(a) 
Maintaining the integrity of the sanitary sewer system shall be the responsibility of the city manager or his designee for the city.
(b) 
This division applies to all customer service lines on private property which flow into public lines in city streets, alleys and easements, including but not limited to single-family or duplex residences, mobile homes and/or trailer parks, apartments, places of business, schools, hospitals, churches, structures of any kind, vacant buildings or vacant land.
(2001 Code, sec. 78-231)
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this division, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Infiltration.
The water entering a sewer system and service connections from the ground through such means as but not limited to defective pipes, pipe joints, connections or manhole walls.
Inflow.
The water discharged into a sewer system and service connections from such sources as but not limited to roof leaders, cellars, yard and area drains, foundation drains, cooling water discharges, drains from springs and swampy areas, manhole covers, cross-connections from storm sewers and combined sewers, catchbasins, stormwaters, surface runoff and street washwaters or drainage.
Sanitary sewer.
A public sewer that conveys domestic wastewater or industrial wastes or a combination of both, and into which stormwater, surface water, groundwater and other unpolluted wastes are not intentionally passed.
Storm sewer.
A public sewer which carries stormwaters and surface waters and drainage and into which domestic wastewater or industrial wastes are not intentionally passed.
(2001 Code, sec. 78-232)
The city, through its agent, is authorized to enter upon private property for the express purposes of determining the integrity of the private sanitary sewer line, which may include physical tests of the line. Any defects discovered in the private line shall be repaired by the property owner or agent.
(2001 Code, sec. 78-233)
(a) 
The city shall notify in writing by certified mail, return receipt requested, each property owner and the wastewater utility customer on whose property a source of inflow or infiltration of water into the city sanitary sewer system exists, as well as the nature and location of the sources. The property owner shall within 90 days of date of notification have the sources repaired at such owner’s expense.
(b) 
A reminder notice will be sent in 30 days if the repairs have not been satisfactorily completed.
(c) 
A cutoff notice will be sent in 60 days if the repairs have not been satisfactorily completed.
(d) 
Penalties provided for in this division may be enforced at the end of 90 days from the original notice.
(e) 
Where the property owners are unknown or are not found, the city shall cause notice to be published in a newspaper published in the city giving public notice of intent to discontinue water and sewer services if repairs are not completed within 90 days of the publication date.
(2001 Code, sec. 78-234)
(a) 
If the line in question is clay pipe, concrete pipe, Orangeburg pipe, or any other pipe material without glued, leaded or rubber gasketed joints, and cannot be satisfactorily repaired, the property owner will be required to replace the entire private sewer service line with PVC pipe schedule 40 or SDR-35.
(b) 
All private sewer service lines must be repaired or replaced in accordance with the rules and regulations governing such lines promulgated by the city and in force at the time.
(2001 Code, sec. 78-235)
If after exercising reasonable diligence the city is unable to locate the property owner or his agent, or the property owner or his agent refuses to make the necessary repairs within the time period specified in section 13.03.124, the city or its agent shall have the right to disconnect the wastewater flow at the point where the customer’s and/or owner’s pipes connect to the city’s pipe. Further, where the customer and/or owner is also receiving water service from the city and has no other approved means of disposal of wastewater, the city shall have the right to disconnect the customer’s and/or owner’s water service.
(2001 Code, sec. 78-236)
(a) 
The notice referred to in section 13.03.124 shall state that the owner or customer will have an opportunity for an appeal through an informal hearing with the city manager or his designee.
(b) 
The right of appeal is restricted to the question of whether inflow and infiltration is, in fact, occurring on the owner’s property.
(2001 Code, sec. 78-237)