[Ord. No. 2351, 10-21-2003]
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 a written permit from the Commissioner.
[Ord. No. 2351, 10-21-2003]
A.
There
shall be two (2) classes of building sewer fees:
1.
For residential service;
2.
For service for commercial and industrial service.
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In either case, the owner or his agent shall make application
on a special form furnished by the City. The permit application shall
be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information
as reasonably required by the Commissioner of Public Works. A sewer
tap fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars ($175.00) for a residential
sewer and two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for a commercial and/or
industrial building sewer and an inspection fee of fifty dollars ($50.00)
for residential and seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for commercial and
industrial buildings shall be paid to the City at the time the application
is filed out. An additional fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for
additional inspection or reinspections due to failure of first (1st)
inspection may be required. These fees may be adjusted annually by
resolution or ordinance of the Board of Aldermen as may be necessary
to reflect actual costs incurred by the City.
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[Ord. No. 2351, 10-21-2003]
All costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection
of the 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.
[Ord. No. 2351, 10-21-2003]
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided
for every building except where a building stands at the rear of another
or an interior lot and no sewer is available or can be constructed
to the rear building through an adjoining alley, courtyard 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.
[Ord. No. 2351, 10-21-2003]
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings
only when they are found, on examination and test by the Commissioner,
to meet all requirements of this Chapter. The owner shall have said
examination or test performed at the direction of the Commissioner
and be responsible for charges or expenses.
[Ord. No. 2351, 10-21-2003]
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 construction standards or other applicable
rules and regulations of the City. In the absence of code provisions
of any amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth
in appropriate specifications of the A.S.T.M. and W.E.F. Manual of
Practice No. 9 shall comply (International Plumbing Code Two Thousand
and any future revisions and construction standards and specifications
of City of Pacific). All building sewer pipe shall be PVC Schedule
40 asbestos cement pipe, cast-iron pipe, copper or copper alloy tubing,
polyolefin pipe or stainless steel drainage systems and will be bedded
and covered with three-quarter (¾) inch clean stone. This Article
is supplementary to all other regulations and where this Chapter imposes
different or conflicting requirements from other applicable requirements,
the most restrictive requirement shall prevail.
[Ord. No. 2351, 10-21-2003]
A.
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 such building drain shall be lifted by
an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.
B.
No
person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation
drains, areaway drains or other sources of surface runoff or ground
water to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected
directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
[Ord. No. 2351, 10-21-2003]
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 or the procedures set
forth in appropriate specifications of A.S.T.M. and construction standards
and specifications of the City. Such connections shall be made gastight
and watertight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials
must be approved by the Commissioner of Public Works before installation.
[Ord. No. 2351, 10-21-2003]
The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the
Commissioner when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection
to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision
of the Commissioner or his representative.
[Ord. No. 2351, 10-21-2003]
All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately
guarded with barricades, fence and lifts 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.
[Ord. No. 2957 §2, 5-17-2016; Ord.
No. 3178, 3-18-2020]
A.
The City may, subject to the provisions of this Section 705.225, purchase and provide to an approved property owner a backwater prevention device, or a similar device, for a building, at the expense of the City.
1.
In order to be eligible for a backwater prevention device purchased
by the City, a building shall have experienced two (2) or more sewer-related
backup events. A building will not be eligible for a backwater prevention
device where the cause of a backup is due to lack of maintenance of
the sewer lateral by the building owner or temporary public sewer
maintenance issues such as a blocked sewer main.
2.
The Commissioner, or a representative thereof, shall conduct
an initial evaluation consisting of a review of maintenance history
and preliminary site visit, to determine whether a building is eligible
for a backwater prevention device purchased by the City. If the Commissioner
concludes that a building is eligible for a backwater prevention device
after completing the initial evaluation, the Commissioner shall conduct
a further investigation of the building and its sewer, which may include:
a.
Locating the private sewer line that connects the building to
the public sewer and televising the interior condition of the pipe;
b.
Dye testing or smoke testing all identified stormwater connections
such as gutters, downspouts and exterior drains;
c.
Collecting information on the property's drainage, layout and
construction;
d.
Measuring elevations of the basement relative to the main public
sewer line; and
e.
Televising the public sewer line to determine its condition.
3.
Upon completion of the Commissioner's investigation, if the
Commissioner determines that a building is eligible for a backwater
prevention device purchased by the City, the Commissioner shall request
approval from the City Administrator for the purchase of a backwater
prevention device, or similar device. The City Administrator shall
consider the Commissioner's request and either approve or reject such
request. Upon the approval of a request, the Commissioner shall be
authorized to purchase a backwater prevention device for a property
owner.
4.
In the event that the purchase of a backwater prevention device
is approved by the City Administrator, a building owner shall first
enter into a maintenance agreement with the City, in which the building
owner shall agree to:
a.
Maintain the backwater prevention device at the owner's sole
expense, including, without limitation, cleaning said backwater prevention
device no less than two (2) times each year;
b.
Indemnify and hold harmless the City from any and all claims
and liabilities in connection with the installation, maintenance or
failure of the backwater prevention device; and
c.
Any other terms required by the City in its sole discretion.
