No unauthorized person shall disturb, use, alter
or make connection to the city sewer system or any appurtenance thereof
without first obtaining a written permit from the city.
All costs and expenses incident to the installation
and connection of a building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The
owner shall indemnify the city from any loss or damage that may directly
or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
A separate and independent building sewer shall
be provided for every building; except 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 building sewer from the front building
may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one
(1) building sewer.
The size, slope, alignment and 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 conform to all regulations adopted by the city.
No person shall make connection of roof downspouts,
exterior 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 the city sewer system.
The connection of the building sewer into the
city sewer system shall conform to the requirements of the building
and plumbing code or other applicable rules and regulations adopted by the
city. All such connections shall be made gastight and watertight.
Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be
approved by the city before installation.
All excavations for building sewer installation
shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect
the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public
property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in
a manner satisfactory to the city.