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Title 18, Chapter 1
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§ 18-101
Maryville
Title 18 : Water and Sewers
Chapter 2 : Sewage And Human Excreta Disposal

18-206 : Building sewers and connections.[6]

  1. Application for sewer service. No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any POTW or appurtenances thereof. Authorization may be obtained from the control authority upon review of pertinent plans and payment of the appropriate fees.
    The customer or his/her agent shall make application at the customer service department. The application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information such as grease traps needed by restaurants, dining halls or other types of eating establishments, considered pertinent in the judgment of the control authority. A fee schedule is in effect for all connections, said fees shall be paid to the control authority at the time the application is filed. Applicants for non residential sewer service shall provide a description of the constituents of the waste and may be required to provide a laboratory analysis of the waste, or of a similar waste stream if there are other facilities in operation.
  2. Connections. All costs and expense incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the customer. The customer shall indemnify the city from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer. The connection to the POTW shall be inspected by the control authority before the underground portion is buried.

  3. Installation and maintenance. The new building sewer may be brought into the building below the basement floor when gravity flow from the building to the POTW at a minimum grade consistent with the requirements of the control authority is possible. Where basement or floor elevations to be served are lower than the ground overflow elevation of the upstream manhole of the POTW line servicing the property, adequate precautions by the installation of check valves or other approved backflow prevention devices to help protect against flooding shall be provided by the owner. The control authority shall have the right to review and approve all check valves and backflow prevention devices. Said check valves or backflow prevention devices shall be located such as to provide access for maintenance and shall be installed in a valve pit to allow access without excavation for normal maintenance operations. In all buildings in which a building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the POTW, wastes carried by said building drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer at the expense of the customer. Pumps or other devices shall be reviewed and approved by the control authority.

    No person shall make connection of roof down spouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater to a build sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to the POTW. If, during periodic system inspections, the city locates a point of entry of infiltration/inflow in an owner's building sewer, the owner shall repair the defect(s) at his/her own expense and furthermore notify the city upon completion so that an inspection of the repair can be made prior to covering of the repair.

    All excavation for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights or other means 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 control authority.

    All building connections and maintenance shall be subject to the currently adopted version of the International Plumbing Code6 by ICC, as amended by the City of Maryville and the Rules, Regulations, Rates and Policies of the City of Maryville Water and Sewer Department. The Rules, Regulations, Rates and Policies of the City of Maryville Water and Sewer Department are available on the city's website and on file with the State of Tennessee. In cases of conflict the stricter requirements shall rule. (Ord. #2021-42, Dec. 2021)

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Municipal code reference
Plumbing code, title 12, chapter 2.