[Ord. No. 595, A IV, § 1, 5-11-1982]
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 commission.
[Ord. No. 595, A IV, § 2, 5-11-1982]
There shall be two classes of building sewer permits: (a) for
residential and commercial service and (b) for service to establishments
producing industrial wastes. In either case, 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 city
commission. A permit and inspection fee of $12 for a residential or
commercial building sewer permit and $12 for an industrial building
sewer permit shall be paid to the city at the time the application
is filed.
[Ord. No. 595, A IV, § 3, 5-11-1982]
All costs and expense incidental 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.
[Ord. No. 595, A IV, § 4, 5-11-1982]
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided
for every building; except 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, court,
yard, or driveway, the building sewer from the front building may
be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one building
sewer, but the city does not and will not assume any obligation or
responsibility for damage caused by or resulting from any such single
connection aforementioned.
[Ord. No. 595, A IV, § 5, 5-11-1982]
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings,
only when they are found, on examination and test by the city commission,
to meet all requirements of this chapter.
[Ord. No. 595, A IV, § 6, 5-11-1982]
The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of all
sanitary sewers including building sewers, 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 code or other applicable rules and regulations of the
city. In the absence of suitable code provisions set forth in appropriate
specifications of the A.S.T.M. and W.P.C.F. Manual of Practice No.
9 shall apply.
[Ord. No. 595, A IV, § 7, 5-11-1982]
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.
[Ord. No. 595, A IV, § 8, 5-11-1982]
No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, 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 unless such connection
is approved by the Superintendent and the North Dakota State Department
of Health.
[Ord. No. 595, A IV, § 9, 5-11-1982]
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 A.S.T.M. and the W.P.C.F.
Manual on Practice No. 9. All such connections shall be made gastight
and watertight and verified by proper testing. Any deviation from
the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the city
commission before installation.
[Ord. No. 595, A IV, § 10, 5-11-1982]
The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the
city commission when the building sewer is ready for inspection and
connection to the public sewer. The connection and testing shall be
made under the supervision of the city commission or its representative.
[Ord. No. 595, A IV, § 11, 5-11-1982]
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.
[Ord. No. 937, §§ 1
— 6, 8-23-2011]
(a)
Discharge prohibited. Except as otherwise expressly authorized in
this section, no ponds, water foundations, water from any roof, surface,
groundwater sump pump, swimming pool, or other natural precipitation
shall be discharged into the sanitary sewer system. Dwellings and
other buildings and structures which require, because of infiltration
of water into basements, crawl spaces, and the like, a sump pump discharge
system shall have a permanently installed discharge line which shall
not at any time discharge water into a sanitary sewer system. A permanent
installation shall be one which provides for year round discharge
capability to either the outside of the dwelling, building, or structure,
or is connected to a storm sewer or discharge through the curb and
gutter to the street. Within the home or business, the sump pump discharge
pipe shall consist of a rigid discharge line, without valves or quick
connections, that would alter the path of discharge. However, if the
line is directly connected to a storm sewer line or catch basin a
check valve and an air gap are required. Property owners are allowed
to discharge directly into the sanitary sewer between October 1 and
March 31 when reduced flows are present in the sanitary sewer collection
system, if necessary.
(b)
Inspections. Property owners shall allow an employee of the city
or a designated representative of the city to inspect the buildings
to confirm that there is no sump pump or other prohibited discharge
into the sanitary sewer system. The city may periodically reinspect
any building or premises to determine compliance with the requirements
of this section, as to installation of all sump pumps.
(c)
Removal of connections. Any property owner who previously made any connection or installation in violation of this section shall immediately remove such connection or correct such an installation. If not removed or corrected within 30 days after notice of the violation has been delivered personally or by certified mail to the owner, the city may impose a surcharge in the amount provided in Subsection (e) of this section. Such a surcharge may also be imposed upon any property owner, after a thirty-calendar day notice has been delivered, and if the owner refuses to allow their property to be inspected. The owner of a building or premises found to be not in conformance with this section during periodic reinspections may be subjected to a surcharge as provided in Subsection (e) of this section.
(d)
Foundation drain tile.
(1)
Future homes and businesses. Groundwater from foundation drain
tile for future homes and businesses shall not discharge to the sanitary
sewer system. The groundwater shall flow through the tile and drain
to a sump basket and shall then be pumped and discharged to the exterior
of the structure with the use of a sump pump.
(2)
Existing homes and businesses. Some existing homes and businesses
may have been constructed with groundwater from foundation drain tile
discharging to the sanitary sewer. If the connection of the foundation
drain tile to the sanitary sewer pipe is on the exterior of the home,
the connection will be considered grandfathered and disconnection
will not be required. If the connection of the foundation drain tile
to the sanitary sewer pipe system is on the interior of the home or
business, the connection is considered "not in compliance" and the
owner is required to correct the improper connection. Any connection
considered "not in compliance" shall abide by the subsections contained
in this section.
(f)
Nonpayment of surcharge. If the surcharge is not received by the
City of Williston, the city reserves the right to assess the property
owner the unpaid balance.
