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SEWERS § 21-2 <br />"Suspended solids" means solids that are in suspension in sewage or waste <br />waters, and which are removable by laboratory filtering. <br />"Unoccupied unit" means a unit that is not occupied but has accessibility to a <br />sewer, plumbing fixtures located on it, and currently receives a water bill. <br />(1983 CC, c 21, art 1, sec 21-2; am 1985, ord 85-15, sec 1; am 1986, ord 86-119, sec 3; am <br />1987, ord 87-71, sec 1; am 1988, ord 88-7, sec 6; am 1989, ord 89-68, sec 2; am 1992, ord <br />92-77, secs 2 and 3; am 2000, ord 00-82, secs 1 and 2; am 2001, ord 01-108, sec 1; am <br />2002, ord 02-66, sec 8.) <br />Section 21-3. Tampering with public sewers. <br />A written permit from the director shall be required for any person to: <br />(1) Obstruct or otherwise make inaccessible any portion of the public sewer; <br />(2) Uncover or molest in any way, any public sewer; or <br />(3) Throw anything into any sewer manhole. <br />(1983 CC, c 21, art 1, sec 21-3; am 2002, ord 02-66, sec 4.) <br />Section 21-4. Sealing disconnected sewers. <br />No person shall remove or demolish any building or structure with plumbing <br />fixtures connected directly or indirectly with the public sewer without first notifying the <br />director of such intention. All openings in the sewer line caused by the removal of any <br />building or structures shall be sealed in such a manner as to prevent earth, debris, rain, <br />surface, storm or other water from entering the public sewer system. <br />(1983 CC, c 21, art 1, sec 21-4; am 2002, ord 02-66, sec 4.) <br />Article 2. Public Sewers. <br />Section 21-5. Connection to sewer required. <br />(a) Owners of all dwellings, buildings, or properties used for human occupancy, <br />employment, recreation, or other purposes, which are accessible to a sewer are <br />required at their expense to connect directly with the public sewer within one <br />hundred eighty days after date of official notice. <br />(b) If, due to rock, wastewater collection system depth, or other construction problems, <br />a building cannot be practically served, the owner shall install, operate and <br />maintain a residential pumping station. <br />(c) The director may grant a variance/exemption of the foregoing connection <br />requirements to owners of single-family dwellings existing at the time of <br />installation of the public wastewater system, if the following is found: <br />(1) There are special or unusual circumstances applying to the subject real <br />property which exist that render the ability to connect to a wastewater system <br />an extreme physical or financial hardship; and <br />(2) There are no other reasonable alternatives; and <br />(3) The variance is consistent with the general purpose of the chapter and will not <br />be materially detrimental to public health, safety, or welfare. <br />21-3 <br />