Note: Prior ordinance history; 1953 Code §§ 7161, 7161.1—7161.4, 7162—7168, 7168.1—7168.5 and Ord. 438.
All public sewers constructed within the city shall meet the requirements of the latest specifications adopted and approved by the city council, unless otherwise specifically excepted by the city engineer.
(Ord. 1029 § 2, 1982; Ord. 1603 § 1, 2015)
All private sewer laterals from the public sewer to the property line or easement line constructed by any person, including a municipally owned public utility, shall meet the requirements of the latest specifications adopted and approved by the city council, unless specifically excepted by the city engineer.
(Ord. 1029 § 2, 1982; Ord. 1603 § 1, 2015)
(a) 
It is the intention of this title to prohibit "Y" or "T" saddles, except where otherwise permitted by the city engineer.
(b) 
Where permitted, the "Y" or "T" saddle shall be installed to the current specifications of the city engineer.
(Ord. 1029 § 2, 1982; Ord. 1603 § 1, 2015)
Where interceptors are required, the following conditions shall be met:
(a) 
Every interceptor shall be of proper design and of an adequate size to prevent sand, silt, grit, mineral material, petroleum solvent, grease or oil from entering the sewer. The size and design shall be as approved by the city engineer. Grease control interceptors for food service establishments also shall be subject to the requirements of Chapter 17.40.
(b) 
Every interceptor shall be so constructed and arranged that flowing wastes will not wash out or carry away any of the grease, sand or petroleum solvents previously collected in such interceptor. The city engineer may require screens to be placed in interceptors to prevent rags from entering the public sewer.
(c) 
Every interceptor shall be cleaned by the operator thereof as often as necessary to prevent objectionable materials from entering the public sewer.
(d) 
The city engineer may adopt, in writing, such test requirements as he or she finds necessary to determine the collecting efficiency of various types and kinds of interceptors and to establish the rate of flow, grease or sand retention capacity or other rating thereof. The city engineer may revise from time to time, as he or she finds necessary, such test requirements.
(e) 
The city engineer may make inspections at any reasonable time of all interceptors or other installations on any premises, and shall require that any such interceptor or other installation be used and maintained as required by this title, and be kept in a clean and sanitary condition, and may prosecute any person managing, operating or having control of any such premises, or portion thereof, for failing, refusing or neglecting to comply with the provisions of this title, using the penal provisions of this title for any such prosecution.
(f) 
Existing interceptors which are found upon inspection to be of inadequate size or of improper design shall be revised as directed by the city engineer within thirty days after notice upon penalty of immediate disconnection from the sewer and fine as provided in Section 1.04.220. Notice of inadequate interception facilities shall be given by registered mail and shall be deemed effective as of the fifth day after receipt of the notice.
(g) 
In the event a special type of interceptor is required to adequately protect the sewer, a competent engineer shall be retained by the owner to fully investigate the processes at the plant and provide adequate facilities for the retention of undesirable wastes by interceptors or other suitable means. The proposed design shall be submitted to the city engineer for his or her approval prior to installation and connection to the sewer.
(Ord. 1029 § 2, 1982; Ord. 1402 § 2, 2002; Ord. 1603 § 1, 2015)
All industrial liquid waste pretreatment plants, grease interceptors, sand interceptors, sewage treatment plants, sewage pumping plants, or ejectors, septic tanks, cesspools, dry wells, dilution chambers and neutralization tanks shall be constructed in accordance with the plumbing code and ordinances of the city, unless otherwise provided in this title.
(Ord. 1029 § 2, 1982; Ord. 1603 § 1, 2015)
(a) 
All building drains and private sewer laterals that connect to the public sewer, including any portion lying within or under a public road, shall be constructed in accordance with the ordinances, rules, and regulations of the city.
(b) 
No person shall connect a drain line, wastewater pipeline, building drain, private sewer lateral or private sewer facility to any public sewer without the submission of required plans and permits, reviewed and accepted by the city, including the payment of applicable fees and connection charges; and unless the location and method of construction have been approved by the city engineer or representative.
(Ord. 1603 § 1, 2015)