Chapter 13.36
SEWERS – INSPECTION*

Sections:

13.36.010    City engineer – Approval of all work required – Forfeit of license when.

13.36.020    Compliance with provisions required.

13.36.030    Right of entry for inspection – Time limit for compliance.

*For statutory provisions authorizing cities to acquire and operate sewerage and garbage systems, see RCW 35.92.020.

13.36.010 City engineer – Approval of all work required – Forfeit of license when.

All work done in pursuance of any permit granted as prescribed in Chapter 13.24 TMC shall be under the inspection and subject to the approval and acceptance of the city engineer, or his duly appointed deputy. The grade, materials and manner of construction of any sewer or drain built under permit from the city engineer shall be subject to his approval or rejection, and any licensed sewer contractor who refuses to modify, remove, replace or complete any portion of the work when so instructed by said engineer, or his duly appointed deputy, shall by such refusal forfeit his license for constructing or connecting sewer or drain in the city. (Ord. 197 § 11, 1912).

13.36.020 Compliance with provisions required.

No trench shall be refilled or any connecting sewer constructed under the provisions of TMC 5.36.020, 5.36.030, 5.36.040 and Chapters 13.24 and 13.32 TMC, and this chapter, until the same has been inspected and approved by or under the direction of the city engineer from the point where the same connects with the public sewer to the point where it connects with the iron pipe or other plumbing of the building or premises to be connected, or until the same has been made in all respects to conform to the provisions of this title. (Ord. 197 § 15, 1912).

13.36.030 Right of entry for inspection – Time limit for compliance.

The city engineer and public health officer of the city or their authorized representatives shall have the right to enter upon any premises required by this title to be connected with the public sewer, at all reasonable times, to ascertain whether the public health requires that the same should be connected with the public sewer, or whether the provisions of this title in regard to connection have been or are being complied with, and if they shall find that such premises or connections do not conform to the provisions of this title, to notify the owner of such premises or his agent of the fact, and it shall thereupon be the duty of such owner or agent to cause such premises to be connected with the public sewer, or such connections to be so altered, repaired or reconstructed as to make them conform to the requirements of this title, within 15 days from the time of receiving such notice. (Ord. 197 § 16, 1912).