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 Commissioner.
The plumbing of any new or substantially rehabilitated building shall
be so constructed as to keep all stormwater, surface water, groundwater,
roof and surface runoff, subsurface drainage, uncontaminated cooling
water, and noncontact industrial process water separate from sanitary
sewage and industrial wastes, and from the building sewer lateral.
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 sewer.
Prior to activating water service, every new building sewer lateral
shall be conformance tested by the City, or by the owner or his/her
designee in the presence of a DPW and/or Building Inspector, to establish
that the building sewer lateral is properly connected to the City's
wastewater system. The DPW may conduct conformance testing of an existing
building's wastewater system to establish that it is properly connected
to the City's wastewater system. The City may require the owner forthwith
to eliminate a connection from a building sewer lateral or a building
combined sewer lateral to a stormwater drain (also referred to as
an "illicit or illegal connection") at the owner's expense.
Where separate sanitary sewers and stormwater drains exist, the DPW
may also conformance test, or require the owner to conformance test
in the presence of a DPW inspector, a new or existing building stormwater
drain lateral to establish that the building stormwater drain lateral
is properly connected to the City's stormwater system. The City may
also require the owner forthwith to eliminate a connection from a
building stormwater drain lateral to a sanitary sewer at the owner's
expense.
All new requests for sewer main extensions shall be submitted and
approved by the Commissioner of Public Works. All costs associated
with this work shall be paid for by the applicant and the costs may
include, but are not limited to, engineering plans stamped by a professional
engineer, pipe, manholes and appurtenances.
No connection shall be made to any public-owned sewer main or to
any private main without prior written authorization by issuance of
a written sewer connection permit from the Commissioner or his or
her designee.
Where the DPW elects to maintain ownership of a main pipe on private
property, the customer shall grant the Sewer Division an easement
sufficient to provide access by the DPW to the main pipe and City-owned
appurtenances for maintenance, repairs, replacement and reconstruction
as needed and required by the determination of the Commissioner or
his or her designee.
The DPW has the right to refuse or disallow the installation of a
main pipe extension where it determines that the service demand does
not warrant the cost of installation, where the extension will tend
in any way to constitute discrimination against other sewer customers
or where the Commissioner determines that the extension is not justified.