<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 70-163. - Building sewers and connections.</div>
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               (a)
               
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               No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use,
               alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first a written
               permit from the county building inspection office. There shall be two classes of building
               sewer permits:
               
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               (1)
               
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               For residential and commercial service;
               
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               (2)
               
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               For service to establishments producing industrial wastewaters.
               
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               In either case, the owner or his agent shall make application for connection on a
               special form furnished by the county. The permit application shall be supplemented
               by any plans, specifications, or other information considered pertinent to the judgment
               of the county. A permit and inspection fee for a residential, commercial or industrial
               building sewer permit shall be paid to the county building inspection office at the
               time the application is filed.
               
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               (b)
               
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               Within 30 days of receipt of the application for a building sewer and for a connection
               permit, the county inspection office shall advise the applicant as to whether sewer
               service will be available. If sewer service will not be available, the full fee filed
               with the application will be refunded. If sewer service is to be available, the applicant
               or owner may proceed with the construction of the building sewer in accordance with
               the procedures defined in this section.
               
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               (c)
               
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               All cost and expense incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer
               shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the county from any loss or
               damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building
               sewer.
               
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               (d)
               
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               A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building. Old
               building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found
               acceptable by the county building inspection office.
               
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               (e)
               
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               The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building sewer, and the
               methods to be used in excavating, placing of 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 county. In the absence of code provisions
               or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in the State Building
               Code, Volume II, Plumbing, latest edition, and appropriate specifications of the A.S.T.M.
               and W.P.C.F. Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply.
               
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               (f)
               
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               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.
               
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               (g)
               
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               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
               county or the procedures set forth in the State Building Code, Volume II, Plumbing,
               latest edition, and appropriate specifications of the A.S.T.M. and W.P.C.F. Manual
               of Practice No. 9. All such connections shall be made gastight and watertight. Any
               deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the county
               before installation.
               
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               (h)
               
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               The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the county engineering and
               operations office when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to
               the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of a representative
               from the county engineering and operations office.
               
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               (i)
               
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               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 county.
               
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               (j)
               
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               When trenches are opened for the laying of building sewers, such trenches shall be
               inspected by the county inspection office before the trenches are filled, and the
               plumber performing such work shall notify the county inspection office when the laying
               of building sewer is completed. The filling of a trench before inspection is made
               will subject the owner, to whom a permit is issued, to a penalty for each offense.
               Payment of the penalty shall not constitute acceptance. The work shall be uncovered
               for actual inspection at the owner's expense.
               
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               (k)
               
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               The maximum allowable infiltration allowance for new service lines is 200 gallons
               per day/inch-diameter/mile. The county may require repairs or replacement of the existing
               service lines in order to meet the same infiltration allowance requirements as specified
               for new service lines and connections. In such cases, all work shall be performed
               by or under the supervision of the licensed plumber and in accordance with the applicable
               plumbing code and at the expense of the owner/user. The county may repair or replace
               the existing connections at the expense of the owner/user or may permit the owner
               to have such repairs made under the county's supervision by a licensed plumber at
               the expense of the owner/user.
               
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               (l)
               
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               Sewer service lines extended to the main shall be maintained and kept free from stoppage
               by the owner/user to the owner's property lines. Relocation and/or replacement of
               any service line connection for individual improvement or development shall be made
               by the county at the expense of the owner/user.
               
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               (Code 1993, Â§ 70-163)
               
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