(A)  The municipality owns and operates the municipal sewer system through the City Supervisor.

(B)  The governing body, for the purpose of defraying the cost of the operation, maintenance and replacement (OM&R) of the municipal sewer system, may establish a user charge system based on actual use and revise the charges, if necessary, to accomplish the following:

(1)   Maintain the proportional distribution of operation, maintenance and replacement (OM&R) costs among users and user classes;

(2)   Generate adequate revenues to pay the costs of OM&R; and

(3)   Apply excess revenues collected from a class of users to the costs of OM&R attributable to that class for the next year and adjust the rates accordingly.

(C)  The revenue from the said user charge system based on actual use shall be known as the Sewer Maintenance Fund. The City Supervisor shall have the direct management and control of the Sewer Department and shall faithfully carry out the duties of his or her office. He or she shall have the authority to adopt rules and regulations for the sanitary and efficient management of the Department subject to the supervision and review of the governing body.

(Neb. RS 17-149, 17-925.01; 1999 Code, § 3-201)

For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

ASTM.  The American Society for Testing Materials or publications thereof.

BOD (Biochemical Oxygen Demand). The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days at 20°C, expressed in milligrams per liter.

Building Drain. The part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste or other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer beginning two feet outside the building wall.

Building Sewer. The extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal.

City Supervisor. The City Supervisor of the City of Hebron, or his or her authorized deputy, agent or representative.

Combined Sewer.  A sewer receiving both surface, runoff and sewage.

Garbage. Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.

Health Officer. A person having public health responsibility by the state, or by the county.

Industrial Wastes. The liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes, trade or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.

Municipality.  The City of Hebron, Nebraska.

Natural Outlet. Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or groundwater.

Person.  Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation or group.

pH.  The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.

Properly Shredded Garbage. The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle greater than one-half inch (1.27 centimeters) in any dimension.

Public Sewer. A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights, and is controlled by public authority.

Sanitary Sewer. A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.

Sewage. A combination of the  water-carried wastes from residences,  business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments together with such ground, surface and storm waters as may be present.

Sewage Treatment Plant. Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage.

Sewage Works.  All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage.

Sewer.  A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.

Shall.  Mandatory; the term May is permissive.

Slug. Any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste which in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow exceeds for any period of duration longer than 15 minutes more than five times the average 24-hour concentration or flows during normal operation.

Storm Drain. Sometimes termed “storm sewer”, shall mean a sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage, but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling water.

Suspended Solids. Solids that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension in water, sewage or other liquids, and are removable by filtering.

Uniform Plumbing Code. The latest revision of the Uniform Plumbing Code published by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials.

WPCF.  The Water Pollution Control Federation or publications thereof.

Watercourse. A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.

(1999 Code, § 3-202)

Any person wishing to connect with the sewer system shall make an application therefor to the Municipal Clerk. The Municipal Clerk may require any applicant to make a service deposit in such amount as he or she deems necessary subject to the review of the governing body. Sewer service may not be supplied to any house or building except upon the written order of the City Supervisor. Nothing herein shall be construed to obligate the municipality to provide sewer service to nonresidents.

(Neb. RS 17-149, 18-503; 1999 Code, § 3-203)

The municipality through the Municipal Sewer Department shall furnish sewer services to persons within its corporate limits whose premises abut a street or alley in which a commercial main is now or may hereafter be laid. The municipality may also furnish sewer service to persons whose premises are situated outside the corporate limits of the municipality, as and when, according to law, the governing body may see fit to do so. The rules, regulations and sewer rental rates hereinafter named in this chapter, shall be considered a part of every application hereafter made for sewer service and shall be considered a part of the contract between every customer now or hereafter served. Without further formality, the making of the application on the part of any applicant or the use of sewer service by present customers thereof shall constitute a contract between the customer and the municipality to which said contract both parties are bound. If the customer shall violate any of the provisions of said contract or any reasonable rules and regulations that the governing body may hereafter adopt, the City Supervisor, or his or her agent, may cut off or disconnect the sewer service from the building or premises of such violation. No further connection for sewer service to said building or premises shall again be made save or except by order of the City Supervisor or his or her agent.

(Neb. RS 17-901, 17-902, 18-503; 1999 Code, § 3-204)

Contracts for sewer service are not transferable. Any person wishing to change from one location to another shall make a new application and sign a new contract. If any customer shall move from the premises where service is furnished, or if the said premises is destroyed by fire or other casualty, he or she shall at once inform the City Supervisor who shall cause the sewer service to be shut off from the said premise. If the customer should fail to give notice, he or she shall be charged for that period of time until the City Supervisor is otherwise advised of such circumstances.

(Neb. RS 17-901, 17-902, 18-503; 1999 Code, § 3-205)

(A)  Monthly sewer rates for the City of Hebron are hereby established as follows:

January 1, 2024-December 31, 2024.

(1)   Monthly Sewer Fee (all users): $ 19.00

(2)   Surcharge for each 100 cubic feet of water or portion thereof used during the base period (defined below): $ 1.60

January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025.

(1)   Monthly Sewer Fee (all users): $ 21.00

(2)   Surcharge for each 100 cubic feet of water or portion thereof used during the base period (defined below): $ 1.70

January 1, 2026- December 31, 2026

(1)   Monthly Sewer Fee (all users): $ 23.00

(2)   Surcharge for each 100 cubic feet of water or portion thereof used during the base period (defined below): $ 1.80

(B)  The base period referenced above shall be the average monthly usage as determined from comparison of the preceding December 15 through February 15th water records for all residential and commercial users, except schools and industrial users. All school and industrial user base periods shall be monthly water usage as determined from the latest water reading.

(C)  All users discharging BOD5 load of over 300mg/l, or a TSS loading of over 350mg/l or 25 mg/l of total Ammonia (NH3), as determined by the City, shall pay a surcharge on the excess as described below:

Surcharge per BOD5 during the month billed $0.19

Surcharge per #TSS during the month billed $0.12

Ammonia (NH3) $0.13

(D)  The surcharge identified above shall be based on at least one 24-hour composite sample taken within the month billed. The cost for sampling shall be paid by the user if the results show a loading in excess of the limits established in subsection (C).

(E)   All sewer use fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the general sewer fund of the City of Hebron.

(F)   Any user who discharges any pollutant which causes an increase in the cost of managing the influent, effluent, or the sludge or which causes damage to the sewer collection center, lift stations and equipment of treatment facility, shall be responsible for and pay for such increased costs and/or damage, or shall pre-treat the waste so as to remove the pollutant. The decision to pre-treat the waste or pay the surcharge established by the Council may only be made if the Council, by majority vote, approves the discharge and establishes the surcharge.

(G)  All use fees as set forth in the above schedules shall be payable each month and shall be combined for billing by the City with the statement for other utility services.

(Ord. 961)

The governing body shall review, at least annually, the user charge system and revise the charges, if necessary, to accomplish the following:

(A)  Maintain the proportional distribution of operation, maintenance and replacement (OM&R) costs among users and user classes;

(B)  Generate adequate revenues to pay the costs of OM&R; and

(C)  Apply excess revenues collected from a class of users to the costs of OM&R attributable to that class for the next year and adjust the rates accordingly.

(1999 Code, § 3-206:207)

Each user will be notified, at least annually, with a regular bill, of the rate and that portion of the user charges ad valorem taxes which are attributable to wastewater treatment.

(1999 Code, § 3-208)

The governing body may classify for the purpose of rental fees the customers of the Municipal Sewer Department; provided, that such classifications are reasonable and do not discriminate unlawfully against any consumer or group of consumers.

(Neb. RS 17-925.02; 1999 Code, § 3-209)

No sewer connection will be permitted for areas outside the corporate limits of the municipality until the developer or owner obtains approval from the Mayor and City Council. Any sewer lines needed to connect with existing municipal sewer mains and laterals must conform to municipal and state specifications for the same.

(1999 Code, § 3-214)

(A)  The Municipal Sewer Department may require the owner of any property which is within the municipality and connected to the public sewers or drains to repair or replace any connection line which serves the owner’s property and is broken, clogged or otherwise in need of repair or replacement. The property owner’s duty to repair or replace such a connection line shall include those portions upon the owner’s property and those portions upon public property or easements up to and including the point of junction with the public main.

(B)  The City Supervisor shall give the property owner notice by registered letter or certified mail, directed to the last-known address of such owner or the agent of such owner, directing the repair or replacement of such connection line. If within 30 days of mailing such notice the property owner fails or neglects to cause such repairs or replacements to be made, the City Supervisor may cause such work to be done and assess the cost upon the property served by such connection.

(Neb. RS 18-1748; 1999 Code, § 3-231)

(A)  No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, uncontaminated cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer.

(B)  Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as storm sewers as approved by the City Supervisor or to drainage ditches. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged, on approval of the City Supervisor, to a storm sewer or natural outlet. Such  flows are also subject to federal and  state regulations.

(1999 Code, § 3-232)

(A)  Flammable, toxic, corrosive and obstructive substances. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described waters or wastes to any public sewers:

(1)   Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas

(2)   Any waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous solids, liquids or gases in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with other wastes, to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals, create a public nuisance, or create any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment plant;

(3)   Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 6.0 or higher than 9.0, or having any other property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment and personnel of the sewage works; or

(4)   Solid or viscous substances in quantities or of such size capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers, or other interference with the proper operation of the sewage works such as, but not limited to, ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, unground garbage, whole blood, paunch manure, hair and fleshings, entrails and paper dishes, cups, milk containers and the like, either whole or ground by garbage grinders.

(B)  Specific prohibitions determined by City Supervisor; preliminary treatment.

(1)   No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged the following described substances, materials, waters or wastes if it appears likely in the opinion of the City Supervisor that such wastes can harm either sewers, sewage treatment process or equipment, have an adverse effect on the receiving stream, or can otherwise endanger life, limb, public property or constitute a nuisance. In forming his or her opinion as to the acceptability of these wastes, the City Supervisor will give consideration to such factors as the quantities of subject wastes in relation to flows and velocities in the sewers, materials of construction of the sewers, nature of the sewage treatment process, capacity of the sewage treatment plant, and other pertinent factors. The substances prohibited are:

(a)   Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 120°F (49°C);

(b)   Any water or waste containing fats, wax, grease or oils, whether emulsified or not, in excess of 100 milligrams per liter or containing substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between 32°F and 120°F (0 and 49°C);

(c)   Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. The installation and operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a motor of three-fourths horsepower (0.76 hp metric) or greater shall be subject to the review and approval of the City Supervisor;

(d)   Any waters or wastes containing strong acid pickling wastes, or concentrated plating solutions whether neutralized or not;

(e)   Any water or wastes containing iron, chromium, copper, zinc and similar objectionable or toxic substances; or wastes exerting an excessive chlorine requirement, to such degree that any such material received in the composite sewage at the sewage treatment works exceeds the limits established by the City Supervisor for such materials, or pre-treatment requirements established by state, federal or other public agencies of jurisdiction for such discharge;

(f)   Any waters or wastes containing phenols or other taste- or odor-producing substances, in such concentrations exceeding limits which may be established by the City Supervisor as necessary, after treatment of the composite sewage, to meet the requirements of state, federal or other public agencies of jurisdiction for such discharge;

(g)   Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration as may exceed limits established by the City Supervisor in compliance with applicable state or federal regulations;

(h)   Materials which exert or cause:

1.    Unusual concentrations of inert suspended solids (such as, but not limited to, Fuller’s earth, lime slurries and lime residues) or of dissolved solids, (such as but not limited to, sodium chloride or sodium sulfate);

2.    Excessive discoloration (such as, but not limited to, dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions);

3.    Unusual BOD, chemical oxygen demand or chlorine requirements in such quantities as to constitute a significant load on the sewage treatment works; or

4.    Unusual volume of flow or concentration of wastes constituting “slugs” as defined

(i)    Water or wastes  containing substances  which are not amenable to treatment or reduction by the sewage treatment processes employed, or are amenable to treatment only to such degree that the sewage treatment plant effluent cannot meet the requirements of other agencies having jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving waters; or

(j) Any waters or wastes having: a five-day biochemical oxygen demand greater than 300 parts per million by weight; containing more than 350 parts per million by weight of suspended solids; or having an average daily flow greater than 2% the average sewage flow of the municipality, shall be subject to the review of the City Supervisor.

(2)   (a)    Where necessary, in the opinion of the City Supervisor, the owner shall provide at his or her expense, such preliminary treatment as may be necessary to:

1.    Reduce the biochemical oxygen demand to 300 parts per million by weight;

2.    Reduce the suspended solids to 350 parts per million by weight; or

3.    Control the quantities and rates of discharge of such waters or wastes.

(b)   Plans, specifications and any other pertinent information relating to proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted for the approval of the City Supervisor and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced until said approvals are obtained in writing.

(C)  Rejection, pre-treatment; control of discharge rate, or use fee surcharge.

(1)   If any waters or wastes are discharged, or are proposed to be discharged to the public sewers, which waters contain the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in division (B) above, and which in the judgment of the City Supervisor, may have a deleterious effect upon the sewage works, processes, equipment or receiving waters, or would otherwise create a hazard to life to constitute a public nuisance, the City Supervisor may:

(a)   Reject the wastes;

(b)   Require pretreatment to an acceptable condition for discharge to the public sewers;

(c)   Require control over the quantities and rates of discharge; and/or

(d)   Require payment to cover the added cost of handling and treating the wastes not covered by existing taxes or sewer charges.

(2)   If the City Supervisor permits the pretreatment or equalization of waste flows, the design and installation of the plants and equipment shall be subject to the review and approval of the City Supervisor, and subject to the requirements of all applicable codes, ordinances and laws.

(1999 Code, § 3-233:235)

(A)  Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion of the City Supervisor, they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts, or any flammable wastes, sand or other harmful ingredients; except that such interceptors shall not be required for private living quarters or dwelling units.

(B)  All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the City Supervisor and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection.

(1999 Code, § 3-236)

Where preliminary treatment or flow-equalizing facilities are provided for any water wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner at his or her expense.

(1999 Code, § 3-237)

(A)  When required; installation and maintenance. When required by the City Supervisor, the owner of any property serviced by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable control manhole together with such necessary meters and other appurtenances in the building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of the wastes. Such manhole, when required, shall be accessibly and safely located, and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the City Supervisor. The manhole shall be installed by the owner at his or her expense, and shall be maintained by him or her so as to be safe and accessible at all times.

(B)  Method. All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes, to which reference is made in this chapter, shall be determined in accordance with the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, published by the American Public Health Association, and shall be determined at the control manhole provided, or upon suitable samples taken at said control manhole. In the event no special manhole has been required, the control manhole shall be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in the public sewer to the point at which the building sewer is connected. Sampling shall be carried out by customarily accepted methods to reflect the effect of constituents upon the sewage works and to determine the existence of hazards to life, limb and property. (The particular analyses involved will determine whether a 24-hour composite of all outfalls of a premises is appropriate or whether a grab sample or samples should be taken. Normally, but not always, BOD and suspended solids analyses are obtained from 24-hour composites of all outfalls whereas pH’s and heavy metals are determined from periodic grab samples.)

(1999 Code, § 3-238:239)

Any pretreatment standards as established by state, federal or other public agencies of jurisdiction for such discharge will be used as the minimum requirements by the municipality or the City Supervisor as applied to this chapter.

(1999 Code, § 3-240)

No unauthorized person shall maliciously, willfully or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance or equipment which is part of the sewage works. Any person violating this provision shall be subject to immediate arrest under charge of disorderly conduct.

(1999 Code, § 3-241)

(A)  Inspections generally. The City Supervisor and other duly authorized employees of the municipality bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The City Supervisor or his or her representatives shall have no authority to inquire into any processes including metallurgical, chemical, oil, refining, ceramic, paper or other industries beyond that point having a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the sewers or waterways or facilities for waste treatment. Any report, record or information taken for the purposes of administrating this chapter shall remain confidential to the City Supervisor, except that such report, record or information may be disclosed to other officials, employees or authorized representatives of the municipality and except for such effluent information as may be required by federal and state regulations.

(B)  Inspections; injury liability. While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in division (A) above, the City Supervisor or duly authorized employees of the municipality shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the company and the company shall be held harmless for injury or death to the municipal employees and the municipality shall indemnify the company against loss or damage to its property by municipal employees and against liability claims and demands for personal injury or property damage asserted against the company and growing out of the gauging and sampling operation, except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the company to maintain safe conditions as required in § 53.016(A).

(C)  Inspections; easements. The City Superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the municipality bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all private properties through which the municipality 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.

(1999 Code, § 3-242:244)

(A)  Any person found to be violating any provision of this chapter, except § 53.018, shall be served by the municipality 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.

(B)  Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall become liable to the municipality for any expense, loss or damage occasioned the municipality by reason of such violation, including such fines, penalties and other costs which may be assessed to the municipality for violation of sewage treatment plant effluent requirements, where such violation is created by a user of the sewage works who, in turn, is in violation of city, state or federal regulations.

(1999 Code, § 3-245)

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 municipality or within one mile of the corporate limits thereof, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said municipality, any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste.

(1999 Code, § 3-210)

It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the municipality, or within one mile of the corporate limits thereof, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said municipality, any sewage or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this chapter.

(1999 Code, § 3-211)

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.

(1999 Code, § 3-212)

The owner of all houses, buildings or properties used for human employment, recreation or other purposes, situated within the municipality and abutting on any street, alley or right-of-way in which there is now located or may in the future be located a public sanitary or combined sewer of the municipality, is hereby required at his or her expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein, and to connect such facilities directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this chapter within 90 days after date of official notice to do so; provided, that said public sewer is within 100 feet (30.5 meters) of the property line.

(1999 Code, § 3-213)

Where a public sanitary or combined sewer is not available under the provisions of § 53.038, the building sewer shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system complying with the provisions of this chapter.

(1999 Code, § 3-215)

(A)  Before commencement of construction of a private sewage disposal system, the owner shall first obtain a written permit signed by the City Supervisor.

(B)  The application for such permit shall be made on a form furnished by the municipality, which the applicant shall supplement by any plans, specifications and other information as are deemed necessary by the City Supervisor.

(C)  A permit inspection fee of $100 shall be paid to the municipality at the time the application is filed.

(1999 Code, § 3-216)

(A)  A permit for a private sewage disposal system shall not become effective until the installation is completed to the satisfaction of the City Supervisor.

(B)  He or she shall be allowed to inspect the work at any stage of construction and, in any event, the applicant for the permit shall notify the City Supervisor when the work is ready for final inspection, and before any underground portions are covered.

(C)  The inspection shall be made within 96 hours of the receipt of notice by the City Supervisor or his or her representative.

(1999 Code, § 3-217)

(A)  The type, capacities, location and layout of a private sewage disposal system shall comply with all recommendations of the Nebraska Division of Environmental Quality.

(B)  No permit shall be issued for any private sewage disposal system employing subsurface soil absorption facilities where the area of the lot is less than 20,000 square feet when a public water supply is used.

(C)  In the case of a private water supply, the minimum lot size will be 40,000 square feet.

(D)  No septic tank or cesspool system shall be permitted to discharge to any natural outlet.

(1999 Code, § 3-218)

The owner shall operate and maintain the private sewage disposal facilities in a sanitary manner at all times, at no expense to the municipality.

(1999 Code, § 3-219)

No statement contained in this chapter shall be construed to interfere with any additional requirements that may be imposed by the health officer.

(1999 Code, § 3-220)

(A)  At such time as a public sewer becomes available to a property served by a private sewage disposal system, as provided in § 53.038, a direct connection shall be made to the public sewer in compliance with this chapter, and any septic tanks, cesspools and similar private sewage disposal facilities shall be cleaned and filled according to division (B) below.

(B)  When a public sewer becomes available, the building sewer shall be connected to said sewer within 60 days and the private sewage disposal system shall be cleaned of sludge and filled with clean bank-run gravel, locally available chat or dirt.

(1999 Code, § 3-221)

No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connection with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the City Supervisor.

(1999 Code, § 3-222)

(A)  There shall be one class of building sewer permit for residential and commercial service. The owner or his or her agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the municipality.

(B)  The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the City Supervisor.

(C)  A permit and inspection fee of $10 for a residential or commercial building sewer permit shall be paid to the Municipal Clerk at the time the application is filed.

(D)  In the event it is necessary to secure permit for insertion of a new riser in addition to the fee herein provided for there is added the sum of $5.

(1999 Code, § 3-223)

(A)  All costs and expense incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner.

(B)  The owner shall indemnify the municipality from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.

(1999 Code, § 3-224)

A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building; except where one building stands at the rear of another or 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.

(1999 Code, § 3-225)

Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the City Supervisor, to meet all requirements of this chapter.

(1999 Code, § 3-226)

(A)  The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building sewer, and the methods to be used in excavation and backfilling the trench, installing jointing and testing the building sewer, shall conform to the Uniform Plumbing Code as hereinafter modified.

(1)   Minimum internal pipeline diameter for all building sewers shall be four inches.

(2)   Building sewers shall be constructed on one of the following pipeline materials.

(a)   Extra strength vitrified clay pipeline and fittings conforming to ASTM C 700-74.

(b)   Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) gravity sewer pipe and fittings, Type PSP or PSM conforming to ASTM Standards D 3033-75 or D 3034-74. All PVC sewer pipe shall be at least SDR 35.

(c)   Cast or Ductile Iron Pipe of Class 150 conforming to Federal Specification WW-P-421b or ANSI A21.6 or A21.8 except that iron used in the manufacture of pipe shall have minimum design strength value, in pounds per square inch, of 21,000 for burst-strength and 45,000 for modulus or rupture.

(B)  Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. 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 an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.

(C)  The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the Uniform Plumbing Code or other applicable rules and regulations of the municipality. All such connections shall be made gas-tight and water-tight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the City Supervisor before installation.

(1999 Code, § 3-227)

No person shall make connection of roof down spouts, exterior foundation, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.

(1999 Code, § 3-228)

(A)  The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the City Supervisor when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer.

(B)  The connection shall be made under the supervision of the City Supervisor or his or her representative with 96 hours of the receipt of notice of the City Supervisor.

(1999 Code, § 3-229)

(A)  All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard.

(B)  Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the municipality.

(1999 Code, § 3-230)

(A)  Any person, or any person’s agent or servant, who violates any of the provisions of this chapter, unless otherwise specifically provided herein, shall be deemed guilty of an offense and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $500. A new violation shall be deemed to have been committed every 24 hours of failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter.

(B)  (1)    Whenever a nuisance exists as defined in this chapter, the municipality may proceed by a suit in equity to enjoin, abate and remove the same in the manner provided by law.

(2)   Whenever, in any action, it is established that a nuisance exists, the court may, together with the fine or penalty imposed, enter an order of abatement as a part of the judgment in the case.

(Neb. RS 17-505, 18-1720, 18-1722; 1999 Code, § 3-1001; Ord. 744)