925.12 SEWER CONNECTION PERMIT REQUIRED; FEE. (a) No authorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter or disturbany public sewer, or appurtenance without first obtaining a written permit from the City Engineer. (b) The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other informationconsidered pertinent in the judgment of the City Engineer. A permit and inspection fee of one hundred fiftydollars ($150.00) for a residential building sewer permit and two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for acommercial building sewer permit and for an industrial waste permit shall be paid to the City Engineer at thetime application is filed. A permit fee for the repair of an existing sewer shall be seventy-five dollars($75.00). (c) Provided, however, no new permit will be issued when it has been determined by the City Engineer orPlant Manager of the Wastewater Treatment Plant that there does not exist sufficient capacity in theWastewater Treatment Plant, including collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of wastes as may bedischarged by the applicant of such new permit. (d) At the time when the permit and inspection fee is secured per subsection (b) hereof, a capacity chargefor new connections shall apply and be calculated per the following table. Once the capacity charge iscalculated, it shall be payable at the time the permit and inspection fee is acquired.

USER CLASS EDU VALUE CAPACITY CHARGE

Single Family Unit 1.00 $1,000.00

Duplex Residential 2.00 $2,000.00

Each Additional Residential Unit 1.00 $1,000.00

Mobile Homes and House Trailers 1.00 $1,000.00

Church 0.16 $ 160.00

Toilet/Urinal - Each 0.67 $ 670.00

Food Prep/Bar Sink (Per Bowl) 0.29 $ 290.00

Hair Rinse Sink - Each 0.16 $ 160.00

Slop Sink - Each 0.17 $ 170.00

Hotel/Motel 1.14 $1,140.00

Hotel/Motel - Each Bedroom 0.17 $ 170.00

Rooming House 0.97 $ 970.00

Rooming House - Each Bedroom 0.17 $ 170.00

Hospitals/Nursing Homes (Per Employee/Patient) 0.14 $ 140.00

Sports Facility/Arena (Per 100 Seats) 0.02 $ 20.00

Laundromat or Coin Operated Machine 0.59 $ 590.00

Commercial Laundries (By Pound) 0.07 $ 70.00

Car Washes - Each Single Stall Manual 1.19 $ 1,190.00

Car Washes - Each Single Stall Automatic 3.96 $ 3,960.00

Car Washes - Each Drive-Through Automatic 25.00 $25,000.00

Schools, Public-Private-Day Care (Per Student and Employee) 0.04 $ 40.00

Hand Sink - Each 0.12 $ 120.00

Showers - Each 0.43 $ 430.00

Industrial Employee 0.17 $ 170.00

(Ord. 140-2012. Passed 1-22-13.)

925.13 SEWER TAPPER; LICENSE AND BOND; LICENSE REVOCATION. (a) All persons making connections, whether at the main sewer or at the end of the lateral, with a publicsewer of the City are required before tapping such sewer to procure a license from the City Engineer. The fee

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for such license shall be one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125.00) for every year thereof. All licenses are torun for a period ending December 31, in the year in which they are issued, unless renewed. Each applicantfor a license must file with the City Engineer a surety bond in the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000)guaranteeing that the work he may do will comply in all respects to the provisions of this chapter or otherordinances which may be in force regarding sewer tapping in the City, and proof of five hundred thousanddollars ($500,000) liability, and that the City shall be saved harmless from any damage claims by reason orwork done by the applicant. Only such persons shall be given a license to make connections with the Citysewer systems as shall have furnished proof of their experience which may qualify them to do such work. (Ord. 65-2012. Passed 6-4-12.)

(b) Any sewer builder, plumber, gas fitter, sewer tapper or other person acting in such capacity who failsto comply with each and every provision of this chapter, or other ordinances regulating the making ofconnections to the City sewer system shall have his license revoked at the direction of the City Engineer.(Ord. 69-1991. Passed 4-15-91.)

925.14 SEPARATE BUILDING SEWERS REQUIRED; EXCEPTION. A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building, except where one buildingstands at the rear of another on an interior lot and no private sewer is available or can be constructed to therear building through an adjoining alley, court, yard or driveway, the building sewer from the front buildingmay be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer, provided a propereasement for use and maintenance of such sewer is stated on application.(Ord. 69-1991. Passed 4-15-91.)

925.15 INSPECTIONS. Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, onexamination and test by the City Engineer, to meet all requirements of this chapter.(Ord. 69-1991. Passed 4-15-91.)

925.16 SPECIFICATIONS FOR INSTALLING BUILDING SEWERS. All building sewers shall be constructed, laid and connected according to the following standards:

(a) The building sewer shall be cast iron soil pipe. ANSI specification (A21.6) or equal;vitrified clay sewer pipe, ASTM specification (C700) or equal, of PVC pipe, ASTM (D3034),or other suitable material approved by the City Engineer. Joints shall be tight and waterproof. No building sewer shall be laid in the same excavation with a water service pipe. Any part ofthe building sewer that is located within six feet of a water service pipe shall be constructed ofcast iron soil pipe with rubber-gasket joints. Cast iron pipe with rubber-gasket joints may berequired by the City Engineer where the building sewer is exposed to damage by tree roots. Ifinstalled in filled or unstable ground, the building sewer shall be of cast iron soil pipe, exceptthat nonmetallic material may be accepted if laid on a suitable bed as approved by the CityEngineer. (b) The size and slope of the building sewer shall be subject to the approval of the CityEngineer, but in no event shall the diameter be less than six inches. The slope of such six-inchpipe shall be not less than one-eighth inch per foot. (c) Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevationbelow the basement floor. No building sewer shall be laid parallel to or within three feet of anybearing wall which might thereby be weakened. The depth shall be sufficient to affordprotection from frost. The building sewer shall be laid at uniform grade and in straightalignment insofar as possible. Changes in direction shall be made only with properly curvedpipe and fittings. (d) In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to thepublic sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such a drain shall be lifted by approved artificialmeans and discharged to the building sewer.

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(e) All excavations required for the installation of a building sewer shall be open trenchwork unless otherwise approved by the City Engineer. Pipe laying and backfill shall beperformed in accordance with the requirements of the Building and Plumbing Codes and otherapplicable rules and regulations of the City. In the absence of code provisions or in theamplifications thereof, the materials set forth in the appropriate ASTM and ANSIspecifications and the procedures set forth in the WPCF Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply. No backfill shall be placed until the work has been inspected. (f) All joints and connections shall be made gastight and watertight.

(1) Cast-iron pipe joints shall be rubber-gasket joints as defined by ANSIspecifications A 21.11. (2) All joints in vitrified clay bell and spigot pipe shall be compression joints asdefined by ASTM Designation: C-425. Joints are to be firmly attached to the bell andspigot ends of the sewer pipe at the place of manufacture. (3) Other jointing materials and methods may be used only by approval of theCity Engineer.

(g) The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall be made by the Ybranch, if such branch is available at a suitable location. If the public sewer is twelve inchesin diameter or less, and no properly located Y branch is available, the owner shall at hisexpense install a Y branch in the public sewer at the location specified by the City Engineer. Where the public sewer is greater than twelve inches in diameter, and no properly located Ybranch is available, a neat hole may be cut into the public sewer to receive the building sewerwith entry in the downstream direction at an angle of about forty-five degrees. A forty-fivedegree ell may be used to make such connection, with the spigot end cut so as not to extendpast the inner surface of the public sewer. The invert of the building sewer at the point ofconnection shall be at the same or at a higher elevation than the invert of the public sewer. Asmooth, neat joint shall be made and the connection made secure and watertight byencasement in concrete. Special fittings may be used for the connection only when approvedby the City Engineer.

(Ord. 69-1991. Passed 4-15-91.) (h) Upon the demolition of a structure or the abandonment of an existing sewer line, theexisting or abandoned sewer line shall be sealed with concrete. The owner shall obtain apermit for abandoning such sewer line from the City Engineer and shall notify the Managerwhen the sealed sewer line is ready for inspection. The permit and inspection fee shall befifteen dollars ($15.00).

(Ord. 217-1993. Passed 2-22-94.)

925.17 INSPECTION OF BUILDING SEWER FOR PERMIT. The applicant for the building sewer shall notify the City Engineer when the building sewer is ready forinspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of theCity Engineer or his representative.(Ord. 140-2012. Passed 1-22-13.)

925.18 EXCAVATION REQUIREMENTS. All excavations for building sewer installations shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so asto protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public property disturbed in thecourse of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the City Engineer.(Ord. 69-1991. Passed 4-15-91.)

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