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 Superintendent.
[Amended 2-1-1971 by Ord. No. 221, approved 2-2-1971; 8-13-1973 by Ord. No. 231]
A. 
There shall be two classes of building sewer connection permits:
(1) 
For residential and commercial service.
(2) 
For service to establishments producing industrial waste.
B. 
In either case, the owner or his or her agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the City. The permit application shall be supplemented by plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Superintendent.
C. 
The permit and connection fees and street opening charges, in the amounts as shall be determined by the Council by resolution, shall be paid to the City at the time the application is filed and approved.
[Amended 7-7-1980 by Ord. No. 262, approved 7-7-1980]
[Amended 2-1-1971 by Ord. No. 221, approved 2-2-1971]
The City shall install all necessary building sewer lines from the sewer main to the curbline and shall make all necessary connections to the main.
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building, provided that 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, courtyard or driveway, the building sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer.
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.
The size, slope, alignment, materials of 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 Chapter 101, Building Construction, and Chapter 183, Plumbing, or other applicable laws and regulations of the City. 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.
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.
No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of Chapter 101, Building Construction, and Chapter 183, Plumbing, or other applicable rules and regulations of the City. All such connections shall be made gastight and watertight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the Superintendent before installation.
The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Superintendent when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the Superintendent or his or her representative.
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 the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the City.