Chapter 13.12
CONNECTIONS AND CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS
Sections:
13.12.020 Building sewer construction.
13.12.010 Application.
A. No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without obtaining a written permit from the city.
B. Each application for connection to the sewerage system shall be in writing and shall include the following:
1. Legal name and address of the applicant;
2. Legal description and sketch of the property, building, and service line location for which the service is required;
3. The name and address of the person who will install the building sewer lines from the building to be served to the public sewer;
4. A description of the fixtures to be used in the structure or building and the building sewer line size to be installed;
5. An agreement to be responsible for and to pay promptly all charges for the service in accordance with this title;
6. Such additional information as the city council may require to demonstrate that the proposed connection complies with this title and any applicable regulations promulgated by the city council.
C. If the city manager is satisfied that the application and the proposed connection comply with this title and applicable regulations hereunder relating to the use of the sewerage system, he or she shall approve the application and provide for the connection, upon receipt of the established fees.
D. Any person whose application for connection has been denied or conditionally approved may appeal to the city council at its next regularly scheduled meeting. (Ord. 88-05, 1988.)
13.12.020 Building sewer construction.
A. All costs and expense incident to the installation 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.
B. 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 and the whole considered as one building sewer.
C. Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the superintendent, to meet all requirements of this title.
D. The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building sewer, connection of the building sewer to the public sewer, and the methods to be used in excavating, placing pipe, jointing, testing, and backfilling the trench shall all conform to UBC, UPC, and OSHA requirements and/or other applicable rules and regulations of the city. In the absence of code provisions, or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the American Society of Testing Materials (ASTM) and Water Pollution Control Federation (WPCF) Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply. The size, slope, alignment, and materials of construction of the building sewer shall be subject to the acceptance of the superintendent.
E. Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. The depth of cover over the building sewer shall be four feet minimum. The building sewer shall be laid at uniform grade and in straight alignment as far as possible. 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.
F. No user shall install a building sewer without a check valve if the lowest outlet in the building to be served is below the elevation of the top of the manhole nearest the service connection. Check valves are required to be installed in any existing building sewer if the lowest outlet in the building connected to the sewer is below the elevation of the top of the manhole nearest such service connection.
G. No user shall install a building sewer without providing a cleanout outside and within ten feet of the building to be served; and, if the building sewer consists of a pipe longer than one hundred feet between the public sewer main and the building to be served, without installing additional cleanouts at intervals not exceeding one hundred feet. If the pipe connecting the sewer main to the building to be served changes direction in any manner exceeding forty-five degrees in one bend, or two or more bends placed in an interval of not greater than ten feet, additional cleanouts for each such change of direction shall be installed.
H. No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surface runoff or ground water to a building sewer or public drain which, in turn, is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
I. The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the superintendent when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the superintendent or his representative.
J. All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways, and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the city. (Ord. 88-05, 1988.)