It is unlawful for any person other than the city engineer to commence or make any connection with any public or house connection sewer, or do or cause the same to be done, or to construct or cause to be constructed, or to use or cause to be used, or to alter or cause to be altered, any public or house connection sewer within the city without first obtaining a permit from the city engineer to do so.
(Prior code § 16.13)
Any person desiring a permit for any of the purposes enumerated in this chapter, shall make application to the city engineer, giving such information as may be required, and if it appears therefrom that the work to be performed thereunder is to be done according to the regulations contained in this title and otherwise provided by law governing the construction of such work, a permit shall be issued upon payment of the fees as fixed by this title.
(Prior code § 16.13)
Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed or construed to require the application for, the issuance of, a permit for the purpose of removing stoppages or repairing a leak in any public or house connection sewer, except when it is necessary to replace any part of such sewer.
(Prior code § 16.13)
A fee of ten dollars shall be paid to the director of finance or his or her authorized representative at the time an application for a permit is filed under the provisions of Section 15.12.020. In addition to the permit fee of ten dollars, all main sewer construction applicants shall pay an inspection fee at the rate of twenty-five cents per lineal foot of sewer main constructed. An additional fee of twenty-five dollars shall be paid in the event a sewer pipe saddle is required and installed. In the event that any sewer connection requires excavation under a public sidewalk or other public improvement an additional fee of fifteen dollars shall be paid. Over and above all other fees provided for herein, an additional fee of twenty-five dollars shall be paid for the inspection of installation of manholes, junction structures, and any other structures constructed on the sewer line.
(Prior code § 16.13; Ord. 1043 § 2, 1967; Ord. 1542 § 1, 1989)
If the work authorized by a permit is not commenced within one hundred eighty days from the date of its issuance, or if the work authorized by such permit and commenced thereunder shall be suspended or abandoned for a period of one hundred eighty days, then such permit shall thenceforth be null and void, and before such work can be recommenced, a new permit shall be taken out under the provisions of this chapter and the same fees as set forth in Section 15.12.040 shall be paid therefor.
(Prior code § 16.13; Ord. 1542 § 3, 1989)
(a) 
Subdivisions complying with the provisions of Title 20, relating to subdivisions, which have paid sewer inspection fees as prescribed in the S.M.-2 forms are exempt from the permit fees herein provided.
(b) 
Contractors constructing sewers and appurtenances under contracts awarded and entered into by the city council for the construction of sewers and appurtenances are exempt from the permit fees and inspection charges herein provided.
(Prior code § 16.13)