Chapter 12.08 — SEWER CONNECTIONS

The owner of every house, building or property used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purpose, situated within the city and abutting on any street, alley or right- of-way in which there is now located or may in the future be located, a city sanitary sewer, is required to install, at his or her own expense and as soon as practicable, suitable toilet facilities and to connect, without any undue delay, and, in no event, at a date later than ninety days following official notice from the city, such facilities directly with the proper city sanitary sewer in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and Chapters 12.12 and 12.16; provided, that the city sanitary sewer is within three hundred feet of the building.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, where residential property is annexed into the city, on which a functioning septic tank system is located, a sewer connection to the city sanitary sewer shall not be required so long as the existing septic tank system is functioning in good order. At any time the county health official determines the septic tank system is failing, and/or at any time the septic tank system is to be repaired or replaced, or upon further development of the property affecting wastewater discharge, the property owner shall apply for and install a connection to the city sanitary sewer system as set forth above. (Ord. 2129-84 § 1; Ord. 2490-94 § 1; Ord. 3062-15 § 3)

Applications for connections to a city sanitary sewer shall be made by the owner or his or her authorized agent on a form furnished by the city. Each application shall be supplemented by such plans, specifications, analysis of strength and quantity of wastewater to be produced, flow data, or other information as shall, in the judgment of the director, be considered pertinent. In the case of industrial users, a wastewater discharge permit application will also have to be filed as required by Section 12.12.160. (Ord. 2129-84 § 1; Ord. 2490-94 § 1)

The connection to the city sanitary sewer, including the piping within any public street right-of- way, shall be installed at the sole expense of the owner of the property served. Such connections shall not be made without required approvals issued by the director. (Ord. 2129-84 § 1; Ord. 2490-94 § 1)