A. 
This chapter is intended to provide rules and regulations for the use, maintenance, construction, alteration and repair of all sanitary sewer facilities within the City.
B. 
In and for the public interest, health and benefit, this chapter shall apply to all sanitary sewer facilities now and hereafter in use within the City.
(Ord. 322 § 1, 1976; Ord. 435 § 1, 1988)
For purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall be construed as defined in this section:
A. 
"Applicant"
shall mean a person or entity making application under the provisions of this chapter for a permit for a sewer or plumbing installation. An applicant shall be the owner or an authorized agent of the owner of premises to be served by the sewer for which a permit is requested.
B. 
"Building lateral"
shall mean that portion of a side sewer beginning at the plumbing or drainage outlet of any building or industrial facility and running to the property line or to a private sewage disposal system.
C. 
"Combined sewer"
shall mean a sewer designed to receive both surface runoff and sewage.
D. 
"Contractor"
shall mean a person or entity duly licensed by the State to perform the type of work to be done under the permit.
E. 
"Domestic sanitary sewage"
shall mean water-carried wastes from residences, hotels, motels, restaurants and business establishments, but excluding all groundwater, surface water, stormwater and industrial wastes.
F. 
"Garbage"
shall mean solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
G. 
"Geothermal water"
shall mean the water discharged from a geothermal well, geyser or spring and/or pools, baths, or sumps that derive all or a portion of their source of water from a geothermal source.
H. 
"Industrial wastes"
shall mean the wastes of producing, manufacturing and processing operations of every kind and nature. It does not include domestic sanitary sewage.
I. 
"Main sewer"
shall mean a public sewer designed to accommodate more than one lateral sewer.
J. 
"Multiple dwelling"
shall mean a building containing more than one kitchen or having facilities for the occupancy of more than one person or family, including, but not limited to, hotels, motels, auto courts, trailer courts, apartment houses, duplexes, roominghouses, boardinghouses, and dormitories.
K. 
"Outside sewer"
shall mean a sanitary sewer beyond the limits of the City not subject to the control or jurisdiction of the City.
L. 
"Permit"
shall mean any written authorization required pursuant to this chapter.
M. 
"Private sewer"
shall mean a sewer serving an independent sewage disposal system not connected with a public sewer and which accommodates one or more buildings or uses.
N. 
"Public sewer"
shall mean a sewer lying within a street which is controlled by or under the jurisdiction of the City.
O. 
"Quality characteristics and analyses"
shall mean as defined in the latest edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Waste Water" published by the American Public Health Association and all sample collection, laboratory procedures and analyses, tests, measurements and data reporting.
P. 
"Sanitary sewer"
shall mean a sewer which carries sewage and to which stormwaters, surface waters and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
Q. 
"Sewage"
shall mean water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments.
R. 
"Sewage treatment plant"
shall mean any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage.
S. 
"Sewer"
shall mean a pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
T. 
"Sewer system works"
shall mean all facilities owned or controlled by the City except private sewers, for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage.
U. 
"Side sewer"
shall mean the sewer line beginning at the foundation wall of any building and terminating at the main sewer and includes the building lateral and street lateral together.
V. 
"Single-family unit"
shall mean a place of residence for a single family.
W. 
"Standard specifications"
shall mean a set of documents containing design and construction standards for all sewage works as adopted by the City and as amended from time to time.
X. 
"Storm sewer" or "storm drain"
shall mean a sewer which carries stormwaters and surface waters or groundwaters and drainage, but to which sewage is not intentionally admitted.
Y. 
"Stormwater"
shall mean the water running off or draining from the surface and subsurface of an area during and after a period of rain or irrigation.
Z. 
"Street lateral"
shall mean the portion of a side sewer lying within a public street connecting a building lateral to the main sewer.
(Ord. 322 § 1, 1976)
A. 
If, by reason of special circumstances, any provision of this chapter is unjust or inequitable as applied to a particular situation, the aggrieved person may apply to the Council for relief.
B. 
Any such application must be in writing and must state the special circumstances, the provision complained of, and the relief requested.
C. 
Upon such application the Council may, to the extent allowed by State and Federal law and regulation, suspend or modify the provision complained of as applied to the situation of the applicant.
D. 
Such relief granted by the Council may be subject to reasonable conditions specified by the Council and may extend for any period specifically by the Council.
E. 
No such relief shall extend beyond the date of continuance of the special circumstances which prompted the relief.
(Ord. 322 § 1, 1976)