make an inspection
as in other cases. Failure to pay said sum on demand as provided shall
constitute a separate violation.
A building sewer permit will only be issued and a sewer connection
shall only be allowed if it can be demonstrated that the downstream
sewerage facilities, including sanitary sewers, pump stations and
wastewater treatment facilities, have sufficient reserve capacity
to adequately handle the additional anticipated waste load.
All costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection
of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall
indemnify the City for any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly
be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
The City may, in case of emergency, repair or order the repair
of any sewer lateral or sewer pipe from the City main to the premises
served thereby, and if it does so, the cost of such repair work shall
be treated and collected in the same manner and with the same remedies
as for collection of charges for sewer services.
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.
Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the
building at an elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings
to 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.
The connections of the building sewer into the public sewer
shall conform to the requirements of the current Illinois State Plumbing
Code. Any deviation from the prescribed procedure and materials must
be approved by the jurisdiction in which the connection occurs.
The applicant for the building sewer shall notify the Superintendent
when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to
the public sewer. The sewer lateral from the property line to the
City sewer main shall remain uncovered for inspection and the connection
shall be made under the supervision of the Superintendent. The excavation
shall not be filled in until the Superintendent issues a written statement
that the work performed on such sewer has been satisfactorily performed
and this statement shall only be issued by the Superintendent when,
by his inspection, he shall find that the work has been done in accordance
with the provisions of this Code, and in good workmanlike manner.
Any person filling in any excavation without having first received
the written approval of the Superintendent as provided in this chapter
shall, in addition to suffering the fine herein imposed, expose the
sewer for inspection by the Superintendent at no cost to the City.
In any case where the Superintendent finds the work on any sewer not
done in a satisfactory manner as herein provided, he shall serve written
notice on the person to whom the permit is issued, stating wherein
such work is deficient, and ordering said person to remedy such defect
within 72 hours. In the event such person fails to comply herewith,
the Superintendent shall cause such defect to be corrected at the
expense of the person to whom the permit has been issued. A sum as
set from time to time by the City Council shall be paid to the Superintendent
as a fee for the performance of the Superintendent, and it shall be
the duty of the Superintendent to inspect any sewer connection or
sewer pipe within the City. It shall also be the duty of the Superintendent
to inform the proper officials of any violation of this chapter and
to assist in the prosecution of offenders.
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 work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to
the City at no expense to the City.