(A) No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining all required permits and paying all applicable fees.
(B) Any person developing property or seeking to connect to the sewage works, shall submit an application on the prescribed form, including all required information. A fee prescribed by resolution of the Council for classes of connection, inspection, construction reimbursement charges, fees in lieu of assessment, or similar required payments shall be made at the time of application. Persons developing or connecting property previously connected to the public treatment works without change in use, shall not be subject to the fees provided herein. Change in use shall be as defined in §51.001 of this chapter.
(Ord. 1737, passed 6-24-91) Penalty, see § 51.999
(A) Fees established for any person developing or connecting to a public sewer shall include:
(1) Connection and inspection fee. The direct charge levied by the city for the connection to the sewage treatment works. Fees, classifications, and amounts shall be established by resolution of the City Council.
(2) Construction reimbursement. A direct fee established by resolution to reimburse the construction cost of a public sewer as provided in this chapter.
(3) Fee in lieu of assessment. A fee required for persons connecting or developing adjacent to a public sewer which was constructed at the expense of the utility rate payers and for which the benefiting property was not assessed at the time of installation, and are not subject to construction reimbursement as provided herein. No fee in lieu of assessment shall be levied in addition to a construction reimbursement fee.
(B) Fee in lieu of assessment and construction reimbursement paid in accordance with the following:
(1) Where developing properties have multiple frontages, the fee shall be charged to the longest available frontage, regardless of possible point of connection. The records of the city shall reflect the charge.
(2) Where private contractors have installed facilities at their own cost, the fees shall be paid to the city for payment to the private contractor as established by the terms of a reimbursement agreement, otherwise the fee shall be paid to the city or deposit in the utility fund.
(3) The city may require new facilities to be constructed to serve developing properties. Actual cost of construction for the new public sewer will be utilized as an offset to or actual waiving of construction reimbursement or fees in lieu of assessment based upon the actual construction cost of public sewer required. No construction offset for fees may be transferred to any other person or property. Any balance of construction reimbursement or payment in lieu of assessment fees due after allowing for construction offset, shall be paid by the person developing or connecting.
(Ord. 1737, passed 6-24-91)
All costs and expense incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the person causing the connection. The person causing the connection shall indemnify the city from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
(Ord. 1737, passed 6-24-91)
(A) 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 building sewer.
(B) Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found on examination and test, by the city administration, to meet all requirements of this chapter.
(Ord. 1737, passed 6-24-91)
(A) 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 to other applicable rules and regulations of the city.
(B) 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 city. Building sewer connections shall be allowed into a manhole, a line fitting specifically designed for building sewers, or with a tapping saddle approved by the city administration.
(Ord. 1737, passed 6-24-91) Penalty, see § 51.999
Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by the building drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.
(Ord. 1737, passed 6-24-91)
No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, area way 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.
(Ord. 1737, passed 6-24-91) Penalty, see § 51.999
The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the city administration when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the city.
(Ord. 1737, passed 6-24-91)
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, and any other permits required by the general ordinances of the city.
(Ord. 1737, passed 6-24-91) Penalty, see § 51.999