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Revised 12/06/00 I. Any new buildings with sumps for which a building permit is issued after June 1, 1998, shall have a pump and shall be piped to the outside of the dwelling before a certificate of occupancy is issued. J. Violation of this Section is a misdemeanor and each day that the violation continues is a separately prosecutable offense. The imposition of the surcharge shall not limit the City's authority to prosecute the criminal violations, seek an injunction in District Court ordering the person to disconnect the nonconforming connection to the sanitary sewer, or for the City to correct the violation and certify the costs of connection as an assessment against the property on which the connection was made. 205.090. TAMPERING WITH MUNICIPAL SEWER SYSTEM PROHIBITED. No person shall maliciously, willfully or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance or equipment which is a part of the municipal sewer system. No person shall attach any prohibited or unreported lead or line to that system without having a permit to do so, nor shall any unreported connection be made on the owners premises, inside or outside of the building thereon, which would introduce waters or substances prohibited or forbidden by this Code. 205.100. CERTAIN CONNECTIONS PROHIBITED. No buildings located on property lying outside the limits of the City shall be connected to the municipal sanitary sewer system unless express authorization therefore is obtained from the Council of the City and the Council of the City of St. Paul. 205.110. ENTRY UPON PRIVATE PROPERTY. The City Engineer Public Works Director and other duly authorized employees of the City, bearing proper credentials and identification, shall at reasonable times be permitted to enter upon all properties for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing in connection with the operation of the municipal sanitary sewer system. 205.120. REPAIR OF PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY AND GAS LINES. (1) No connection to the municipal sanitary sewer system shall be finally approved until all streets, pavements, curbs and boulevards or other public improvements thereon have been restored to their former condition to the satisfaction of the City Engineer Public Works Director. (2) Whenever any licensee hereunder or any other person engaged in making a connection to the municipal sanitary sewer system shall damage the coating on any gas mains or gas lines, such damage shall be promptly reported by the person causing such damage to the Northern States Power Company or its successors before such gas line or gas main is covered with earth. Failure to make such report shall be considered a violation of this Code subject to penalties herein PAGE 100