City Code Section
- An owner of a building using any damaged section of a common private sewer system is responsible equally for all costs of repair with any other owner whose building also uses that section of the damaged common private sewer. In addition, these owners are responsible equally for all costs associated with any abatement by the City of any nuisance created by their buildings’ use of that section of the damaged common private sewer and for all penalties for violations of this Code associated with the damaged sewer line.
- Exception: When repair or abatement of a damaged common private sewer includes a new sewer connection of an individual property to a public sewer, the owner of that property is solely responsible for the cost of the new connection. In addition, the owner of the newly connected property may be responsible for other costs associated with repair and abatement of the damaged common private sewer when the City Administrator determines that it would be fair and equitable to do so.