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? ?' ..?? (h) The size, slope, alignment and materials of 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 con- form to the requirements as established by the Cuyahoga County Sanitary Engineering Department, or by the ordinances of the City, whichever is more restrictive. (i) Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. In all builc3ings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such building shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer. (j) No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, runaway drains or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater to a building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer. (k) The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Service Director twenty-four hours before commencement of construction of the building sewer. The construction of the building sewer and the connection to the public sewer shall be made under the supervision of the Service Director or his representative. (1) All excavations for building sewer installations shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways, and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be promptly restored in a manner satisfactory to the City. 911.075 SEWER CONNECTIONS; TAP-IN FEE FOR PROPERTIES NOT PREVIOUSLY ASSESSED; PERMIT, FEE AND PENALTY. (a) Tap-In Charge ReQUired. Except in the case of property owned by the City, no pe=son, corporation, partnership or association what- soever shall connect any building or other structure either directly or indirectly with a sewer included in the sanitary sewer system for the purpose of discharging sanitary sewage and industrial wastes therefrom, as prescribed by the Service Director, the construction of which was commenced after the dates set forth in subsection (b) hereof, without first depositing in cash, or by certified check paya- ble to the City, a tap-in charge determined in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) hereof. (b) Schec3ules of Tap-In Charge Rates. The Service Director shall not issue a permit for the purpose described in subsection (a) hereof until the applicant for such permit shall have deposited in cash, or by certified check payable to the City, a tap-in charge to be deter- mined in accordance with the following schedules, which are basec3 upon standard costs of constructing a sewer designed to provide immediate local sewer service, except in the case of those sewers for the sani- tary sewer system where an aggregate assessment equivalent to the cost -16-