§ 25-118. Building sewers and connections.

(a)

No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the city in accordance with divisions 3 and 4 of this article.

(b)

All costs and expenses incidental to the installation and connection of the building sewer from the building to the main shall be borne by the owner, regardless of whether a portion of the connection or lateral may be in, on, or under city property. 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.

(c)

A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building; except where one (1) 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 front building sewer may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one (1) building sewer. The city does not and will not assume any obligation or responsibility for damage caused by or resulting from any such single connection.

(d)

Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the code administrator, to meet all requirements of this article and such use is approved in writing by the code administrator.

(e)

The size, slope, alignment, and materials of construction of all building sewers, and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing, and backfilling the trench, shall all conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing code 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 ASTM and WPCF Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply.

(f)

Whenever 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.

(g)

No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, foundation drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer. Any such existing or future connections shall be eliminated at the expense of the owner.

(h)

The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing code or other applicable rules and regulations of the city, or the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM and the VYTCF Manual of Practice No. 9. All such connections shall be made gastight and watertight and verified by proper testing. Deviations from the prescribed procedures and materials shall be acceptable only if approved by the code administrator before installation.

(i)

The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the code administrator when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection and testing shall be made under the supervision of the code administrator.

(j)

All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades, lights, and any other appropriate devices 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.

(k)

Tapping of sewers, specifications. Tapping of the public sewer main is prohibited until the proper permit has been purchased from the office of the code administrator. Sewers shall be tapped in an approved manner, at no time shall a private sewer lateral be directly tapped into a manhole. Sewer taps shall be made at an angle to promote the direction of flow of the sewer main being tapped.

(l)

Sewer tapping connection to a twenty-seven (27) inches, etc. Sewer excavations and backfilling of trenches. Sewer lateral and sewer main excavations shall be in conformity with division 2, excavation, trenching and backfill, of the City of Kirksville's Right-of-Way Management Ordinance, Ord. No. 11386, 5-3-99.

(Ord. No. 10574, § 2.3, 6-20-83; Ord. No. 10911, § 1, 4-2-90; Ord. No. 11496, 5-7-2001)