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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED ORDINANCE N0. 61 - 176 By ~`/,~ AN 0~`DINANCE AMENDING SUB-SECTION a of SECTION : OF ORDINANCE 3158 ENACTED NW EMBER 15, 1960, ENTITLED "ORDINANCE TO REGULATE THE USE OF PUBLIC AND PRItTATE SEWERS AND DRAINS, PRIVATE SEWAGE DISPOSAL, INSTALLATION AND CONNECTION OF BUILDING SEWERS, AND THE DISCHARGE OF WATERS AND WASTES INTO THE PUBLIC SEWERAGE SYSTEM, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY" WHERE~+S, considerable concern has been expressed by residents and by Council of the interpretation of the ordinances of this City requiring that all floor drains in basements be connected with the sanitary sewer system, and WHEREAS, Ordinance 3158, Section 11, specifically prohibits the dis- charge of storm water as therein defined in said ordinance into the sanitary sewer, and WHEREAS, Council deems it more protective to the Cityts sanitary system and to the residents connecting thereto that each individual connection be handled on its own merits and to that end deems it necessary to amend sub- section a of Section 11 of Ordinance 3158 enacted November 15, 1960, NOW, ~iEREFORE, BE I T ORDAINED by the Council of the City of North Olmsted, State of Ohio: Section 1: That sub-section a of Section 11 of Ordinance 31''8, enacted November 15, 1960, entitled 'i0rdinanee to Regulate the Use of Public ar~d Private Sewers and Drains, Private Sewage Disposal, Installation and Conrse~tion of Build- ing Sewers, and the Discharge of Waters and Wastes into the Public Sewerage Sys ten, and Declaring an Emergencyn reading as follows: teSection 11: SEWER CONNECTIONS, PERMIT,FEE (a) No unauthorized person shall uncover, make arty connec- tions with or opening into, use, alter, or distrub any public surer or appurtenance thereof without having first obtained a permit from the Building Department of the City of North Olmsted to perform such work." be amended to read as follows: 'tSection 11: SEWER. CONNECTIONS, PERMIT, FEE (a) Qnly an authorized person sha11 be permitted to construct, connect or build a sewer to be connected with the sanitary sewer system of the City. The owner, occupant or agent of the premises to be so connected shall first submit to the Director of Public Service the proposed plans for the cona#~'uction of a sanitary sewer for and in any premises to be connected with the sanitary sewer system of the City. The Director of Public Service shall, prior to the issuance of said permit, make an inspection of the premises sought to be severed and connected to the City~s sanitary sewer system, and for to the issuance of said permit determine that storm~adefined in Section 18 oral Section 1 of Ordinance 3158 wi3.l not be discharged from any premises into the City sanitary sewer system. Basement floor drains shall not be required to be connected to the sanitary sewer system unless in the opinion of the Director of Public Service storm w aters wi 11 not be discharged into the sanitary sewer therefrom. The connection of the basement floor drains to the sanitary sewer system shall, therefore, not be madatory but within thediscretion of the Director of Public Service or the building administrator representing the Director of Public Service. Said building sewer permit shall be issued to the applic ant upon approval of