SECTION 161-4 BUILDING SEWER CONNECTIONS
A. Extensions of sewers shall be subject to approval by the City Council and the Mayor, and such extensions shall be made under the supervision of the Commissioner, subject to the following provisions:
(1) Entrance fees for any service pipe connected into the public sewerage system shall be in accordance with the following schedule:
(a) Residential.
[1] Single-family residence: Three thousand dollars ($3,000.00).
[2] Multiple-family residence (including all structures containing more than one (1) dwelling unit, such as duplexes, apartment houses, apartment complexes, hotels, motels trailer parks, etc.): Ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), plus five hundred dollars ($500.00) per living unit. Residential two-family houses shall be six thousand dollars ($6,000.00) and three-family houses shall be nine thousand dollars ($9,000.00).
[3] The owner of any single-family residential dwelling that has an occupancy permit from the Building Department efective on or before December 31, 2003 will be allowed a period of one (1) year from the first Monday of the month following the effective date of this ordinance to sign a commitment to pay the amount of six hundred dollars ($600.00) to connect to the municipal sewer system. This date is September 5, 2006. Said commitment shall be paid in a single payment within five (5) years hence. If the fee is not paid in full within the prescribed time, the fee for connecting to the sewer system will be the fee in effect at the time the home connected. Once the fee is paid, the homeowner or his successor and assigns may connect to the sewer system at any
future time.
The owner of any single-family home that received an occupancy permit from the Building Department which was effective after December 31, 2003 will pay the fee in effect at the time of connection.
(b) Nonresidential.
[1] Entrance fee shall be based on the size of the water service pipe as follows:
[2] Sewerage entrance fee for any water service larger than twelve (12) inches shall be as determined by the Commissioner of Public Works with the approval of the Mayor.
(2) The service for the buildings under this section shall be paid entirely by the owner and shall include all labor, material, inspection and other charges related to the installation.
(3) The entrance fee for a single-family residence shall be payable at the time of the service connection, except that, at the discretion of the Department of Public Works, this payment, plus a service charge of ten Percent (10%), may be paid over a twenty-year period.
(4) Entrance fees for all other connections shall be payable at the time of application for connection.
(5) The unpaid balance of any entrance fee due the city shall constitute a municipal lien on the property of the applicant.
(6) Secondary or branch mains connected to city main and service pipes connected thereto are as follows:
(a) Single-family residential subdivision or development. The entrance fee shall be five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) for each connection of the secondary or branch main, or mains, to city mains, plus one thousand dollars ($1000.00) for each lot served by the secondary or branch main.
(b) Multifamily residential subdivision or development. The entrance fee shall be five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) for each connection of the secondary or branch main, or mains, to city mains, plus five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each living unit served by the secondary or branch main.
(c) Commercial or industrial subdivision or development. The entrance fee shall be five thousand dollars
($5,000.) for each connection of the secondary or branch main, or mains, to the city main, plus the
nonresidential entrance fee listed in Subsection A(1)(b) for each service connected to the branch or
secondary main.
(7) The Service for the buildings under this section shall be paid entirely by the owner and shall include all labor, material, inspection and other charges related to the installation.
B. All work related to the installation, repair, extension or modification of building drains, building sewers and connections to public sewers shall be performed by persons licensed by the Commissioner. Work related to the installation of building sewers, sewer extensions and connections to public sewers shall be performed only under permit issued by the Commissioner. No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connection with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereto. Any person proposing a new discharge into the system or a substantial change in the volume or character of pollutants that are being discharged into the system shall notify the Commissioner at least forty-five (45) days prior to the proposed change
or connection.
C. Building sewer connection permit.
(1) There shall be two (2) classes of building sewer connection permits; one for residential and commercial service and the other for service to establishments producing industrial wastes. 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 considered pertinent in the judgment of the Commissioner.
(2) One (1) copy of the permit shall be available for inspection at all times at the site of the work.
D. All costs and expense incidental to the installation, testing 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.
E. The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Commissioner at least twenty-four (24) hours before beginning the work and also when the building sewer is ready for inspection, testing and connection to the public sewer. The testing and connection shall be made under the supervision of the Commissioner.
F. Notification of the completion of the work with certification that all conditions of this chapter have been complied with shall be filed in writing with the Commissioner within twenty-four (24) hours after the completion of the work covered in each permit.
G. A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building; except where one 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 under permit issued by the Commissioner.
H. Old building sewers or portions thereof 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.
I. Where 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. Ejector pumps, where necessary, are the property of the owner and shall be supplied, installed and maintained by the home owner.
J. The building drain system shall be so vented that under no circumstances will the seal of any appliance be subjected to a pressure differential in excess of one (1) inch of water. All appliances connected directly or indirectly to the building drain shall have traps with a liquid seal not less than two (2) inches in depth.
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