[R.O. 1993 § 705.150; CC 1969 § 28-34; Ord. No. 2351 Art. IV § 2, 10-28-1985]
A. There shall be two (2) classes of building sewer permits, as follows:
1.
For residential and commercial service; and
2.
For service to establishments producing industrial wastes.
B. In either case, the owner or his/her agent shall make application
on a special form furnished by the City.
C. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications
or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Superintendent.
A permit and inspection fee of sixty dollars ($60.00) for a residential
or commercial building sewer permit and sixty dollars ($60.00) for
an industrial building sewer permit shall be paid to the City at the
time the application is filed.
[R.O. 1993 § 705.160; CC 1969 § 28-35; Ord. No. 2351 Art. IV § 3, 10-28-1985]
A. It shall be unlawful to place any pipe or conduit which carries or
is intended to carry sewage in the same trench or ditch with a pipe
or conduit which carries or is intended to carry a potable water supply.
In every case where a water and a sewer line are parallel, the water
line shall be at least ten (10) feet horizontally from and at a higher
elevation than the sewer line.
B. Where it is not possible to meet the above conditions or where, for
any reason, unusual circumstances present a potential or actual hazard
to a potable water supply, the Superintendent must be notified in
writing and plans submitted showing the precautions which are to be
taken to minimize the hazard to the potable water supply. In no case
shall the work proceed until the plans for protecting the water supply
have been approved in writing by the Superintendent.
[R.O. 1993 § 705.170; CC 1969 § 28-36; Ord. No. 2351 Art. IV § 4, 10-28-1985]
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 from any loss or damage that may, directly or indirectly,
be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
[R.O. 1993 § 705.180; CC 1969 § 28-37; Ord. No. 2351 Art. IV § 5, 10-28-1985]
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided
for every building; except, that 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. 1993 § 705.190; CC 1969 § 28-38; Ord. No. 2351 Art. IV § 6, 10-28-1985]
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings,
but only when they are found, on examination and test by the Superintendent,
to meet all requirements of this Chapter.
[R.O. 1993 § 705.200; CC 1969 § 28-39; Ord. No. 2351 Art. IV §§ 7, 10, 10-28-1985]
A. The size, slope, alignment and 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 the Building and Plumbing Codes or other applicable
rules and regulations of the City. In the absence of Code provisions
or in amplifications thereof, the materials and procedures set forth
in appropriate specifications of the A.S.T.M. and W.P.C.F. shall be
followed.
B. The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall
conform to the requirements of the Building and Plumbing Codes or
other applicable rules and regulations of the City, or the procedures
set forth in appropriate specifications of the A.S.T.M. and the W.P.C.F.
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 Superintendent before installation.
[R.O. 1993 § 705.210; CC 1969 § 28-40; Ord. No. 2351 Art. IV § 8, 10-28-1985]
Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the
building at an elevation below the basement floor. In any building
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 § 705.220; CC 1969 § 28-41; Ord. No. 2351 Art. IV § 9, 10-28-1985]
A. 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.
B. The Building Inspector shall make an inspection of the method of
disposing of roof and other stormwater drainage from each house which
is connected to the sanitary sewers of the City as is necessary to
secure compliance with this Article. Following each inspection, the
Building Inspector shall submit a list of all property owners whose
properties have connections in violation of this Section to the City
Clerk. Written notification of any violation of this Section shall
then be given by the Building Inspector to the owner of any property
upon which a violation occurs. If the provisions of this Section have
not been complied with within a period of ten (10) days following
the date of such notice of violation, the City shall have the right
to make, or have made, such alterations as are deemed necessary by
the Building Inspector to meet the requirements of this Article, and
all costs thereof shall be provided for, and defrayed by, a special
tax bill to be assessed in favor of the City against the property
on which such improvements are made, and such special tax bill shall
become a lien on the property.
[R.O. 1993 § 705.230; CC 1969 § 28-42; Ord. No. 2351 Art. IV § 11, 10-28-1985]
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/her representative.
[R.O. 1993 § 705.240; CC 1969 § 28-43; Ord. No. 2351 Art. IV § 12, 10-28-1985]
In the event that satisfactory compliance with the various Sections
of this Article cannot be obtained within a period of sixty (60) days
following the receipt of notification of a violation by the offender,
the City Board of Public Works may order the offending person to disconnect
from the municipal sewerage system or may order the connection broken
by municipal employees; provided, that the offending party must be
notified at least sixty (60) days in advance of the date the connection
must be broken.
[R.O. 1993 § 705.250; CC 1969 § 28-44; Ord. No. 2351 Art. IV § 13, 10-28-1985]
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.