[Ord. No. 979 §§1 —
2, 4-2-2012]
For the purposes of this Chapter, the following terms shall
be deemed to have the meaning indicated below:
Includes the connections with the public sewers or laterals,
or private sewers and such pipes as may be laid beneath the surface,
and more than three (3) feet outside of the foundation walls of the
building drained. Drain-laying shall be done in accordance with the
instructions of the Superintendent.
Includes the fixtures and all appurtenances thereto which
are used to conduct water to and distribute it in or about any premises
or buildings for any use whatever; all pipes and appurtenances used
or to be used for conveying liquid waste or water within and to a
distance of three (3) feet outside of the foundation wall of any building,
and all pipes and appurtenances used or to be used to ventilate the
drains, fixtures or traps in any building.
[Ord. No. 979 §§1 —
2, 4-2-2012]
A.
Applicants
for permits to do plumbing work, drain-laying or construction, alteration
or repair of any private sewer or drain to connect with the public
sewer must be made in writing to the Board of Aldermen by the owner
of the property to be drained or by his/her duly authorized agent.
Such applicant shall give the location of the property by lot number
on the street, the name of the owner or owners of the property, and
the name of the person, firm or corporation employed to do the work,
and a description of the work to be done, and shall be made on blanks
furnished for such purposes. No permit shall be deemed to authorize
anything done not stated in the application.
B.
No
house, building or premises shall be connected directly or indirectly
with the sanitary sewer system or excavations made in streets, alleys
thereof without permits issued under authority of this Chapter, and
the conditions of such permits must be strictly complied with as part
of the rules and regulations governing such work under this Chapter.
The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to all sewers whether the
same are on private property or in the public streets or alleys.
C.
Every
person or party receiving a permit from the Board of Aldermen or their
representative shall faithfully comply with all the regulations and
instructions of said Superintendent in reference to such work and
all the requirements of this Chapter and any amendments thereto and
shall enforce the same upon his/her employees and be held responsible
for their acts, and in case work under permit shall be improperly
done and in violation of the conditions in said permit or in case
any damage to the public sewer or laterals be caused by such violations,
either on the part of the person or persons owning the property or
by his/her employees, the Board of Aldermen or their representative
shall have the right to reconstruct said defective work and replace
or repair the damage, and the whole costs thereof together with the
cost of suit shall be recovered by the City of Concordia by suit on
the insurance given by the person doing the work as such plumber,
as well as suit against the owner of the property.
[Ord. No. 979 §§1 —
2, 4-2-2012]
A.
Each
building shall have a separate connection with the sewer, unless a
special permit shall be granted by the Superintendent or Board of
Aldermen. Whenever "Y" junctions have been put in the sewer, they
must be used for making such connections. No junctions pipe shall
be cut or taken up for connecting purposes without a special permit
from said Superintendent, and then only in his/her presence. No connection
shall be made in any case without the presence of the Superintendent.
