[R.O. 1993 § 705.320]
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.
[R.O. 1993 § 705.330]
All costs and expense incident to the installation and connection
of the building 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 of the building sewer.
[R.O. 1993 § 705.340]
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,
courtyard, or driveway, and 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. 1993 § 705.350]
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings
only when they are found, on examination and test by the Building
Inspector to meet all requirements of this Chapter.
[R.O. 1993 § 705.360]
The size, slope, alignment, materials and construction of a building 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 Codes or other applicable rules and regulations of the City such as the International Plumbing Code (See Chapter 500 as to adoption of various Codes) and any future revisions.
[R.O. 1993 § 705.370]
Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the
building at an elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings
in 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.
[R.O. 1993 § 705.380]
The connection of the building 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 and the SPCF 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 Building Inspector before installation.
[R.O. 1993 § 705.390]
The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the
Building Inspector when the building sewer is ready for inspection
and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under
the supervision of the Building Inspector or his/her representative.
