A.
Any person wishing to drain any building located within the City
or located beyond the corporate limits of the City into any sewer
which is connected to the sewage system operated or controlled by
the City shall apply to the Control Authority for a permit. The Control
Authority or its authorized agent shall investigate the application.
Upon approval of the application by the Control Authority and upon
the applicant's paying the inspection fee imposed by this part and
the tapping or connection fee imposed by this section, a permit shall
be issued authorizing the connection to the sewer. Such connection
shall be made under the supervision of the Plumbing Inspector.
B.
A tapping or connection fee is imposed against the owner of any building
located within the City or located beyond the corporate limits of
the City for connecting such building to a sewer. The amount of such
tapping or connection fee for connection of one building is established
by resolution of the Council of the City of Lancaster.
As a condition precedent to any sewer connections, all individual
fixtures, compartment appliances or connections to soil stacks, waste
pipes or sewers shall be inspected and approved by the Plumbing Inspector,
for which a services fee shall be charged per fixture, appliance or
connection, which inspection fee shall be payable for inspection services
within the City or beyond the corporate limits of the City. The fee
is established by resolution of the Council of the City of Lancaster.
Every building shall have its own entrance or connection to
the main sewer to the street or alley on which the sewer is laid,
and the right to enter the sewers shall expire at the time the building
for which the permit was granted is torn down, and a new permit shall
be obtained and entrance and inspection fees paid before the erection
of any new building, except in cases where buildings have been destroyed
by fire or tornado, in which case connections may be made without
payment of entrance or inspection fees.
A.
Before connecting any proposed drainage or sewers directly or indirectly
with the City sewer system or before making any material alterations
to existing drainage or sewers, connected directly or indirectly with
the City sewer system, plans and specifications shall be submitted
to the Control Authority, unless such requirement is waived by the
Control Authority, showing proposed construction or existing plumbing,
as applicable, and in the case of commercial or industrial establishments,
a statement as to the nature of sanitary sewage to be drained shall
also be submitted. The Control Authority shall approve or reject such
plans and specifications, in writing, if requested, within seven days,
where reasonably practicable. If the plan is rejected the applicant
will have to file a new application. If the plan is approved the approval
will last up to one year. If the connection has not been completed
within 12 months, the approval will lapse and the applicant will have
to submit a new approval request.
B.
The size, slope, alignment and materials of construction of a building
sewer and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe,
joining, testing and backfilling the trench shall all conform to the
requirements of the Uniform Building Code and Plumbing Code and other
applicable rules and regulations deemed necessary by the City. The
Control Authority may require reconstruction of any work done improperly
that in the City's opinion does not meet the recognized standards.
Any sewers outside the corporate limits to be connected with
the City sewage system shall be so connected only by a registered
master plumber or by mechanics who are employed by a registered master
plumber or who are registered journeyman plumbers, and such connections
may be done only with the consent of the Control Authority.
