Packet: Tiffin City Council Work Session (09/15/2026)

CHAPTER 95 SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM 95.07 USE OF EASEMENTS. The Superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the City bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all private properties through which the City holds a duly negotiated easement for the purposes of, but not limited to, inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, repair, and maintenance of any portion of the sewage works lying within said easement. All entry and subsequent work, if any, on said easement, shall be done in full accordance with the terms of the duly negotiated easement pertaining to the private property involved. 95.08 SPECIAL PENALTIES. The following special penalty provisions shall apply to violations of these Sanitary Sewer chapters: 1. Notice of Violation. Any person found to be violating any provision of these chapters except Subsections 1, 3, and 4 of Section 95.04, 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. 2. Continuing Violations. Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit provided for in Subsection 1 hereof shall be in violation of this Code. Each day in which any such violation shall continue shall be deemed a separate offense. 3. Liability Imposed. Any person violating any of the provisions of these chapters shall become liable to the City for any expense, loss, or damage occasioned the City by reason of such violation. 95.09 ABANDONED SEWER LINES. When an existing sanitary sewer service is abandoned or a service is renewed with a new connection in the main, all abandoned connections with the mains shall be capped off and made absolutely watertight. [The next page is 777] CODE OF ORDINANCES, TIFFIN, IOWA - 772 -