Chapter 13.32 — CONSTRUCTION AND CONNECTION

A.

All main sewers constructed under contract with the city shall meet the requirements of specifications adopted and approved by the council, unless otherwise specifically excepted.

B.

All main sewers constructed by any person including a municipally-owned public utility shall meet the requirements of specifications adopted and approved by the council, unless otherwise specifically excepted.

(Prior code § 7500.1)

A.

All house sewers from the main sewer to the property line or easement line constructed under contract with the city shall meet the requirements of specifications adopted and approved by the council, unless otherwise specifically excepted.

B.

All house sewers from the main sewer to the property line or easement line constructed by any person including a municipally-owned public utility shall meet the requirements of specifications adopted and approved by the council, unless otherwise specifically excepted.

C.

All house sewers from the property line to within twenty-four inches of the exterior wall of the building or structure shall meet the requirements of the plumbing regulations of this city.

(Prior code § 7500.2)

The following requirements shall apply to exising house sewers:

A.

When it is found necessary to replace any portion of an existing house sewer between the street curb and lot line, all that portion of the house sewer between these limits shall be replaced to meet the requirements for new house sewers.

B.

When it is found necessary to replace any portion of an existing house sewer between the curb and public sewer, all that portion of the house sewer between these limits shall be replaced to meet the requirements for new house sewers.

(Prior code § 7500.3)

No person shall connect or cause to be connected any sewer which has been, or may hereafter be, constructed in any street, highway, alley, right-of-way orother public place prior to the dedication and acceptance of the street, alley, right- of-way or other public place by the board on behalf of the public, with any public sewer of the city, unless the sewer first mentioned has been laid under the supervision and to the satisfaction of the city engineer and in accordance with all provisions of this article.

(Prior code § 7500.8)

All house sewers and appurtenances thereto, now existing or hereafter constructed, shall be maintained by the owner of the property served in a safe and sanitary condition, and all devices or safeguards which are required by this article for the operation thereof shall be maintained in good working order.

(Prior code § 7500.39)

Whenever the use of a house sewer is discontinued by reason of connection to another house sewer or by reason of moving, wrecking or burning of a building or for any other reason, the house sewer shall be sealed at the property line or easement line or at the public sewer. Whenever the city engineer finds that a house sewer has not been sealed as

required in this section, he/she shall serve notice and post the property to that effect. Unless the sewer has been sealed as required within ten days after the posting of the notice, the city engineer is authorized to disconnect the sewer and discontinue the use thereof until it has been properly sealed and meets the requirements of this article.

(Prior code § 7500.42)

(Ord. No. 3112, § 2, 2-25-20)

The city engineer may disconnect from the public sewer any industrial or house sewer connection which is constructed or connected without permit or which is used contrary to the provisions of this article governing industrial liquid waste. The city engineer shall make every reasonable effort to notify the owner or occupant of the premises affected by any proposed disconnection and may grant a reasonable time for elimination of the violation.

(Prior code § 7500.43)

A.

Whenever a house sewer has been disconnected from the public sewer by the city engineer as provided in Section

permit in writing therefor by the city engineer. Before the permit is issued, the applicant shall reimburse the city for the cost of the disconnection made, and the city engineer may require the installation of a maintenance access hole for the purpose of measuring the flow or for making periodic tests of the wastes from the connection.

B.

Whenever a house sewer connection permittee or any other person by reason of violation of this article causes obstruction, damage or destruction of a public sewer, he/she shall reimburse the city for the cost of flushing, cleaning, repairing and reconnection of the sewer made necessary by the violation within thirty days after the city engineer renders an invoice for the costs.

(Prior code §§ 7500.44, 7500.45)

(Ord. No. 3112, § 2, 2-25-20)

All house sewers which are to be connected to a trunk sewer shall include a running trap, the type and location of which shall meet the approval of the city engineer and chief engineer.

(Prior code § 7500.4)

A.

The Y or T saddle shall be installed by cutting a hole in the mainline sewer pipe and fitting the saddle snugly in place with heavy (twelve-gauge) galvanized asphalt painted iron wire bound around the mainline pipe and the flange of the saddle. The Y saddle shall be placed in the side of the main line pipe with the Y branch upward at approximately forty- five degrees from the horizontal and so as to direct the flow from the house connection sewer downstream into the main sewer. the T saddle shall be placed in the top of the main line sewer pipe. The T saddle shall be used only for the construction of a chimney pipe.

B.

After the saddle is in place, an imbedment of cement concrete shall be placed under and around the main line sewer pipe and saddle as required for a standard chimney pipe in accordance with the "standard plan" on file in the officer of the city engineer. The inside of the joint between pipe and saddle shall be pointed with one-to-two cement mortar.

C.

The city engineer shall charge a fee in an amount as set by the city council for permission to connect a house sewer to a public sewer at a point where no special Y or T has been previously installed.

(Prior code §§ 7500.7, 7500.46)

A.

No connection from any building or other structure shall hereafter be made to any public sewer if the connection or any portion of it is in, under or upon any lot other than the lot on which the building or structure is located, except a house court or an auto trailer court.

B.

If a lot or parcel of land requiring a sewer connection is so situated that access to the public sewer is not possible except across some other lot or parcel of land, a sewer connection may be placed in a recorded public easement which includes the right to lay and maintain the connection and is appurtenant to the lot or parcel of land to be served by the sewer connection.

C.

Each building having separate frontage on a public street on which there is a public sewer must be separately connected to the public sewer.

(Prior code § 7500.9)

A.

Owners Must Provide Sanitary Sewers. At the time of laying out and subdividing or resubdividing any tract or parcel of real property within the city, the owner or owners of the tract, parcel or real property shall at their own cost and expense provide for the installation of sanitary sewer mains, house connections and appurtenances in accordance with the plans and specifications therefor adopted by the city and all conditions of this code regulating them. The sanitary sewer mains and appurtenances when installed and completed shall automatically become the property of and shall be owned by the city and they shall be deemed dedicated to the public for the purpose of serving the real property with sanitary sewer facilities.

B.

Installation. The installation of all sewer mains, house connections and appurtenances shall be made and done either by the city or by a licensed sewer contractor approved by the city engineer according to the specifications of the city and to the satisfaction of the city engineer. The cost of the sewer mains shall be paid for by the owner or owners of the real property to be served by the sanitary sewer mains.

C.

Charges for Connecting to Existing Sanitary Sewer Main. The owner or owners of any tract or parcel of real property within the city that is subdivided into five or more lots, any property that is unsubdivided but hereafter annexed to the city and subdivided into five or more lots, and any tract or parcel of real property lying outside of the city, the sanitary sewers of which are connected to or the effluent of which flows through a sanitary sewer main owned by the city, shall pay to the city a sewer connection fee as provided in the city council ordinance or resolution. Such payments shall be made at the time the subdivision map of the real property is submitted to the city for approval, or for real property lying outside the city, at the time a request for connection to the sanitary sewer main of the city is filed with the city. The cost shall be for the privilege of connecting to the existing sanitary sewer mains and shall be used by the city for the purpose of providing and maintaining adequate sanitary sewer mains.

(Amended during 1984 codification; prior code § 7500.41)

(Ord. No. 3102, § 3, 5-28-19)