Any person, firm or corporation failing to comply with the provisions of this division shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be subject to a fine in accordance with the general penalty provided in section 1.01.009 of this code, and a separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during which a violation occurs or continues.
(Ordinance 156, sec. 14, adopted 8/9/88; 1986 Code, sec. 6.93; Ordinance adopting 2017 Code)
It shall be unlawful for any person to use or occupy as a place of business or residence any structure within the city limits, whether such structure be permanent or temporary, or whether affixed to the realty or not, without having before such occupancy complied with the regulations of the city as to connection with the sanitary sewer system and the plumbing regulations of the city and those pertaining to disposal of sewage.
(Ordinance 156, sec. 13, adopted 8/9/88; 1986 Code, sec. 6.92)
Charges for sewer taps are as set forth in the fee schedule in appendix A of this code.
(Ordinance 2013-003 adopted 9/17/13; Ordinance adopting 2017 Code)
No person shall make any connection with, or any opening into, any sewer of the city without a permit from the city secretary. Applications for permits shall be made in writing by the property owner or his authorized agent. Such application shall give the exact location of the property, the name of the owner, and the name of the person employed to do the work.
(Ordinance 156, sec. 1, adopted 8/9/88; 1986 Code, sec. 6.80)
It shall be the duty of the city inspector to issue all permits for sewer connections, and to compel all persons owning or occupying property with occupied buildings thereon that are in the city to make connections with the sanitary sewer where same is available, provided that their dwelling is within two hundred fifty feet (250') of an available sewer line.
(Ordinance 156, sec. 2, adopted 8/9/88; 1986 Code, sec. 6.81)
It shall be the duty of the city inspector to notify, in writing, the owner of every building situated within the city to make sewer and closet connections with the sewer system within ninety (90) days from receipt of such notice, and upon failure of any person to make such connection within such period he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Ordinance 156, sec. 3, adopted 8/9/88; 1986 Code, sec. 6.82)
All permits to connect with sewers shall be given upon the express condition that the city may, at any time before the work is completed, revoke and annul the same, and no party interested shall have any right to claim damages in consequence of such revocation.
(Ordinance 156, sec. 4, adopted 8/9/88; 1986 Code, sec. 6.83)
Connections with the city’s sanitary sewer at the property line shall be made under supervision of an authorized inspector of the city, and at the expense of the property owner.
(Ordinance 156, sec. 5, adopted 8/9/88; 1986 Code, sec. 6.84)
No person shall injure, break or remove any portion or any part of the city’s sanitary sewer system, and when any person shall desire to lay or drive any pipe in any of the streets upon which sewers are laid they shall give at least twenty-four (24) hours’ notice in writing to the city secretary.
(Ordinance 156, sec. 7, adopted 8/9/88; 1986 Code, sec. 6.86)
It shall be unlawful to allow any surface water, or rainwater, from the ground or roof of a house, to enter into any sewer or any vessel or sink connected with a sewer, or to admit any drainage water from any cellar to a sewer, except by permission of the city council and under the direction of an inspector of the city.
(Ordinance 156, sec. 10, adopted 8/9/88; 1986 Code, sec. 6.89; Ordinance adopting 2017 Code)
It shall be the duty of all property owners or agents, or occupants of buildings, to keep and maintain water closets and other connections to the sewer in perfect condition and free from any obstruction, and it shall hereafter be unlawful for any person or persons to build or use any privy vault above or below ground in the city on property within the city, except where sewer facilities are not available or it is impossible because of drainage to make such connections.
(Ordinance 156, sec. 11, adopted 8/9/88; 1986 Code, sec. 6.90)
Section 404 permit.
A permit issued by the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), pursuant to section 404 of the Clean Water Act.
Wetlands.
Areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions, generally to include swamps, marshes, bogs, and similar areas.
(Ordinance 266-11, sec. 1, adopted 7/19/11)
(a) 
The city shall maintain sewer system maps approved by the United States Department of Agriculture which shall identify areas within its sanitary boundaries where wetlands exist.
(b) 
Prior to extending a city sewer line, main, or service, or prior to authorizing or permitting a connection to the city’s sewer system in a wetlands area, the city manager shall verify and determine whether the proper USACE Section 404 permit has been obtained and/or issued for such extension or connection.
(c) 
No sanitary sewer line, main, or extension may be constructed to the city’s sewer system, nor may any connection be made to said system, within any wetlands area, unless the USACE has issued a Section 404 permit or a “Findings of No Jurisdiction” for such extension or connection.
(Ordinance 266-11, sec. 2, adopted 7/19/11)