No authorized person shall 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 Superintendent.
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every
building, except that 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 building sewer.
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only
when they are found, on examination and test by the Plumbing Inspector, to
meet all requirements of this chapter. Such inspection shall be made by the
Plumbing Inspector.
The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Plumbing
Inspector when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to
the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the
Plumbing Inspector.
When a building is taken down and there is no other building using the
sewer lead, it shall be sealed at the old wall with concrete so that no dirt
from the cellar will wash into the sewer.
In case of a violation of any of the rules and regulations of the City
by a plumber, his journeyman plumbers or other persons in his employ, the
plumber's license may be suspended or his license may be revoked by the
City.