Ordinance 3735 - Laserfiche WebLink

Section 19. NOTICE IN WRITING TO BE GIVEN. Reasonable notice in writing must be given to the inspector at his office by any person desiring to make connection with any public sewer or drain previous to the time of making such connection, when such work will be ready for inspection, and the inspector shall inspect the same, and the said connection must be made in the manner prescribed in this ordinance and to the satisfaction of the inspector before the trench is filled. Section 20. INSPECTOR PERMITTED TO ENTER ANY PREMISES IN DISCHARGE OF DUTY. The Inspector of Sewers and Plumbing shall have the right to enter upon the premises drained by any house drain or connected with any public sewer at all reasonable hours to ascertain whether the provisions of this or any other ordinance in regard to house drains have been complied with, and if he shall find that said drain or its attachments do not conform to the provisions of this or any other ordinance, he shall notify the owner of said premises, or his agent, of the fact. It shall thereupon be the duty of said owner or his agent to cause said drain or its attachments to be so altered, repaired or reconstructed, as to make them conform to the requirements of the law in regard thereto, within fifteen days from the time of receiving notice. Any person who shall refuse to allow inspection as herein provided shall be guilty of a violation of this ordinance. Section 21. SEWERS NOT TO BE INTERFERED WITH. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to injure, break or remove any portion of any manhole, lamphole, flush-tank or any part of the public sewers, and when any person or corporation desires to lay or drive any pipe in any of the streets or alleys on which sewers are laid, they shall give at least twenty-four hours' notice to the City Engineer of said city and receive a permit so to do from the City Engineer. 14.