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the City, who have paid the required fee and have filed the bonds and insurance certificates required under this section. No permit shall be issued until the plumbing in the building to be served is inspected by the Building Inspector and altered, if necessary, to conform to the Minnesota Plumbing Code, to the extent necessary to permit a proper and safe connection to the municipal sanitary sewer system. Upon completion of the work, a copy of the permit shall be signed and dated by the licensed individual or firm making the sewer installation and delivered to the Plumbing Inspector at the time he makes his final inspection of the work. The Plumbing Inspector shall sign the permit to show that the work and material conform to the City Code. The permit shall also be filled out showing the kind and size of pipe, the kind of joint used, the length of house connection, the depth at the street, the depth at the house, the distance from either side of the house where the connection is made to the house plumbing, and any other information listed on the permit form or required by the Plumbing Inspector. (3) Before any person, firm or corporation engages in the business of sewer installation within the City, he shall make application to the City for a license, shall pay a fee, and shall file with the City Administrator a bond and certificate of insurance per Section 302.020. This license must be obtained before a permit shall be issued. (4) The City Council may revoke any license at any time if the licensee shall violate the provisions of this or any other provision of the City Code. No licensee shall allow his name to be used by any other person for the purpose of doing any work within the City, except that this provision shall not prevent a licensed plumber from employing the services of a licensed pipe layer or licensed sewer installer. 205.050. CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS. The following materials and construction methods, and none other, shall be used in making sewer connections to the municipal system. (1) Materials. All pipe shall be 4" diameter or larger, and constructed of materials approved by the Public Works Director. (2) Joints and Connections. All joints and connections shall be constructed of materials approved by the Public Works Director. (a) Unless otherwise approved by the Public Works Director, all house sewers shall have a grade of not less than one - eighth inch (1/8 ") per foot. A grade of one - quarter inch (1/4 ") per foot should be used wherever practical. The contractor shall check grades before construction proceeds. Wherever possible, the connecting sewer shall join the building at an elevation which is below the basement floor of such building. 205 -2