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8-3-1: - USE MANDATORY; FEE:#
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Distance Requirement: Any person who owns property within the city on which is located any building used for human occupancy shall hook up to the city's sewer system when the sewer is available and within three hundred feet (300') of any property line.
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Fee 1 ; Billing: The city shall collect a reasonable fee for this sewer service in order to defray the cost of construction, maintenance and operation of the sewer system. The fee shall be set by resolution of the city council. At the discretion of the chief administrative officer, the city may make one charge for the combined use of water and the service of the sewer system. A utility service fee waiver (water, sewer, garbage, recycle and storm) is available to all residents on active military deployment who submit a fee waiver form and provide a copy of their orders.
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Failure to Comply: If any person fails to hook up to the sewer system where it is available or if any applicant fails to pay for the sewer service provided, the chief administrative officer shall cause the water to be shut off from such premises until such person has hooked up to the sewer at his own expense or has paid for all past due sewer service.
1 Cross reference—See also title 1, chapter 12 of this code for sewer fees.
(Ord. 834, 4-16-2013)
8-3-2: - SEWER LATERAL CONNECTION AND DISCONNECTION REQUIREMENTS:#
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Defined: The term "sewer lateral connection", as used in this chapter, shall mean any pipe from any building running to any public sewer, which pipe is receiving, or intended to receive, the total discharge from any fixture or set of fixtures in such building.
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Requirements for Connections: All connections must be watertight. Where connections are used between different types of pipe, special fittings using rubber gaskets shall be used. No poured nor cement joints may be used.
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Permit and Inspection Required: All sewer lateral connections shall be laid so that the same are watertight and shall not be covered nor backfilled until the installation has been inspected and approved by an inspector for the city. It shall be unlawful for any person to commence installation of a sewer lateral connection without first having secured a permit from the city.
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Defective Work: Any installation of sewer lateral connections with a permit but without inspection shall be deemed to be defective work; and all defective work shall be condemned and uncovered, and if need be, shall be reconstructed.
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Permit Fee Required 1 : No permit for the installation of a sewer lateral connection shall be issued by the city unless the proper fee has been paid, as may from time to time be required by resolution of the city council. No additional fee shall be required for the issuance of the sewer lateral connection permit as herein required.
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Application for Connection: Application for such lateral connection shall be made in writing on forms to be provided by the city recorder, and such application shall be made by the owner, his duly authorized agent, or by the plumber intending to lay such sewer connection. Such application shall be accompanied by a sketch plan showing the purpose and location of the said connection, the depth thereof, and the location of any branch lines as may be required by a city inspector.
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Connection to Roof or Ground Water Drain Prohibited: It shall be unlawful to connect, or permit connection of, any roof drain or ground water drain to any system which is served by sewer connection.
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Sewer Manhole Not to Be Opened: It shall be a class B misdemeanor for any person to open any sewer manhole without permission from the city.
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Disconnection of Abandoned Sewer Lateral Connections: In the event any sewer lateral connection that is or has been receiving discharge from any building, house or area is abandoned for any reason whatsoever, it shall be the responsibility of the owner thereof to disconnect and plug the sewer lateral connection at the property line at the expense of said owner. The disconnection must be inspected and approved by the public works department before any permit for building demolition is issued.
(1985 Code §§ 18-2-1, 18-2-4, 18-2-11, 18-2-12, 18-2-15, 18-2-16, 18-2-21.5; amd. 2001 Code; Ord. 618, 6-17-2003)
1 Cross reference—See also title 1, chapter 12 of this code for fee provisions.
8-3-3: - WASTEWATER CONTROL:#
The wastewater control rules and regulations for the Central Weber sewer improvement district, dated June 1, 1991, together with any addendums or attachments thereto, a copy of which rules and regulations is attached to the ordinance codified herein and on file in the city office, are hereby adopted and made part of this chapter as if fully set forth herein. All prior ordinances or rules and regulations previously adopted by the city council which are in conflict with the wastewater control rules and regulations for the Central Weber sewer improvement district adopted herein are hereby repealed.
(1985 Code § 18-2-23; amd. 2001 Code)
8-3-4: - PENALTY:#
Any person or corporation who violates any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor, and upon conviction such person shall be punished as is provided in section 1-4-1 of this code.
(1985 Code § 18-2-24)