A. The director of public works is authorized to establish design and construction standards for sewer connection and all connections with public sewers or drains shall be made in a workmanlike manner and in accordance with the city design and construction standards.

B. All excavations made in any street or alley shall be protected and guarded by such permittee, both by day and night, with the proper display of signals and lights, and the permittee shall be responsible for all accidents caused by negligence in this respect. Work in the street must be done in a manner that will occasion the least inconvenience to the public. One-half of the street must be kept clear for the passage of vehicles, and bridgeways must be provided on sidewalks for foot passengers. As soon as any such sewer or drain is completed and inspected, the permittee and/or sewer contractor in charge of such work shall immediately restore and maintain all streets, sidewalks, parking strips and other public areas disturbed or altered in the course of any side sewer or drainage work to the original surface condition and, in the event the applicant fails to immediately restore the area to its original condition, the city shall make such restoration and charge the cost thereof to the applicant who shall, upon receiving written notice of the amount, make immediate payments thereof to the city treasurer. All sewer trenches which have settled due to inadequate backfilling operations shall be immediately restored by permittee and the permittee shall at all times remain liable therefor. All work within the limits of any street or alley must be prosecuted to completion with due diligence, and if, in the judgment of the inspector, any excavation is left open beyond a reasonable time the inspector shall cause the same to be filled and the street or alley restored forthwith, and any cost incurred in such work shall be charged to the permittee and/or the sewer contractor in charge of such work, and must be paid for before the permittee shall receive any further permit. Permittee shall be responsible to follow all safety regulations, particularly but not limited to shoring of excavations over four feet deep. If any work done in pursuance of permit granted as heretofore prescribed be not constructed and completed in accordance with the plan filed, and to the acceptance of the inspector, and the permittee or licensed contractor shall refuse to properly construct and complete the work, notice thereof shall be given to the owner of the property for whom the work is being done and the city shall proceed to complete and connect the sewer in a proper manner, and the full cost of such work and materials necessary therefor shall be charged and become a lien against the property and shall be collected in the manner provided for such liens.

C. Not more than one building shall be connected to a side sewer, except by permission of the director of public works. In all cases where there are houses on separate lots, they must be connected separately to the main sewer, whether such lots are owned by the same person or by different persons. If two houses are situated on the same lot, one connection to the main sewer may be permitted if approved by the director of public works.

D. Every piece of sewer pipe used in side sewer construction work shall have a bell.

E. All vaults or privies shall be disinfected and filled with fresh earth and all septic tanks, cesspools and similar installations shall be disinfected and filled with fresh earth at the time of the discontinuance of the use thereof.

F. Before any side sewer may be located on any private property, other than that owned by the owner of the side sewer, the owner of the side sewer shall secure from the owner of such property a written easement, duly acknowledged, granting the right to occupy such property for such purpose. Such written easement shall, by the owner of the sewer, be recorded in the office of the county auditor before the director of public works shall issue a permit authorizing the laying of the side sewer in any building site other than the one served by it. The owner shall exhibit to the director of public works the recording number of the easement when required to do so.

G. Where physical conditions render compliance with the foregoing provisions impracticable, the director of public works may issue a special permit for installation of the side sewer requiring compliance with the provisions insofar as is reasonably possible, and such permit shall be issued only upon the condition that the permittee shall record with the county auditor an instrument acceptable to the city agreeing to save harmless and indemnify the city from any damage or injury resulting from such installation. (Ord. 1506-88 § 11, 1988.)