It is unlawful for any person to make or cause to be made any
excavation in public property or to install or cause to be installed
any sewer therein, or to make or cause to be made any connection to
a public sewer, without first having made application to, and having
obtained the proper permit therefor from the engineering department
of the City.
(Prior code § 19.1)
All persons desiring to connect to the municipal sanitary sewer
system shall make application to the engineering division of the City.
The following fees are established, prescribed, and imposed to be
paid to the City for sewer connections. The City Engineer shall not
permit a sewer connection to the sewer lines without the fees being
paid to the treasurer of the City the sum determined by this section.
A. Single-family
residence, five hundred dollars per family unit;
B. Multiple
dwelling units, three hundred dollars per unit;
C. Commercial/industrial,
one hundred dollars per one thousand square feet or portion thereof;
minimum of five hundred dollars;
D. Use
not otherwise classified, to be determined by the City Engineer;
E. Major
building additions to existing connections, to be determined by the
City Engineer;
F. All
connections, twenty-five dollars per average front foot as reimbursement
for sewer main constructed by the City, unless party requesting connection
can verify previous payment for sewer main installation.
(Prior code § 19.29; 76-2; 88-2; 90-26)
Whenever it becomes necessary to connect a house connection
sewer to a public sewer at a point where no special "Y" branch has
been installed in the public sewer, the connection shall be made in
the presence of an inspector of the engineering department of the
City and in the following manner:
A. A hole
shall be made in the public sewer by cutting into the pipe and then
inserting a standard saddle which shall be made for the particular
size of pipe on which it is to be placed and which must fit snugly
against the exterior wall of the public sewer pipe.
B. The
"Y" saddle shall be placed in the side of the public sewer pipe with
the "Y" branch upward at approximately forty-five degrees from the
horizontal and so pointed as to direct the flow from the house connection
sewer downstream in the public sewer.
C. After
fitting the saddle to the exterior of the public sewer pipe, any portion
of the lip of the saddle found to extend beyond the interior surface
of the public sewer pipe shall be removed before such saddle is bound
in place.
D. The
saddle shall be fastened in place by heavy twelve-gauge galvanized,
asphalt-painted iron wire bound around the main line pipe and the
flange of the saddle.
E. After
the saddle is in place an imbedment of cement concrete shall be placed
under and around the joint so as to entirely encase the saddle and
the public sewer pipe.
F. The
inside of the joint between pipe and saddle shall be painted with
1:2 cement mortar.
(Prior code § 19.4)
Four-inch house connection sewer service shall be provided in
the street for each lot and the depth shall be sufficient to provide
a connection to the lowest and farthest point of the lot with a cover
of one foot and a grade of not less than two percent.
(Prior code § 19.5)
Before any permit to excavate is issued, a deposit to cover
the fixed charges for repairing or replacing any street or portion
thereof damaged or removed by any person pursuant to a permit issued
under the provisions of this chapter shall be made with the City Clerk.
The fixed charges shall be determined by the City Engineer and based
on current pavement replacement costs, being a minimum of one dollar
and fifty cents per square foot of excavation.
(Prior code § 19.6; 79-23)
A house connection sewer from any building or other structure shall not be connected to any public sewer, if such connection or any portion thereof is in, under or upon any lot other than that lot on which such building or structure is located; provided, however, that if a lot or parcel of land requiring a sewer connection is so situated that access to the public sewer is not possible, except across some other lot or parcel of land, a sewer connection may be placed in a recorded easement, which shall include the right to lay and maintain such connection and is appurtenant to the lot or parcel of land to be served by such sewer connection; provided further, that a permit as required by Section
13.04.010 for the above-mentioned house connection sewer shall not be issued unless and until the application for a permit is accompanied by an affidavit, notarized, and setting forth that the required private easement has been granted to the lot requiring such sewer connection and that such easement has been recorded with the County.
A copy of the affidavit shall be attached to a copy of the permit
when issued, and shall become a part of the record of the engineering
department of the City.
(Prior code § 19.7)