No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connection with or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenances or perform any work on any street lateral or building lateral without first obtaining a written permit from the City.
(Ord. 322 § 1, 1976)
A. 
Any person legally entitled to apply for and receive a permit shall make such application on forms provided by the City for that purpose. The applicant shall give a description of the character of the work proposed to be done and the location, ownership, occupancy and use of the premises in connection therewith. The City may require the plans, specifications, or drawings as it may deem necessary.
B. 
If the City determines that the plans, specifications, drawings, descriptions and information furnished by the applicant are in compliance with the ordinances, rules and regulations of the City, including Chapter 13.16 CMC, the City shall issue the permit applied for upon payment of the required fees as fixed in this chapter and Chapter 13.16 CMC.
(Ord. 322 § 1, 1976; Ord. 458 § 2(D), 1990)
After approval of the application, evidenced by the issuance of a permit, no change shall be made in the location of the sewer system works, the grade, materials, or other details from those described in the permit or as shown on the plans and specifications for which the permit was issued except with written permission from the City Engineer.
(Ord. 322 § 1, 1976)
The applicant's signature on an application for any permit shall constitute an agreement to comply with all of the provisions, terms and requirements of this chapter and other ordinances, rules and regulations of the City, and with the plans and specifications the applicant has filed with the application, if any, together with such corrections or modifications as may be made or permitted by the City, if any. Such agreement shall be binding upon the applicant and may be altered only by the City upon written request for alteration from the applicant.
(Ord. 322 § 1, 1976)
A. 
In addition to any other fees and charges established by the ordinances, rules and regulations of the City, there shall be collected, prior to connection to the sanitary sewer system of the City, special additional connection charges on a front footage basis for any parcel, unit, lot or part of any property that abuts on an existing main sewer or sewer system works of the City constructed by or at the expense of the City for which said parcel, unit, lot or part of any property did not pay its proportionate front footage cost of installation.
B. 
Said charges shall be collected where the facilities to serve the property consist of a main sewer or any sewer manhole, pumping station or any other sewer facility, together with all appurtenances thereto, which was construed by or for the City in order to coordinate the construction of said facilities with any street improvement program of the City or County, or to meet the requirements of the City for facilities to serve areas under the City General Plan or for meeting the anticipated requirements for sewer service from the City, or for any other reason, which facilities were paid for by the City. The additional connection charge shall be in a sum to be computed by the City on the basis of the actual cost of the installation of said service, sewer lateral, sewer main, manhole or pumping facility, including all expenses incidental thereto and all engineering, legal, inspection and other charges.
(Ord. 322 § 1, 1976)
In addition to any other charges established in this chapter, the City may establish special connection charges for any sewer connection when, in the opinion of the Council, the circumstances of such connection constitute unusual conditions or necessitate the payment of charges over and above those established in this chapter.
(Ord. 322 § 1, 1976)
A. 
The schedule of charges for the inspection of all side sewers, lateral sewers, house and trunk and main sewers, shall be in accordance with the requirements contained in a resolution adopted by the Council as presently existing or as hereafter amended.
B. 
A permit fee shall be paid to the City for issuing a permit and inspecting any work adding to, altering, or extending all existing building sewer installation.
C. 
In the event any part of the side sewer is installed without the issuance of a permit and the inspection of said sewer, the fee for the issuance of said permit and the inspection of said sewer shall be double the amounts provided in this chapter, plus an additional fee of $100.00.
(Ord. 322 § 1, 1976)
A. 
The applicant shall post a surety bond, cash or other security satisfactory to the City to guarantee the faithful performance of any agreement for public main extension entered into with the Council.
B. 
Said surety bond, cash or security shall be in the sum of 100 percent of the estimated costs of the work, or in such other sum as may be fixed by the Council, and shall, in addition to guaranteeing the faithful performance of the work, guarantee the maintenance of the sewer main for a period of one year following the completion and acceptance of the work by the City.
(Ord. 322 § 1, 1976)
A. 
All sewer construction work shall be inspected by an inspector acting for the City to ensure compliance with all requirements of the City. No sewer shall be covered at any point until it has been inspected and passed for acceptance. No sewer shall be connected to the City's public sewer until the work covered by the permit has been completed, inspected and approved by the inspector. If the test proves satisfactory and the sewer has been cleaned of all debris accumulated from construction operations, the City Engineer shall issue a certificate of satisfactory completion.
B. 
For public sewer construction, the owner and/or contractor shall deposit with the Director of Public Works a sum to be fixed by the City Engineer prior to commencement of work. Said sum shall be estimated to equal the cost of inspecting said work and other expenses regularly incurred in connection therewith. The amount to be charged for inspection shall be on a lineal footage basis on all lines of six-inch diameter or more and a flat fee for four-inch street laterals established by resolution adopted by the Council. Should the amount of the deposit be insufficient to pay such costs incurred by the City, the owner and/or contractor shall advance such additional sums as shall be necessary to pay said costs prior to the final inspection of the work.
(Ord. 322 § 1, 1976)
A. 
It shall be the duty of the person doing the work authorized by permit to notify the office of the Director of Public Works in writing that said work is ready for inspection.
B. 
Such notification shall be given not less than 24 hours, Saturdays, Sundays and City holidays excluded, before the work is ready to be inspected.
C. 
It shall be the duty of the person doing the work to make sure that the work will pass the tests required by the City before giving the notification set forth in this section.
(Ord. 322 § 1, 1976)
When any work has been inspected and the work condemned and no certification of satisfactory completion given, a written notice to that effect shall be given instructing the owner of the premises, or the agent of such owner, to repair the sewer or other work authorized by the permit in accordance with the ordinances, rules and regulations of the City.
(Ord. 322 § 1, 1976)
A separate encroachment permit must be secured from the City and/or any other political subdivision or public agency having jurisdiction thereover by owners or contractors intending to excavate in a public street for the purpose of installing sewers or making sewer connections.
(Ord. 322 § 1, 1976)
A. 
The City and its officers, agents and employees shall not be answerable for any liability or injury or death to any person or damage to any property arising during or growing out of the performance of any work by such applicant. The applicant shall indemnify the City from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the work.
B. 
The applicant shall be answerable for, and shall save the City and its officers, agents and employees harmless from any liability imposed by law upon the City or its officers, agents or employees, including all costs, expenses, fees and interest incurred in defending same or in seeking to enforce this provision.
C. 
The applicant shall be solely liable for any defects in the performance of the applicant's work or any failure which may develop therein.
D. 
All plumbers shall be held strictly responsible for any and all acts of agents or employees done under this chapter.
(Ord. 322 § 1, 1976)