§ 54.03. BUILDING SEWERS AND CONNECTIONS.

(A) No unauthorized person(s) 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 approving authority.

(B) All costs and expenses related to the installation connection, and/or repair of the building sewer from the property to the connection point with the city sewer shall be borne by the owner(s). The owner(s) shall indemnify the city from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.

(C) A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building; unless written permission for an alternative is obtained from the city. The city does not and will not assume any obligation or responsibility for damage caused by or resulting from any single connection aforementioned.

(D) Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the approving authority, to meet all requirements of this chapter.

(E) 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 the requirements of the state’s Building and Plumbing Code which are hereby incorporated by reference into this chapter for the purpose of this chapter only.

(F) 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 waste water carried by the building drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.

(G) No person(s) shall make connection of roof downspouts, foundation drains, areaway drains, sump pumps 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.

(H) The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall also conform to the requirements of the state’s Building and Plumbing Code. All the connections shall be made gastight and watertight and verified by proper testing. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the approving authority before installation.

(I) The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the approving authority 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 approving authority.

(J) 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 approving authority.

(Ord. 201, passed 12-7-1988; Am. Ord. 2018-40, passed 8-1-2018)