2000-63 AMENDING CITY CODE AMENDING AND DELETING REFERENCES TO PUBLIC WORKS

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3. COMPUTATION OF CHARGE. The amount of the connection charge shall be determined by the Department of Engineering and Infrastructure upon the following basis: ... [(a)through(d)] 7. PROHIBITED CONNECTIONS. No connection shall be made to a sanitary sewer which will permit surface or storm water drainage into said sewer, and no connection shall be made to a surface or storm water drain or sewer which will permit sanitary sewage to be admitted into such surface or storm water drain or sewer. No connection shall be made to an existing combination sewer unless evidence satisfactory in the judgment of the Director of Engineering and Infrastructure is submitted to him to clearly show that the existing use thereof along with the additional use as a result of the proposed connection are less than sixty percent of the capacity of the existing sewer under all reasonable conditions, and that there is no reasonably feasible alternative to provide service other than by the connection proposed. Section 15. That Sections 13, 14 and 16 of Chapter 75 of the City Code of the City of Decatur, Illinois, be, and the same are hereby, modified and amended, so that said Sections 13, 14 and 16 as so modified and amended, shall provide as follows: 13. CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER REQUIRED. Where a public sewer is accessible in a street, alley, easement or other public way, the wastes from any plumbing system in said building shall be discharged into the public sewer and no cesspool, septic tank or other sewage tank or privy shall be constructed or maintained on property from which a public sewer is accessible. No pipe, conduit, outfall, sewer or drain shall be connected with any existing sewer of the City or any existing sewer under the jurisdiction or control of the City except in compliance with Chapter 74 of the City Code of the City of Decatur, Illinois, entitled "Sewer Connections". Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Chapter, the City Manager may direct that building sewers or building drains, or both, shall be inspected by the Inspection Division or by the Department of Engineering and Infrastructure, or both, and the authority of either to enforce the requirements of this Chapter and require compliance therewith shall be the same as if each were specifically mentioned wherever appropriate therein as to said sewers or drains. 14. METHOD OF CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER. All connections with any public sewer twelve (12) inches or smaller in diameter shall be made by means of Y to T branches provided in such sewer for such purpose, and where such branch has not been provided, the connection shall be made by using a tapping saddle. Connections with a sewer larger than twelve (12) inches in diameter, except as may be permitted by the Department of Engineering and Infrastructure and with an inspector present during the course of the work, shall be