No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenances thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the City Engineer.
[Amended 4-4-1983 by L.L. No. 1-1983]
A. 
There shall be seven classes of building sewer permits; the class description of and permit and inspection fee for each shall be as follows:
[Amended 5-19-2008 by Ord. No. 25.42.08]
Class
Permit and Inspection Fee
1.
One- or two-family residential
$35
2.
Commercial buildings with sanitary sewage waste only, gross building area not more than 2,500 square feet
$65
3.
Multifamily dwellings (3 dwelling units or more)
$35, plus $15 per dwelling unit for each dwelling unit over 2
4.
Commercial buildings with sanitary sewage waste only, gross area more than 2,500 square feet but not more than 50,000 square feet
$65, plus $15 for each 2,500 square feet or portion thereof above the first 2,500 square feet
5.
Commercial buildings with sanitary sewage waste only, gross area more than 50,000 square feet
$270, plus $10 for each 2,500 square feet or portion thereof above the first 50,000 square feet
6.
Industrial buildings or any building, structure or improvement discharging wastewater other than sanitary sewage (gross building area not more than 20,000 square feet)-
$250
7.
Industrial buildings or any building, structure or improvement discharging wastewater other thansanitary sewage (gross building area more than 20,000 square feet)
$250, plus $15 for each 2,500 square feet (or portion thereof) above the first 20,000 square feet
B. 
In all cases, the owner of the property involved or his authorized agent shall make application on a form furnished by the City. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the City Engineer. The permit and inspection fee shall be paid to the City at the time the application is filed.
A. 
All costs and expenses incident to the installation, maintenance and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner.
B. 
The owner shall indemnity the City from any loss or damage that may, directly or indirectly, be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building; except that where one (1) 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 (1) building sewer.
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, upon examination and test by the City Engineer, to meet all requirements of this chapter.
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 Building and Plumbing Codes or other applicable rules and regulations of the City. In the absence of code provisions or in the amplification thereof, the material and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the State Building Construction Codes, the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) and the Water Pollution Control Federation (WPCF), Design and Construction of Sanitary and Storm Sewers, Manual of Practice No. 9, shall apply.
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.
No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway 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.
The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the Building and Plumbing Codes or other applicable rules and regulations of the City, or the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the State Building Construction Codes, ASTM, and the WPCF Manual of Practice No. 9. All such connections shall be made gastight and watertight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the City Engineer in writing before installation.
The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the City Engineer 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 Engineer or his representative.
A. 
All excavations for building sewer installations shall be adequately sheeted and guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public.
B. 
Property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the City Engineer.