Title 3. Utilities
Article 911
SEWER AND WATER CONNECTIONS
Sections:
911.01 Tap-on or connection permit required from city engineer.
911.02 Compliance with regulations of city engineer.
911.03 Tap-on fee and permit fee by council resolution.
911.04 Connections for or discharge of roof or surface water into sanitary sewers prohibited.
911.01 Tap-on or connection permit required from city engineer.
No person, firm, partnership, corporation or other entity shall tap on or connect a private drain or water line with any public or private sewer and any water line or supply now built or to be built and laid in any public street, alley or legal right-of-way or with any public sewer or water supply of and in the city, without first obtaining a tap-on permit from the city engineer’s office for such purpose. (Ord. 2748 § 1, 1970)
911.02 Compliance with regulations of city engineer.
Whoever desires to tap on to the various systems set forth in MMC 911.01 shall comply with the plans, specifications and requirements of the tap-on regulations as prepared and amended by the city engineer and approved by resolution of council, and which shall be on file in the city engineer’s office. (Ord. 2748 § 2, 1970)
911.03 Tap-on fee and permit fee by council resolution.
A tap-on fee and a permit fee shall be charged for connections to city sewer and water facilities at a rate as established by resolution of council upon recommendation of the city engineer. Permit and tap-on fees shall be on file in the city engineer’s office and shall be part of the tap-on regulations. (Ord. 2748 § 3, 1970)
911.04 Connections for or discharge of roof or surface water into sanitary sewers prohibited.
(A) No person shall connect any drain pipe or conduit of any kind in the city to the sanitary sewers or to any pipe leading thereto for the purpose of discharging any roof or surface drainage water into such sanitary sewers.
(B) No person by any means shall discharge or cause to be discharged into the sanitary sewers of the city any roof or surface water, or maintain any pipe or conduit by which roof or surface water shall be discharged into the sanitary sewers or into any pipe or connections leading into such sanitary sewers. (Ord. 882 §§ 1, 2, 1908)
911.99 Penalty.
Whoever violates any provision of this article shall be fined not more than $300.00 together with costs of prosecution, and in default thereof shall be imprisoned for not more than 90 days. (Ord. 2748 § 4, 1970)