§ 106-56. Construction specifications.  


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  • The size, slope, alignment, materials or construction of a building sewer and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing and backfilling the trench shall all conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing codes, or other applicable rules and regulations as specified by the city. In the absence of code provisions or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM) and the Water Pollution Control Federation (WPCF) Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply.

    All building drains shall have check values or other backflow preventers or the city shall be immune from liability for and shall not pay any claims resulting from any backflow of wastewater into the building.

    All newly constructed building sewers shall have a properly sized cleanout at the head of said sewer that is accessible at all times. This cleanout shall allow access of sewer cleaning equipment of a size equivalent to the size of the building sewer.

(Ord. No. 2017-5 , § 2, 5-15-17)