(a) 
It is unlawful for any person to cover or backfill any side sewer, private sewer or lateral without having first requested and received an inspection and approval of construction by the DPW. The DPW shall be given a minimum of 24 hours' prior notice of the time when construction will be ready for inspection. The DPW shall inspect and make such tests deemed necessary to determine whether the new work meets all requirements of the plans, specifications and permit and is in strict accordance with all applicable provisions of this title in respect to materials and workmanship.
(b) 
The DPW may require side sewers to be tested by means of water or air. Such tests, where required, shall be at the expense of the person installing the side sewer.
(Ord. 930 § 2, 1980)
If the DPW finds the work or material used is not in accordance with the provisions of this title, the DPW shall notify the person doing the work and also the owner of the premises in writing of such defects. A copy of such notice shall be kept on file in the office of the DPW. If such defects are not corrected within 30 days after such notice, and if, in the opinion of the DPW, the work is detrimental to the public sewerage system, the city, in addition to any other remedy, may make such corrections under the direction of the DPW, and the owner of said property and the person doing the work shall be personally liable, jointly and severally, for the cost thereof, and in addition thereto the cost thereof shall be levied against the property, and such cost shall bear interest at the rate of 10.5 percent per year, and such cost and interest shall be a lien against the property, which lien shall be enforceable as provided in AS 09.45.170 through 09.45.220. Such lien shall be prior and paramount to all other liens or encumbrances against the property except those for property taxes or special assessments. Such cost and interest may be collected by a personal action brought in the name of the city or by foreclosure of the lien, or both.
(Ord. 930 § 2, 1980; Ord. 1080 § 5, 1986)