No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the city.
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There are two classes of building sewer permits; one for residential and commercial service; and the other, for service to establishments producing industrial wastes. In either case, the owner or his agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the city. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information deemed pertinent in the judgment of the public works director. A permit and inspection fee for a residential or commercial building sewer permit, or an industrial building sewer permit shall be paid to the city at the time the application is filed. The amount of the fee shall be set by council resolution.
(Ord. 561, 1985)
All costs and expense incident to the installation and connection of a building sewer and service connection shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the city from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer and service connection.
(Ord. 561, 1985)
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found on examination and test by the public works department to meet all requirements of this chapter.
(Ord. 561, 1985)
The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building sewer and service connection and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing and backfilling the trench shall all conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing codes or other applicable rules and regulations of the city. In the absence of code provisions or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of ASTM and WSDOT/APWA Standard Specifications, current edition, shall apply.
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Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such building drain shall be pumped by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.
(Ord. 561, 1985)
No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain which, in turn, is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
(Ord. 561, 1985)
The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing codes or other applicable rules and regulations of the city, or the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM and the WSDOT/APWA Standard Specifications, current edition. All such connections shall be made gastight and watertight and a minimum of six inches in diameter. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the director of public works before installation.
(Ord. 561, 1985)
The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the public works department when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection to the public sanitary sewer shall be made under the supervision of the public works director or his designee.
(Ord. 561, 1985)
All excavations for building sewer and service connection installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard, in accordance with the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices. Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the city.
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