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Title 18 : Water and Sewers
Chapter 2 : Sewer Use And Wastewater Treatment

18-203 : Connection to public sewers.

  1. Requirements for proper wastewater disposal.


    1. It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit, or permit to be deposited in any unsanitary manner on public or private property within the service area of the City of Baxter any human or animal excrement, garbage, or other objectionable waste.
    2. It shall be unlawful to discharge to any waters of the state within the service area of the city any sewage or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with provisions of this chapter.
    3. Except as herein provided, it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool, or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage.
    4. Except as provided in § 18-203(1)(e) below, the owner of all houses, buildings, or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purposes situated within the service area in which there is now located or may in the future be located a public sanitary sewer, is hereby required at his expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein, and to connect such facilities directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions of the chapter, within sixty (60) days after the date of official notice to do so, provided that said public sewer is within five hundred feet (500') of the property line over public access.
    5. The owner of a manufacturing facility may discharge wastewater to the waters of the state provided that he obtains an NPDES permit and meets all requirements of the Federal Clean Water Act, being 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq., the NPDES permit, and any other applicable local, state, or federal statutes and regulations.
    6. Where a public sanitary sewer is not available under the provisions of § 18-203(1)(d) above, the building sewer shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system complying with the provisions of § 18-204 of this chapter.
  2. Physical connection public sewer.


    1. No person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof. The city shall make all connections to the public sewer upon the property owner first obtaining a written permit from the city as required by § 18-206 of this chapter.

      The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the board of mayor and councilmen. A connection fee shall be paid to the city at the time the application is filed.

    2. All costs and expenses incident to the installation, connection, and inspection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the city from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
    3. A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building; except where one building stands at the rear of another on an interior lot and no private sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley, court, yard, or driveway, the building sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one (1) building sewer.
    4. Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and tested by the city, to meet all requirements of this chapter. All others may be sealed to the specifications of the city.
    5. Building sewers shall conform to the following requirements:

      1. The minimum size of a building sewer shall be as follows:

        1. Conventional sewer system: four inches (4").
        2. Small diameter gravity sewer: two inches (2").
        3. Septic tank effluent pump: one and one-fourth inches (1 1/4").
        4. Low pressure sewer system: one and one-fourth inches (1 1/4'').

        Where the septic tank becomes an integral part of the collection and treatment system, the minimum size influent line shall be four inches (4") and the minimum size of septic tank shall be one thousand (1,000) gallons. Septic tanks shall be constructed of polyethylene and protected from flotation. The city shall have the right, privilege, and authority to locate, inspect, operate, and maintain septic tanks which are an integral part of the collection and treatment system.

      2. The minimum depth of a building sewer shall be eighteen inches (18").
      3. Building sewers shall be laid on the following grades:


        1. Four inch (4") sewers: one-eighth inch (1/8") per foot.
        2. Two inch (2") sewers: three-eighths inch (3/8") per foot.
          Larger building sewers shall be laid on a grade that will produce a velocity when flowing full of at least two feet (2') per second.
      4. The slope and alignment of all building sewers shall be neat and regular.
      5. Building sewers shall be constructed only of ductile iron pipe class 50 or above or polyvinyl chloride pipe SDR-35 for gravity sewers and SDR-21 for pressure sewers. Joints shall be rubber or neoprene "O" ring compression joints. No other joints shall be acceptable.
      6. A cleanout shall be located five feet (5') outside of the building, one (1) as it crosses the property line and one (1) at each change of direction of the building sewer which is greater than forty-five (45) degrees. Additional cleanouts shall be placed not more than seventy-five feet (75') apart in horizontal building sewers of six inch (6") nominal diameter and not more than one hundred feet (100') apart for larger pipes. Cleanouts shall be extended to or above the finished grade level directly above the place where the cleanout is installed. A "Y" (wye) and one-eighth (1/8) bend shall be used for the cleanout base. Cleanouts shall not be smaller than four inches (4").
      7. Connections of building sewers to the public sewer system shall be made only by the city and shall be made at the appropriate existing wyes or tee branches using compression type couplings or collar type rubber joint with stainless steel bands. Where existing wye or tee branches are not available, connections of building services shall be made by either removing a length of pipe and replacing it with a wye or tee fitting using flexible neoprene adapters with stainless steel bands of a type approved by the city. All such connections shall be made gastight and watertight.
      8. The building sewer may be brought into the building below the basement floor when gravity flow from the building to the sanitary sewer is at a grade of one-eighth inch (1/8") per foot or more if possible. In cases where basement or floor levels are lower than the ground elevation at the point of connection to the sewer, adequate precautions by installation of check valves or other backflow prevention devices to protect against flooding shall be provided by the owner. In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such building drain shall be lifted by a pump and discharged to the building sewer at the expense of the owner.
      9. The methods to be used in excavating, placing of pipe, jointing, testing, backfilling the trench, or other activities in the construction of a building sewer which have not been described above shall conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing code or other applicable rules and regulations of the city or to the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM and Water Pollution Control Federal Manual of Practice No. 9. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the city before installation.
      10. An installed building sewer shall be gastight and watertight.
    6. All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways, and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the city.
    7. No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains, basement drains, or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater to a building directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
    8. Low pressure sewer system.
      1. Low pressure sewer systems shall be approved on a case-by-case basis by the board of mayor and councilmen.
      2. Pump type and manufacturer shall be as approved by the city based on the city policy for low pressure sewer, current edition.
      3. All pumps shall be individually owned by the property owner.
      4. Each pump shall serve only one (1) property.
      5. The city will perform the maintenance of the pump serving the individual property in accordance with the agreement for installation of the grinder pump pressure sewer systems and section.
      6. Any development proposed to be served by low pressure sewer shall have recorded covenants or deed restrictions explaining the responsibilities of the property owners and the city will have no responsibility for the maintenance of components located on private property.
      7. Low pressure sewer service lines shall be owned by the property owner from the pump station to a point of demarcation immediately prior to the line's discharge into a public gravity line or public force main. This point of demarcation will be located at the edge of the city easement or the edge of the right-of-way.
  3. Inspection of connections.


    1. The sewer connection and all building sewers from the building to the public sewer main line shall be inspected before the underground portion is covered, by the board of mayor and councilmen or its authorized representative.
    2. The applicant for discharge shall notify the city when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the board of mayor and councilmen or its representative.
  4. Maintenance of building sewers. Each individual property owner or user of the POTW shall be entirely responsible for the maintenance, which will include repair or replacement of the building sewer as deemed necessary by the board of mayor and councilmen to meet specifications of the city. (2011 Code, § 18-203, as amended by Ord. #2020-3, Sept. 2020 and Ord. #2020-7, Dec. 2020, modified)