(a) See Appendices on Public Utility Regulations and Rates for additional details.

(b) No property shall be served directly or indirectly by the City sewer collection system unless the person so served or his authorized representative has first entered into a contract with the City for such service. No sewer shall he deposited from outside the City unless the premises served comply with the rules, regulations, and standards specified for the City.

(c) The City is hereby empowered to discontinue water and sewer service for non-payment of any utility service charges, connection fees, and the like. Utility billing and deposits for sewer service shall be as provided in rules and regulations for administration of this sewer system.

(d) No sewer main, connection, or extension shall be made or backfilled until it is inspected and approved by the City. No one is allowed to tie into a sewer main prior to authorization by on-site City personnel. The contractor who shall be a City-approved contractor for a main or connection shall notify the City at least twenty-four (24) hours in advance of the time requested for inspection. The twenty-four (24) hour notice does not include weekends or holidays. A fee for a sewer permit, established under Public Utility Regulations and Rates, shall be charged to cover the costs incurred by the City in such inspection.

(e) No person shall refuse to admit, after notice and at reasonable hours, the premises owned or occupied by him, or hinder any authorized agent of the City entering such premises for the purpose of inspecting any piping in connection with the sewer collection system.

(f) No consumer shall deposit sewer into the City system without receiving permission from the City.

(g) The City Administrator is hereby empowered, subject to approval by the Council, to make such rules and regulations required for operation of this system, not in conflict with the provisions of this Code, relative to sewer mains, connections, and extensions which will be served directly or indirectly by the sewer collection system, as are necessary to protect public property or the safety and health of the public, and to establish rates for sewer billing and collections for the support of the system, and no person shall fail to comply with any such rule or regulation. Water and sewer service may be discontinued for non-payment of any utility service charges.

(h) No one shall place into the City sewer system any foreign object that is not designated by the manufacturer as safe for sewer systems. This includes any plastic or fiberglass objects, bags, strapping, clothing, bedding, or other foreign objects.