The owner of any house, building, or other property used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purposes, situated within the County and abutting on any street, alley, or right-of-way in which there is now located or may in the future be located a public sanitary or combined sewer of the County, is required at the owner's expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein, and to connect such facilities directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this Part 5, within 90 days after date of official notice to do so, provided that the public sewer is within 150 feet (45.7 meters) of the property line.
A. 
In general. An unauthorized person may not 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 Chief.
B. 
Building sewer permits. There shall be two classes of building sewer permits:
(1) 
For residential and commercial service; and
(2) 
For service to establishments producing industrial wastes.
C. 
Application.
(1) 
The owner or the owner's agent shall make application for the applicable permit on a special form furnished by the County.
(2) 
The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Chief.
D. 
Fee. A permit and inspection fee of whatever reasonable sum as the County may prescribe shall be paid to the County at the time the application is filed.
A. 
Connection costs. All costs and expenses incidental to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner.
B. 
Indemnification of County. The owner shall indemnify the County from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
A. 
Separate sewer required. Except as allowed under Subsection B of this section, a separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building.
B. 
Exception.
(1) 
Where one building stands at the rear of another on an interior lot and no private sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley, court, yard, or driveway, the front building sewer may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer.
(2) 
The County does not and will not assume any obligation or responsibility for damage caused by or resulting from any such single connection under Subsection B(1) of this section.
C. 
Sewer from prior building. Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the Chief, to meet all requirements of this Part 5.
A. 
In general. The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building sewer, and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing, and backfilling the trench shall all conform with the Standard Specifications and Details for Sanitary Sewers and Water Mains for the County and other applicable rules and requirements of the Water, Sewage, and Solid Waste Division of the Department of Public Works.
B. 
Absence of standards. In the absence of specification provisions or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM and WPCF Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply.
C. 
Elevation.
(1) 
Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor.
(2) 
In 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 lifted by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.
A. 
Connection.
(1) 
The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing code or other applicable rules and regulations of the County, or the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM and the WPCF Manual of Practice No. 9.
(2) 
All such connections shall be made gas-tight and watertight and verified by proper testing.
(3) 
Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials shall be approved by the Chief before installation.
B. 
Inspection. The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Chief when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection and testing shall be made under the supervision of the Chief or the Chief's representative.
C. 
Construction work; restoration.
(1) 
Excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard.
(2) 
Streets, sidewalks, parkways, and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the County.
A person may not connect roof downspouts, 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 unless the connection is approved by the Chief for purposes of disposal of polluted surface drainage.