A. No person except employees of the water department, its independent contractors, agents, or assigns in the performance of their duties shall construct or alter a public sewer, a sewage pumping plant, a private sewer in a public street or a house connection or make a connection from a building sewer to a house connection without first obtaining a permit from the general manager. No person, except a person holding a valid permit issued by the plumbing division of the planning and building department or other administrative official of the city authorized to issue such permit, shall construct or alter any private sewer on private property, sewer lateral, sewage treatment plant, private sewage system, sewage pumping plant, industrial wastewater pretreatment plant, interceptor, or other similar appurtenances or devices in the city without first obtaining a permit from the general manager.
B. No permit shall be issued to any person to construct or alter any sewer within a public street, unless the person holds a valid sewer contractor’s license, except that a permit shall be issued to:
1. A person holding a valid permit issued by the plumbing division of the planning and building department authorizing the installation of a sewer lateral may be issued a permit to connect the house connection to the connecting sewer on private property or at the property line;
2. A county sanitation district when the work is to be performed by employees or contractors of the county sanitation district. (Ord. C-7173 § 10 (part), 1994: prior code § 7570.2).

The general manager shall furnish to an applicant for a permit under this chapter or the rules, regulations and charges governing water and sewer service a printed form of application. The applicant shall furnish the information which is necessary to complete the form and, if necessary, shall furnish such additional information as may be required by the general manager so as to enable him to determine whether the proposed work or use complies with the provisions of this chapter and the rules, regulations and charges governing water and sewer service and other statutes and ordinances pertaining to such work or use. (Ord. C-7173 § 10 (part), 1994: prior code § 7570.3).

The permit shall provide that the person to whom a permit is granted shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless the city, the board of water commissioners, their officials, employees and agents from and against any and all claims, demands, damages, causes of action, loss, or liability which the city, the board of water commissioners, their officials, employees or agents may incur arising from or in any manner connected with any work or use authorized under the permit. (Ord. C-7173 § 11, 1994: prior code § 7570.5).

The general manager may require that a permit for a sewer lateral be applied for as a main line sewer if the proposed house connection has a slope of less than one-fourth inch per foot or there are obstructions in the public street which will interfere with the installation. (Ord. C-7173 § 12 (part), 1994: prior code § 7570.8).

No person except an official, agent or employee of the city or a person authorized by the city shall tap a main line sewer. If a person desires to connect a sewer lateral to a main line sewer and in the opinion of the general manager no suitable wye, tee or chimney exists to which the connection can be made, then the person shall file an application with the general manager to have installed a saddle. If a main line sewer is to be tapped for the installation of a saddle, the person shall do all excavation work necessary to expose the main line sewer. The person shall pay to the water department the cost of tapping the main line and installing the saddle at the rate stated on the sewer permit and inspection fee schedule or, if no rate is stated therein, as stated in the rules, regulations and charges governing water and sewer service. (Ord. C-7173 § 12 (part), 1994: Ord. C-5406 § 1, 1978: prior code § 7570.24).

Before the use of any sewer lateral is discontinued, the person discontinuing the use, or a person authorized by him to do so, shall apply for and obtain from the general manager a permit to cut and cap the sewer. The permit shall specify the manner in which the sewer is to be cut and capped and the person to whom the permit is issued shall comply with the provisions of the permit. (Ord. C-7173 § 12 (part), 1994: prior code § 7570.25).

Permits issued under this chapter or by the general manager, except industrial wastewater disposal permits and permits for disposal of wastewater, are not transferable and a sewer connection shall not be made at any place other than the location specifically designated in the permit provided, however, that if the construction or installation is fully completed pursuant to a permit issued under this chapter or by the general manager, then the successor in interest of the facility or facilities so constructed or installed shall not be required to obtain a permit to use the facility or facilities. The successor in interest shall comply with all other provisions of Chapters 15.04 through 15.28 of this code and with the rules, regulations and charges governing water and sewer service. (Ord. C-7173 § 13, 1994: prior code § 7570.37).