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the sewer main and so that passage of waste through the lateral to the sewer main is <br />free from stoppage and obstruction. All devices and safeguards that are required by <br />this chapter for the operation thereof shall be maintained in good working order. <br />Sec. 39-50.2 - Repair by city forces. <br />(a) Repair and maintenance of all sewer mains dedicated to the city shall be <br />the responsibility of the city's sewer enterprise. <br />(b) Except as provided herein, repair and maintenance of all privately owned <br />sewer mains and all lateral lines, equipment, and appurtenances connected to the city <br />sewer mains shall be the responsibility of the owner/user, and shall meet the <br />requirements contained in this article. <br />(c) The city's sewer enterprise may perform the repair and maintenance of all <br />lower sewer lateral lines within the public right-of-way, at the discretion of the director of <br />public works and so long as funds are available in the sewer enterprise to perform such <br />repair and maintenance in accordance with Resolution NS -2479. <br />Sec. 39-51. - Mandatory connections. <br />(a) All buildings or other structures which contain any plumbing fixtures and <br />which are located within any sewer district or district serviced by a public sewer must be <br />connected to a public sewer. <br />(b) Whenever any property shall be included in a sewer district or area served <br />by a public sewer, every building or other structure located on such property and <br />containing any plumbing fixtures shall, within ninety (90) days after completion of the <br />public sewer in such district or area, have all such fixtures connected to the such public <br />sewer, and all cesspools or septic tanks on such property shall be disconnected and <br />completely filled with good, sound earth at the time the sewer connection is made; <br />provided, however, if the property has been, previous to its inclusion in a sewer district, <br />connected to a public sewer and if such connection is approved by the director of public <br />works, such connection shall be considered as complying with the provisions of this <br />section. <br />Sec. 39-52. - Connection outside of a sewer district; permit required. <br />Any lot or any building or structure on any lot located within the city, but outside <br />of an existing sewer district or area served by a public sewer, may be connected with a <br />public sewer, but no person shall make any such connection unless and until he shall <br />have been granted a sewer permit for such connection and unless and until such <br />person or the owner of such lot or parcel or his duly authorized agent, shall have paid to <br />the agency an amount equal to that which would have been assessed to such lot or <br />parcel had it been in the district assessed for the existing sewer to which the connection <br />Ordinance No. NS -XXX <br />Page 38 of 56 <br />75A-40 <br />