A. 
No person shall construct or extend any public sewer without first obtaining a written permit from the City and paying all fees and connection charges and furnishing all bonds as required by the City.
B. 
This section shall not apply to contractors constructing sewers and appurtenances under contracts entered into by the City.
(Ord. 322 § 1, 1976)
A. 
Minimum standards for the design and construction of sewers within the City shall be in accordance with the Standard Improvement Details adopted by the City and as amended from time to time.
B. 
Copies of such requirements shall be available to the public at the office of the City Clerk.
C. 
The City may, with the consent of the Council, permit modifications or require higher standards where unusual conditions are encountered.
(Ord. 322 § 1, 1976)
A. 
The application for a permit for public sewer construction shall be accompanied by two complete sets of plans, profiles and specifications, complying with all applicable ordinances, rules and regulations of the City, prepared by a civil engineer registered in the State, showing all details of the proposed work based on an accurate survey of the ground.
B. 
The application, together with the plans, profiles and specifications shall be examined by the City Engineer, who shall within 30 days approve them as filed or require them to be modified as the City Engineer deems necessary for proper installation.
C. 
After examination by the City Engineer, the application, plans, profiles and specifications shall be submitted to the Council at its next regular meeting for its consideration.
D. 
When the Council is satisfied that the proposed work is proper and the plans, profiles and specifications are sufficient and correct, it shall order the issuance of a permit predicated upon the payment of all connection charges, fees and furnishing bonds and deposits as required by the Council.
E. 
The permit shall prescribe such terms and conditions as the Council finds necessary in the public interest.
(Ord. 322 § 1, 1976)
A. 
The requirements of the provisions set forth in CMC § 13.08.235 shall be fully complied with before any final subdivision map is approved by the Council.
B. 
The final subdivision map shall provide for the dedication for public use of streets in which public sewer lines are to be constructed.
C. 
If a final subdivision map of a tract is recorded and the work of constructing sewers to serve the tract is not completed within the time limit allowed in the permit, the Council may extend the time limit or may complete the work and take appropriate steps to enforce the provisions of the bond furnished by the subdivider.
(Ord. 322 § 1, 1976)
In the event an easement is required for the extension of the public sewer or the making of connections, the applicant shall procure and have accepted by the Council a proper easement or grant of right-of-way having a minimum width of 15 feet sufficient in law to allow the laying and maintenance of such extension or connection.
(Ord. 322 § 1, 1976)
A. 
Only properly licensed contractors shall be authorized to perform the work of public sewer construction within the City.
B. 
All terms and conditions of the permit issued by the Council to the applicant shall be binding on the contractor.
C. 
The requirements of this section shall apply to side sewer installed concurrently with public sewer construction.
(Ord. 322 § 1, 1976)
A. 
Any person or entity constructing, repairing, altering, bringing into conformance with this chapter or maintaining any sewer or part thereof, shall comply with all Federal, State, County and City laws, ordinances, rules and regulations pertaining thereto, and shall obtain all permits and pay all fees required by any and all departments having jurisdiction prior to the issuance of any and all permits by City.
B. 
Any person or entity constructing, repairing, altering, bringing into conformance with this chapter or maintaining any sewer within a street, shall comply with all Federal, State, County and City laws, ordinances, rules and regulations pertaining to the cutting or pavement, opening, barricading, lighting and protecting of trenches, backfilling and repaving thereof, and shall obtain all permits and pay all fees required by any and all departments having jurisdiction prior to the issuance of any permits by City.
(Ord. 322 § 1, 1976; Ord. 435 § 3, 1988)
As a condition of final acceptance by the Council, two sets of "as-built" drawings showing the actual locations of all mains, structures, wyes, laterals, and other changes to the construction drawings, shall be filed with the City.
(Ord. 322 § 1, 1976)
Before acceptance of any sewer system works by Council and prior to the admission of any sewage into the system, the sewer system works shall be tested and shall be complete in full compliance with all requirements of the City.
(Ord. 322 § 1, 1976)
A. 
Where the cost of the public sewer main extension has been deposited or paid by the person making such extension, the City may thereafter collect from any person connecting to such extension, except the person originally installing such extension, that fraction of the cost of such extension, as approved by the City, as the amount of front footage owned by such person subsequently connecting to such extension bears to the total amount of front footage held by potential users along the extension as determined by the City as of the time the extension is connected to the City sewer system. Such sums as are thus actually received by the City shall be paid by the City to the person originally making such extension, but the City shall in no way be obligated to assure that the person making such extension is paid the total cost thereof nor to initiate any action nor incur any expense to collect any sum to be paid such person; nor shall such refund be made from any other revenues of the City.
B. 
Where more than one person contributes toward the making of the extension, such sums as are actually collected shall be refunded to such persons, pro rata, according to the amounts which they severally contribute towards the cost of the extension and pursuant to the plan set forth in subsection (A) of this section.
(Ord. 322 § 1, 1976; Ord. 656 § 2, 2009)