13.08.020 Connection to public sewer required – Disconnection of storm drains.
The owner of all houses, buildings, or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purposes, situated within the city and abutting on any street, alley, or right-of-way in which there is now located or may in the future be located a public sanitary or combined sewer of the city, is required at their expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein, and to connect such facilities directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, within ninety days after date of official notice to do so; provided, that said public sewer is within two hundred feet (sixty-one meters) of the property line; and provided, where one building is located at the rear of another on the same lot and the building in the rear has no frontage on an alley or street in which a sewer is located, the building sewer from the front buildings may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer, provided a cleanout is constructed to the ground surface beyond the connection from the rear building.
A. Notice. Official notice shall be written notice from the city clerk mailed to the owners of the premises at the street address of such premises (or to the address to which real estate tax statements are mailed as disclosed in the records of the office of the county treasurer) to cause a connection to be made between the sewerage system in each such building or structure.
B. Connection. All connections shall be made to said sewerage system in a permanent and sanitary manner, subject to the approval of the city engineer, and shall be sufficient to carry all sewage and waste fluids of any kind from said buildings into said system, and each toilet, sink, stationary washstand or any other piece or type of equipment having waste fluids shall be connected with said sewerage system.
C. Storm Drains. The owner of any lands, buildings, or premises where there is a direct connection from roof, foundation drains, or area drains to sanitary sewer or where there exists any other opening which allows stormwater, groundwater, or surface water to directly drain to sanitary sewer, is required to disconnect or cause to be disconnected, the source or sources of stormwater, groundwater, or surface water from the sanitary sewer. The owner or occupant of such lands, buildings, and premises shall also be required to take appropriate measures so as to permanently prevent further entry of stormwater, groundwater, or surface water to the sanitary sewer. The city clerk shall so notify, in writing, the owner or occupant of said lands, building, or premises to discontinue the unauthorized discharge within such time as the council may designate. If the owner or occupant fails to comply with the notice within the time designated, the city council shall direct that water service to the premises shall be discontinued until the proper compliance has been made.
All work in response to the written notification shall be inspected by and subject to the approval and acceptance of the city engineer. (Ord. 016/2021 § 2; Ord. 1260, 2002; Ord. 750, 1983; Ord. 722, 1981)