Ordinances-1964-55

ORDINANCE NO. 55 AN ORDINANCE REGULATING CONNECTIONS WITH THE MUNICIPAL SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM Be It Enacted by the Council of the Town of Tiffin: SECTION 1. Purpose. The purpose of this ordinance is to establish the procedure and regulations to be followed in making private connections to the public sanitary sewers of this town in order to protect the public health, safety and welfare. SECTION 2. Definitions. For use within this ordinance the following terms are defined: A "public sewer" is a common sanitary sewer directly controlled by public authority. A "private sewer" is a sanitary building drain and sewer privately owned and not directly controlled by public authority. A "sanitary sewer" is a pipe that carries sewage and excludes storm, surface and ground water. A "building drain" is that part of the lowest piping of a drainage system that receives the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer, which begins three feet outside the building wall. A "building sewer" is that part of the horizontal piping of a drainage system that extends from the end of the building drain, receiving the discharge of the building drain and conveying it to a public sanitary sewer, private sanitary sewer, individual sewage disposal system or other point of disposal. "Sewage" is any liquid waste containing animal or vegetable matter in suspension or solution, and may include liquids containing chemicals in solution. A "person" means any individual person, partnership, corporation or other association. SECTION 3. Enforcement. The superintendent or designated representative of the council shall supervise the installations of private sewers and their connections with public sewers in this town and enforce all regulations pertaining thereto in accordance with this ordinance. This ordinance shall apply to all replacements of existing sewers as well as to new sewers. The superintendent or designated representative of the council may make such regulations as are necessary and that do not conflict with this ordinance. SECTION 4. Adoption of state plumbing code. The installation of any private sewer and its connection with a public sewer shall comply fully with all pertinent and applicable provisions, whether regulatory, procedural or enforcement provisions, of the 1964 State Plumbing Code as published in accordance with the provisions of chapter 135, Code of Iowa 1962, and chapter 66, Laws of the 60th General Assembly, which are hereby adopted. An official copy of the 1964 State Plumbing Code as adopted and a certified copy of this ordinance are on file in the office of the town clerk for public inspection. SECTION 5. License required. Any installation of a private sewer and its connection to a public sewer shall be made by a plumber licensed or given written approval by the town council. The superintendent or designated representative of the council shall have the power to suspend the license or approval of any plumber for violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance; a suspension, unless revoked, shall continue until the next regular meeting of the town council. The superintendent or designated representative of the council shall notify the plumber immediately by personal written notice of the suspension, the reasons for the suspension and the time and place of the council meeting at which he will be granted a hearing. At this council meeting the superintendent or designated representative of the council shall make a written report to the council stating his reasons for the suspension, and the council, after fair hearing, shall revoke the suspension or take any further action that is necessary and proper.