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Title 18 : Water and Sewers
Chapter 1 : Sewer Use Ordinance

18-103 : Use of and connection to public sewers.

  1. Requirements.

    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 board, any human or animal excrement, garbage, or other objectionable waste; and it shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the service area of the board any wastewater or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with this ordinance. Except as hereinafter 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.

  2. Availability. The owner of all houses, buildings, or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purposes situated within the service area and abutting any street, alley, or right-of-way 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 a direct connection to the public sewer shall be made within thirty (30) days after date of official notice to do so, provided the sewer is available. The sewer should be considered available where the first floor of the building above or on ground level can be served in accordance with the board's rules and regulations and general practice. Where a sewer is available, it will be presumed that the wastewater from the premises is discharged either directly or indirectly into the sewer, and the property shall be billed for sewerage service. However, if the making of connection is delayed, the property shall be subject to such charges thirty (30) days after the sewer is accepted by the treatment works. Any septic tanks, cesspools, and similar private wastewater disposal facilities shall be abandoned. An extension of time may be granted by the general manager for cause.
  3. Connection to public sewer.
    1. No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance therefore without first obtaining a written permit from the general manager.
    2. 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 building sewer.
    3. The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform to the rules and regulations the board may establish and the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM and WPCF Manual of Practice No. 9. All such connections shall be made gastight and watertight. Any deviations from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the general manager before installation.
    4. The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building sewer, and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing, and backfilling the trench, shall conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing code or other applicable rules and regulations of the board. In the absence of code provisions or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM and WPCF Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply.
    5. 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.
    6. No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundations, drains, areaway drains, basement drains or other sources of surface runoff groundwater to a building sewer which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
    7. All costs and expense incident to the installation, connection, and inspection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the board from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
  4. Inspection of connections. The sewer connection and all sewer laterals from the building to the sewer main line shall be inspected by an inspector of the board before any underground portion is covered.
  5. Use and maintenance of building sewers. Building sewers that have been previously used but have been abandoned due to the razing of the building structure may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the superintendent, to meet all requirements of this ordinance. All others may be sealed to the specifications of the board. Each individual property owner or user of the POTW shall be entirely responsible for the maintenance of the building sewer located on private property. This maintenance will include repair or replacement of the service line as deemed necessary by the superintendent to meet specifications of the board.
  6. Private wastewater disposal. Where a public sanitary sewer is not available, the building sewer shall be connected to a private wastewater disposal system complying with the provisions of this ordinance and requirements of the Cocke County Health Department.
  7. Interruption of service. The board shall not be liable for any damage resulting from failure or overflow of any sewer main, service pipes or valves, or by discontinuing the operation of its wastewater collections, treatment and disposal facilities for repair, extensions, or connections or from the accidental failure of the wastewater collection, treatment and disposal facilities from any cause whatsoever. In cases of emergency the board shall have the right to restrict the use of its wastewater collection, treatment and disposal facilities in any reasonable manner for the protection of the board and the treatment works.
  8. Discontinuance of service and refusal to connect service. The board shall, after written notice, and allowance of a reasonable time for remedial action, have the right to discontinue service or to refuse to render service for a violation of, or a failure to comply with, this ordinance, the rules and regulations, the customer's application and agreement for service, or the payment of any obligation due to the board. Such right to discontinue service shall apply to all service received through a single tap or service, even though more than one (1) customer or tenant is furnished service therefrom, and even though the delinquency or violation is limited to only one such customer or tenant. Discontinuance of service by the board for any causes stated in this ordinance shall not release the customer from liability for service already received or from liability for payments that thereafter become due under the minimum bill provisions or other provisions of the customer's agreement. The board shall have the right to refuse to render service to any applicant whenever the applicant or any member of the household, apartment or dwelling unit to which such service is to be furnished, is in default in the payment of any obligation to the board or has heretofore had his service disconnected because of a violation of this ordinance or the rules and regulations of the board. (Ord. # _____, Oct. 1980)