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Revised 12/06/00 205. SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM 205.010. GENERAL OPERATION. The entire municipal sanitary system shall be operated as a public utility and convenience from which revenues will be derived, subject to the provisions of this section. 205.020. CONNECTIONS WITH SEWER REQUIRED. Any buildings used for human habitation or for human occupancy, including all business buildings, unless specifically exempted by the City Council on the grounds that no human beings occupy or use such buildings and no sewage wastes are generated therein, located on property adjacent to a sewer main, or in a block through which the system extends, shall be connected to the municipal sanitary sewer system within one (1) year from the time a connection is available to any such property. All buildings hereafter constructed within the City on property adjacent to a sewer main or in a block through which the system extends, shall be provided with a connection to the municipal sanitary system for the disposal of all human wastes. 205.030. SUPERVISION. The Plumbing City Inspector working under the direction of the Public Works Director shall supervise all house sewer connections made to the municipal sanitary sewer system and all excavations for the purpose of installing or repairing the same. 205.040. PERMITS, LICENSES, FEES, BOND AND INSURANCE. (1) Any person desiring to make connection to the municipal sanitary sewer system shall apply to the City for a permit for such connection. The application shall be submitted on blanks firmished by the City Administrator and shall be accompanied by plans, specifications and such other information as the Administrator requires, together with a permit and inspection fee as determined by the Council. All costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection shall be borne by the owner and the owner shall indemnify the City for any loss or damage that may, directly or indirectly, be occasioned by the installation of the sewer connection including restoring streets and street surfaces. All persons connecting to the municipal sanitary sewer system shall pay a sewer availability charge (SAC) prior to connection in an amount determined by City Council resolution. Any person, firm or corporation who shall commence work of any kind for which a permit is required under this ordinance, without first having received the necessary permit therefor, shall, when subsequently securing such peunit, be required to pay double the fees provided by this Code for such permit and shall be subject to all the penal provisions of this Code. (2) Permits shall only be issued when the applications show that the work is to be done by persons, firms or corporations (other than the owner- occupant of residential property) who have been duly licensed by the City to engage in the business of sewer installation within the City, who have paid the required fee and have filed the bonds and insurance certificates required under this Page 92