Each and every owner or any other person, firm, corporation, city department or political subdivision of the State or the United States by and upon the authority of such owner or any person whatsoever desiring to connect any property to the water and sewage system of the city of any lateral thereof shall at his, her or its own expense construct the connecting sewer line from his, her or its property to the city’s water and sewage system. Such owner or other person shall notify the City Clerk’s Office or the City Superintendent at least twenty­ four (24) hours in advance of the commencement of such construction and the construction of the connecting sewer line shall be under direction, supervision and approval of the City Superintendent.

(Code 1998, 13-201; Code 2022)

All sanitary sewer drains located at or below ground level in the city are hereby required to be protected with a check valve or lock system which shall enable the user of the sewer drain to block the sewer drain and make it impossible for sewer water to back up from the sewers through the sewer drain into the building in which the sewer drain is located.

(Code 1998, 13-202; Code 2022)

The users of the sewer drains described in Section 13-301 are further required to keep such drains locked or blocked at all times, except when it is necessary to use the sewer drain.

(Code 1998, 13-203; Code 2022)

The governing body of the city, when in its judgment the same is necessary for the protection and health of the public, may permit the connection of buildings located within the city, but outside the limits of any sewer district located in the city, to the water and sewage system of the city for the purpose of disposal of sewage from such building.

(Code 1998, 13-204; Code 2022)

No building which is located within the city but outside the limits of any sewer district located in the city, shall be connected to the city’s water and sewage system without the payment of a reasonable fee therefor which shall in no event be less than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) and shall be determined by the governing body of the city.

(Code 1998, 13-205; Code 2022)

Any sanitary sewer connection to the city’s water and sewage system as authorized by Section 15-204 hereof, shall be in full compliance with the city’s Plumbing Code.

(Code 1998, 13-206; Code 2022)

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to break, cut, remove or excavate any pavement, curb or gutter of the streets of the city unless such person, firm or corporation has first obtained a permit from the City Clerk.

(Code 1998, 13-207; Code 2022)

A permit shall be issued by the City Clerk upon the payment of Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00) and upon advising the City Clerk when and where the breaking, cutting, removing, or excavating shall be done.

(Code 1998, 13-208; Code 2022)

The contractor or owner whose property is affected shall complete the breaking, cutting, removing or excavating within forty-eight (48) hours after obtaining the permit and so advise the City Clerk when completed.

(Code 1998, 13-209; Code 2022)

The city shall backfill and repair the breaking, cutting, removing or excavating or the pavement, curb or gutter promptly upon receiving notice of the completion thereof as provided in Section 15-209 hereof.

(Code 1998, 13-210; Code 2022)

The person, firm or corporation obtaining the permit and the contractor, if there is a contractor, shall, until the pavement, curb or gutter is completely repaired, guard against injuries that may occur because of the breaking, cutting, removing or excavating by erecting suitable barricades and lights showing the extent thereof.

(Code 1998, 13-211; Code 2022)

The provisions of Sections 15-207 to 211 hereof, both inclusive, shall not apply to unpaved streets in the city.

(Code 1998, 13-212; Code 2022)