Chapter 13.20 SEWER SYSTEM

(1) “Applicant” means the owner or authorized agent of the property to be served, and said applicant shall be the responsible person for payment of bills for sanitary sewer and/or domestic water service;

(2) “BOD” (denoting biochemical oxygen demand) means the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days at twenty degrees centigrade, expressed in milligrams per liter;

(3) “Building inspector” means the appointed building inspector for the city or his authorized deputy, agent or representative;

(4) “Building sewer” means the extension from the public sewer to the building drainage system;

(5) “City” means the city of Connell, Washington;

(6) “City clerk-treasurer” means the city clerk-treasurer of the city of Connell;

(7) “Combined system” means a sewer receiving both surface runoff and wastewater;

(8) “Department” means the public works department of the city of Connell;

(9) “Director” means the public works director of the city of Connell or his/her authorized deputy, agent, or representative;

(10) “Equivalent residential unit (ERU)” means the average amount of wastewater, both as to amount in gallons and strength of content, contributed to the wastewater collection and treatment system by a single-family residential household. For purposes of rate calculation, the flow from a typical single-family residential unit is deemed to be seven thousand four hundred gallons per month;

(11) “Garbage” means solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage, and sale of produce;

(12) “Industrial wastes” means the liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes, trade, or business as distinct from sanitary sewage;

(13) “Natural outlet” means any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other body of surface or groundwater;

(14) “Nonstandard strength sewage” means wastewater accepted for discharge into the sewer treatment system which does not meet the criteria for acceptance as standard strength sewage, because of special characteristics, special treatment requirements, special monitoring or additional handling as a condition of acceptance. Specific criteria defining this class of sewage are determined by the director in considering the purposes set forth in this chapter, the public health, safety and welfare, and the cost and expense to the sewer treatment system. The director may further consider average concentrations of total suspended solids, biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and phosphorus, or other factors and may include any wastewater determined to have any of the following characteristics:

(a) Containing more than three hundred milligrams per liter of suspended solids (TSS); or

(b) Containing more than three hundred milligrams per liter of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD); or

(15) “Person” means any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation, or group;

(16) “pH” means the logarithm of the reciprocal of weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution;

(17) “Private sewer or private wastewater disposal system” means the sewer line and disposal system constructed, installed, or maintained where connection with the public sewer system is not required herein;

(18) “Properly shredded garbage” means the wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle greater than one-half inch (one and twenty-seven-hundredths centimeters) in any dimension;

(19) “Public sewer” means a sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights, and which is controlled by public authority;

(20) “Sanitary sewer” means a sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface, and groundwaters are not intentionally admitted;

(21) “Sewage” means human excrement and gray water (from household showers, toilets, kitchens, clothes and dish washing, and related domestic activities);

(22) “Sewage works” means all facilities for collecting, pumping, treating, and disposing of wastewater;

(23) “Sewer” means a pipe or conduit for carrying wastewater;

(24) “Shall” is mandatory; “may” is permissive;

(25) “Storm drain” (sometimes termed “storm sewer”) means a sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling water;

(26) “Suspended solids” means the total suspended matter that floats on the surface of, or is suspended in, water, wastewater, or other liquid, and which is removable by laboratory filtering;

(27) “System participation fee” means a fee charged for new connection to the city’s wastewater collection and treatment system. The purpose of the system participation fee (SPF) is to help defray the costs of past and future system improvements. System participation fees for the wastewater systems are determined for an equivalent residential unit (ERU);

(28) “Wastewater” means liquid and water-carried industrial wastes and sewage from residential dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial and manufacturing facilities, and institutions, whether treated or untreated, which are contributed to the publicly owned treatment works (POTW);

(29) “Wastewater treatment plant” means any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating wastewater;

(30) “Watercourse” means a channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently. (Ord. 926 § 1 (part), 2012).

13.20.020 Sewer utility established—Compulsory connection.

(a) A public sewer system utility is hereby authorized and established. The director is appointed to oversee and manage the operations of the system and to ensure the system is kept in proper working order. The clerk-treasurer shall manage and oversee the proper billing of utility customers, the collection and receipt from the same, and the administration and reporting of revenue and expenditures in accordance with applicable statutes, codes, and policies.

(b) All owners of property within the city physically capable of connecting to the public sewer system are hereby required to connect their properties and their private drains and private sewers within the public sewer system so that all wastewater may receive treatment and disposal by the city’s treatment and disposal system.

(c) Such wastewater treatment and disposal shall not be made available by connection to serve properties located outside the city limits except by written agreement approved by the mayor or his/her designee and in accordance with state statute. (Ord. 926 § 1 (part), 2012).

13.20.030 Unlawful water discharges into sewer.

It is unlawful for any person or corporation to discharge or cause to be discharged into any sanitary sewer any stormwater, any surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters. (Ord. 926 § 1 (part), 2012).

13.20.040 Unlawful discharges—Public works director’s authority.

(a) If any waters or wastes are discharged, or are proposed to be discharged, to the public sewers, which waters contain the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in Section 13.22.050 and which in the judgment of the director may have a deleterious effect upon the sewage works, processes, equipment or receiving waters, or which otherwise create a hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance, the superintendent may:

(1) Reject the wastes;

(2) Require pretreatment to an acceptable condition for discharge to the public sewers in accordance with Chapter 13.22, Publicly Owned Treatment Works;

(3) Require control over the quantities and rates of discharge; and/or

(4) Require payment to cover the added cost of handling and treating the wastes not covered by existing taxes or sewer charges.

(b) If the director permits the pretreatment or equalization of waste flows, the design and installation of the plants and equipment shall be subject to the review and approval of the director, and subject to the requirements of all applicable codes, ordinances and laws.

(c) If any provision of this section is in conflict with any of the provisions of Chapter 13.22, Publicly Owned Treatment Works, the latter shall take precedence. (Ord. 926 § 1 (part), 2012).

13.20.050 Industrial wastes—Manholes.

When required by the director, the owner of any property served by a side sewer carrying industrial or other wastes as described in this chapter or Chapter 13.22 shall install a suitable control manhole in the building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of wastes. Such manhole, when required, shall be accessibly and safely located, and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the director. The manhole shall be installed by the owner at his/her expense, and shall be maintained by the owner so as to be safe and accessible at all times. (Ord. 926 § 1 (part), 2012).

13.20.060 Waters and wastes—Testing standards.

All measurements, tests, and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in Section 13.22.050, Publicly Owned Treatment Works (prohibited discharges), shall be determined in accordance with the standards prescribed by the latest edition of “Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater,” prepared and published jointly by the American Public Health Association, the American Waterworks Association, and the Water Environment Federation, and shall be determined at the control manhole provided for in Section 13.20.050, or upon suitable samples taken at the control manhole. In the event that no special manhole has been required, the control manhole shall be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in the public sewer system to the point at which the building sewer is connected. It will be the responsibility of the owner at their expense to pay for testing of samples. Sampling shall be carried out by customarily accepted methods to determine the existence of hazards to public health and welfare. (Ord. 926 § 1 (part), 2012).

13.20.070 Private wastewater disposal.

(a) Where a public sanitary sewer is not available as defined in Section 13.20.080, the building sewer shall be connected to a private wastewater disposal system complying with the provisions of this chapter.

(b) Before commencement of construction of a private wastewater disposal system, the owner shall first obtain a permit from the Benton-Franklin health district, which the applicant shall supplement by any plans, specifications and other information as are deemed necessary by the district.

(c) A private wastewater disposal system shall not become approved for use until the installation is completed to the satisfaction of the Benton-Franklin health district. An inspector from the district shall be allowed to inspect the work at any stage of construction and, in any event, the applicant for the permit shall notify the district when the work is ready for final inspection, and before any underground portions are covered.

(d) The type, capacities, location and layout of a private wastewater disposal system shall comply with all regulations and recommendations of the Benton-Franklin health district. No septic tank or cesspool shall be permitted to discharge to any natural outlet.

(e) At such time as public sewer becomes available to a property served by a private wastewater disposal system, a direct connection shall be made to the public sewer in compliance with this chapter within sixty days, and any septic tanks, cesspools and similar wastewater disposal facilities shall be properly decommissioned and filled in accordance with applicable state and local regulations. Public sewer services are considered “available” when a sewer line is located within two hundred feet (as measured along the usual or most economically feasible route of access) of the residence or facility.

(f) Residences and facilities in existence at the time of the adoption of the ordinance codified in this chapter, and not considered abandoned, that are served by private wastewater disposal systems shall make a direct connection to the public sewer system in compliance with this chapter within one year of public sewer services becoming available as defined in subsection (e) of this section.

(g) The owner shall operate and maintain the private wastewater disposal facilities in a sanitary manner at all times, at no expense to the city.

(h) No statement contained in this chapter shall be construed to interfere with any additional requirements that may be imposed by any health officer. (Ord. 926 § 1 (part), 2012).

13.20.080 Individual or side sewers—New development connection required—Permit and fees.

(a) The owners of each existing lot or parcel of land in the city within the area served by the public sewer system provided, and upon whose premises any building or portion of a building is situated, which building is used for human occupation or human use or for any purposes, shall connect to the public sewer system. If a premises, lot, or parcel of lot on which a structure or building is located, or is to be located, is within two hundred feet of an existing sewer line, such shall be deemed to be within the area served by the public sewer system unless a pressure line is necessary for the flow of wastewater.

(b) All new development or building of structures that are used for human occupation or human use for any purposes in the city within the area served by the public sewer system as that area is defined in subsection (a) of this section shall be required to connect to the system.

(c) No approval shall be given by the city for any subdivision application without having provided for the connection of each lot within the proposed development to the public sewer system or combined system when such system(s) is available within two hundred feet times the number of lots contained within the proposed development. (Example: Proposed subdivision of four lots. Connection to public sewer required if system is within eight hundred feet of the development.) For proposed developments located outside of the available public sewer system area, all lots proposed to be serviced by a private wastewater disposal system shall be no less than one-half acre in size.

(d) No connections of individual services or side sewers shall be made with the public sewer system of the city until a permit therefor has been obtained from the office of the city clerk-treasurer. Such permit shall be issued upon payment of a system participation fee, in an amount established by the city’s master fee resolution. The cost of the connection to the system and any required street repairs shall be borne by the property owner. (Ord. 926 § 1 (part), 2012).

13.20.090 Permit—Application—Inspection.

An application for any public sewer connection permit shall be made on a form furnished by the city which the applicant shall supplement with such plans, specifications and other information as deemed necessary by the director. A permit and inspection fee in an amount established by the city’s master fee resolution shall be paid to the city clerk-treasurer at the time the application is filed. No permit shall become effective until after the director or his/her designee has inspected the construction or installation as completed and before any underground portions are covered. Inspection shall be made by the director or his/her designee. (Ord. 926 § 1 (part), 2012).

13.20.100 Connection permit—Existing extension.

In the event that a person who desires to connect to the public sewer system of the city of Connell has previously hereto had a connection line from said public sewer system brought up to the property line of said applicant, then said applicant shall obtain a connection permit in accordance with Section 13.20.080. (Ord. 926 § 1 (part), 2012).

13.20.110 Sewer installation contractor—Contractor registration required.

Any contractor who shall contract to make sewer installations in the city shall be a contractor currently and validly registered as a general contractor or a plumbing specialty contractor with the state of Washington pursuant to the requirements of Chapter 18.27 RCW et seq. (Ord. 926 § 1 (part), 2012).

13.20.120 Sewer installation contractor—Job permit—Notice of commencement.

After approval and issuance of a permit to a contractor as provided in Section 13.20.090, the contractor, before commencement of any work in city streets or alleys, shall secure a right-of-way permit from the director prior to commencement of the work and shall advise the director of the date and time the work is to be commenced and the contractor shall also be responsible to see that the required sewer connection permit has been obtained from the city clerk-treasurer prior to commencement of the work on any sewer connection. (Ord. 926 § 1 (part), 2012).

13.20.130 Sewer connection work—Permits required.

Any individual not a contractor desiring to perform work in the city streets or alleys relative to sewer connection shall before commencing the work secure a sewer connection permit from the city clerk-treasurer and shall also secure a right-of-way permit to work in city streets or alleys from the director prior to the commencement of the work and shall advise the director of the date and time the work is to be commenced and who shall perform it. (Ord. 926 § 1 (part), 2012).

13.20.140 Sewer lines in streets or alleys—Specifications.

All sewer lines installed in streets or alleys of the city shall conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing codes, the city of Connell public works standard specifications and standard plans as amended for the construction of public facilities 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 current version of the Washington State Department of Transportation Standard Specifications for Road, Bridge and Municipal Construction shall apply. (Ord. 926 § 1 (part), 2012).

13.20.150 Side sewer lines—Separate required.

A separate and independent side sewer line shall be provided for each building, for connection with the public sewer system in accordance with the Uniform Plumbing Code. (Ord. 926 § 1 (part), 2012).

13.20.160 Side sewer connection.

All side sewers connecting with the public sewer system must be connected in accordance with and meet the specifications of the Uniform Plumbing Code. (Ord. 926 § 1 (part), 2012).

13.20.170 Excavation requirements.

All excavations for building sewer installations shall be properly safeguarded with lights and barricades so that the same may not be a menace to public safety. All streets, sidewalks, alleys, parkways, and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the city. (Ord. 926 § 1 (part), 2012).

13.20.180 Interceptors.

(a) Grease, oil and sand interceptors or traps shall be provided in all cases where a structure is used as a restaurant, food preparation center or for similar functions, or when, in the opinion of the director, they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid waste containing grease in excessive amounts, or any flammable waste, sand or other harmful ingredients; provided, however, that these traps may not be required for private dwelling structures. All interceptors or traps shall be provided by the owner and shall be of a type and capacity approved by the director and shall be located so as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection. The interceptor or trap shall be routinely cleaned and maintained by the owner at the owner’s expense.

(b) Existing restaurants, food preparation centers or structures with similar functions which, as of the effective date of the ordinance codified in this section, do not have a functioning grease trap shall be considered legal but nonconforming. Such nonconformance may continue and may be maintained and repaired as necessary; provided, however, that any expansion of the service capacity of the facility or the structure by fifty percent, or any reconstruction, remodeling or structural alteration of the facility, which includes alterations to the wastewater disposal system, shall include the installation of a grease trap as required in this section. The sale or lease of a nonconforming restaurant, food preparation center or structure with similar functions, which is nonconforming as defined in this section, shall not mandate a new grease trap.

(c) When required by the director, the owner of any property serviced by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable control manhole together with such necessary meters and other appurtenances in the building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of the wastes. Such manhole, when required, shall be accessibly and safely located, and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the director. The manhole shall be installed by the owner at his/her expense, and shall be maintained by him/her so as to be safe and accessible at all times. (Ord. 926 § 1 (part), 2012).

13.20.190 Connection by city—Cost assessment—Lien.

In the event the building sewer and connection are not made within the time herein provided for following notice, the director is authorized and directed to cause the same to be made and to file a statement of the cost thereof with the city clerk-treasurer and thereupon a warrant shall be issued under the direction of the city council against the sewer fund for the payment of such cost. Such amount, plus interest at the rate of eight percent per annum computed monthly upon the total amount of the cost, shall be assessed against the property upon which such building sewer and connection have not been placed as required, and shall become a lien thereon as herein provided. All costs associated with administering the placement of the lien shall be added to the total amount subject to collection from the property owner. Such total amount, when collected, shall be paid into the sewer fund. (Ord. 926 § 1 (part), 2012).

13.20.200 Sewer service charges.

(a) The regular monthly charges for sewer service shall be assessed in amounts established by the city’s master fee resolution per each equivalent residential unit or part thereof. The regular charge for sewer service shall include the cost to the utility for all state and local excise and occupational taxes.

(b) The sums collected pursuant hereto shall be used for the following purposes:

(1) To pay the cost of operation and maintenance for such system and facilities;

(2) To pay any remaining costs incurred in constructing the sanitary sewer and disposal system of the city, including the payment of principal, interest, and sinking fund requirements of any revenue bonds issued therefor;

(3) To pay all costs incurred in any additions, improvements and replacements to the sanitary sewer and disposal system of the city, including payment of principal and interest and sinking fund requirements of any revenue bonds issued therefor;

(4) Other permissible charges and expenses incidental to the foregoing.

(c) For all sewer system customers other than residential, the director may review upon request a customer’s sewer system usage for the past twelve months, both as to strength and water usage, and adjust that customer’s ERU for calculating monthly sewer rates in accordance with the designated rate class contained within the city’s master fee resolution, for the next twelve months. The calculations of the director shall be subject to review by the city administrator if challenged.

(d) Industrial or commercial sewer system customers disposing nonstandard strength sewage, or where the industrial or commercial customer does not obtain water from the city’s domestic water system, will be subject to individually applied rates as established by the director. The director, at his discretion, may require the customer to measure discharge into the sewer system to assist in arriving at an appropriate rate. (Ord. 926 § 1 (part), 2012).

13.20.210 Connection charges and system participation fees.

In the case of all future connections, in addition to the terms set forth in Chapter 13.24, the following connection charges and system participation fees shall be paid to the city by the person desiring to make such connection, which charges shall be payable at the time application is made for permit to perform the work and make the connection:

(1) In the case where the city performs the connection to the public sewer system, a connection charge consisting of the actual costs to the city for the material, parts and labor, pertaining to the connection and service, plus an amount equal to twenty percent thereof, for administration and overhead cost, shall be assessed to the customer. The director may periodically compute the average cost of the material, parts and labor for such connections from time to time, and file a schedule thereof, periodically, with the city clerk-treasurer.

(2) There is a one-time system participation fee for new services for single-family residential, multiple-family residential, single-unit commercial, and multiple-occupancy buildings and businesses, motels, inns, institutions, schools, light industrial and heavy industrial. The system participation fee shall be set forth as follows:

(a) The system participation fee shall be based on ERU (equivalent residential units) and assessed in an amount established by the city’s master fee resolution. Unless specifically provided otherwise, fees for connections involving more than one ERU are charged according to the number of ERUs calculated for the service to the new connection.

(b) Once a system participation fee has been paid for a property, it will not be collected again if the service is repaired or replaced in the future; provided, that the ERUs being served do not increase as a result of the modification.

(c) Industry standards for calculating appropriate ERU base values related to specific types of use such as those contained within the “Criteria for Sewage Works Design” (the “orange book”) published by the Washington State Department of Ecology may be used by applicants in determining system participation fees.

(3) Administrative Appeal. An applicant for sewer connection may appeal the system participation fee determination to the city administrator within thirty days of receiving the initial SPF determination from the city. The decision of the city administrator shall be provided within thirty working days of the appeal and shall serve as the final SPF determination. (Ord. 926 § 1 (part), 2012).

13.20.220 Low-income senior citizen and low-income disabled citizen rates.

(a) Low-income senior citizens or low-income disabled citizens, who meet the qualifications established by Section 1.20.010, shall be entitled to a reduced rate on their residential sewage service as set forth below:

(1) Class A designation, as established by Section 1.20.010, a fifty percent reduction in the rate charged pursuant to Section 13.20.200.

(2) Class B designation, as established by Section 1.20.010, a twenty-five percent reduction in the rate charged pursuant to Section 13.20.200.

(b) Eligibility to receive a reduced sewage service rate, pursuant to this section, shall be subject to the following conditions:

(1) The applicant must reside permanently in the residence to which the reduced rate is applied;

(2) The reduced rate is limited to one per eligible individual;

(3) The applicant must be the sole occupant, or the head of the household, or the spouse of the head of the household, of the residence receiving the reduced rate;

(4) The single-family residence to which the reduced rate applies must be connected directly to the city sewer system and billed separately for city sewer service.

(c) The application, determination of eligibility and administration of the low-income senior citizen or low-income disabled citizen domestic sewer rate shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 1.20.010. (Ord. 926 § 1 (part), 2012).

13.20.230 No service charge for unoccupied property upon request.

No charge will be made for sewer service to unoccupied property upon written request of the owner; provided, however, that a full month’s sewer service charge shall be charged during the month sewer service is ordered discontinued and/or continued; excepting the sewer service charge shall at all times be in effect while water is turned on at the property. “Unoccupied” for the purpose of this section shall mean the absence from the property by an individual or family who occupied the property and has no present intention to return to the premises and occupy the premises in the future. (Ord. 926 § 1 (part), 2012).

13.20.240 Payment of charges.

Bills for sewer service shall be issued on the first day of each month covering service provided beginning the twenty-first day two months prior and ending the twentieth day of the preceding month. Utility bills are due on the fifteenth day of the month of issuance for nondelinquent accounts. Failure by a customer to pay service charges for any billing period before the sixteenth day of the month shall result in a delinquent account. All payments and collections for sewer service shall be paid into the sewer fund. (Ord. 926 § 1 (part), 2012).

13.20.250 Charges—Lien.

All charges for sewer connections and service and all service charges provided in this chapter, or as may be hereafter amended, together with penalties and interest thereon, shall be a lien upon the property with which such connections are made or to which such sewerage service is rendered, superior to all other liens and encumbrances whatsoever, except for general taxes and local special assessments. Such shall be made effective, be recorded, foreclosed, and other procedure taken, as provided by statute, RCW 35.67.200 et seq. (Ord. 926 § 1 (part), 2012).

13.20.260 Termination of water service—Penalty payments.

(a) As an additional and concurrent method of enforcing the lien of the city for sewer charges, the director is authorized to turn off the water utility service to sewer customers who have failed to pay service charges for any billing period before the sixteenth day of the month in which the bill has been issued. Such service shall not be renewed until a delinquency charge in an amount established by the master fee resolution and interest at the rate of eight percent per year upon such unpaid charges and penalties, together with the additional service charge in an amount established in the master fee resolution for turning the domestic water on, shall have been paid.

(b) The city shall give notice to the customer when an account becomes delinquent. The delinquency charge shall be included on the customer’s next monthly bill.

(c) In the case where the customer is delinquent on the payment of charges for more than one utility service, only one delinquency charge will be assessed during a monthly billing period.

(d) Commercial accounts shall be administered in the same manner as residential accounts, with modifications depending on the size of the delinquent amount, the service involved, and type of business.

(e) Prior to termination of a customer’s water utility service for delinquency, notice shall be given to the customer in accordance with Section 13.04.450. (Ord. 926 § 1 (part), 2012).

13.20.270 Appeals process – Potential termination of service.

A sewer customer has a right to an appeal of the potential termination of water service during the notice of termination period which shall be no less than seven calendar days following the delivery of the disconnect notice. The appeal procedures shall be administered in accordance with Section 13.04.460. (Ord. 926 § 1 (part), 2012).

13.20.280 Sewer extensions—Regulations—Use of old building sewers.

(a) It shall be the policy of the city of Connell to permit property owners not served by the city’s existing sewer system to extend the existing sewer main to serve their properties at their expense; provided, that all such sewer main extensions shall be constructed to the city’s specifications and under the supervision of the city’s director. This policy does not pertain to new development of previously undeveloped land or neighborhoods within the city.

(b) Any property owner desiring to make a sewer main extension under this chapter shall submit a tentative plan for such extension to the director and no work shall be commenced without the approval of the director.

(c) Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the director, to meet all requirements of this chapter.

(d) The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building sewer, 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 codes 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 within the standards listed in Section 13.02.010 shall apply. (Ord. 926 § 1 (part), 2012).

13.20.290 Sewer main extensions—City property upon completion.

Upon completion of such extensions of the sewer mains, the extensions shall become the property of the city of Connell. (Ord. 926 § 1 (part), 2012).

13.20.300 Inspection authorized—Right of entry.

The director and other duly authorized employees of the city bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter upon all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, and testing in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. (Ord. 926 § 1 (part), 2012).

13.20.310 Damaging sewer structures and equipment unlawful.

No unauthorized person shall maliciously, willfully, or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenances or equipment which is a part of the public sewer and wastewater disposal system. (Ord. 926 § 1 (part), 2012).

13.20.320 Notice of violations—Correction period.

Any person found to be violating any provision of Sections 13.20.030, 13.20.040, 13.20.060, 13.20.180, and 13.20.300 shall be served by the city with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations. (Ord. 926 § 1 (part), 2012).

13.20.330 Violations—Liability for damages.

Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall become liable to the city for any expense, loss or damage occasioned by the city by reason of such violation. (Ord. 926 § 1 (part), 2012).

13.20.340 Violations—Penalties.

In addition to any civil remedies, including but not necessarily limited to injunctive relief, and except in cases where a different penalty is prescribed by this chapter, the failure to perform any act required or the performance of any act prohibited by this chapter is designated as a civil infraction, and any person, firm or corporation found to have committed a civil infraction shall be assessed a monetary penalty, which penalty may not exceed one thousand dollars for each offense. Each day during which violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense and separate penalties may be assessed for each separate offense. (Ord. 926 § 1 (part), 2012).